Sisterly Love

I was out late Saturday night but I woke up Sunday morning to my little sister crawling in bed with me and asking me at about 7:30 in the morning if I wanted to watch a YouTube video. Her latest addiction? The "Hair Tutorial Gone Wrong". You would think she died and went to heaven every time she watched this. 

And these pictures? This is pretty much all we do with our lives. Yep. True story. That or give our dog kisses. Or take pictures kissing our dog. Yep. We're pretty exciting people, I know. 

But it's always nice to be able to go home and see your family. And a random note: I've noticed a growing trend of animal print clothes in my closet. What next leopard print item should I buy?

Late Night Shopping

As all my readers know, my family is a fun loving family. My little sister? A weirdo. We didn't grow up going to Target until I was probably about 14 years old and then they built one just a mile or two away. We had always heard great things about Target and were so excited. We pull up and what's the first thing my sister and the rest of my family notices? These big giant weird looking balls right out front. And like I said, my family is always very interesting. What did they think the balls looked like? Something from a tampon commercial. These my friends, are now referred to as the period balls. Don't worry I still don't get the connection with it either. But she insisted that I blog about this. I'm still not sure what to say. 

Sister Taliulu

Precious enters the MTC today to serve the people of the Denver North Mission. I can honestly say that this girl is truly an inspiration to me and many other people. I went to high school with Precious and over this past summer she was getting ready to move down to Provo to attend school at UVU until she found out, only weeks before the fall semester, that her mom had Stage 4 colon cancer. I can't even imagine knowing what she was going through since she had already been through this with her dad. Precious stayed home and took care of her family, especially to help out with her two younger siblings still in high school. As time went on, the mission age was changed and she put a lot of thought into serving a mission. After much deciding she finally put in her papers. 

Just like when any missionary leaves, there's a bittersweet feeling. Of course its a little different for her knowing that this is the last time Precious will see her mom here on this earth. But how lucky we are to have the knowledge of eternal families and about life after death. Precious we are all so proud of you and praying for you. 

It's Juicing Time!

So I recently found myself in possession of a juicer. Let's check that off my to buy list (thank you fellow coworker for the juicer). And for a few days I've been experimenting with what "recipes" I like the best. I'm not sure if you can call them recipes because you don't really cook.
Spinach and apples? Yuck.
Spinach and carrots and apples? Yuck.
Spinach and carrots and apples and oranges? Yummmmmm.

Here's my "recipe" this yummy concoction:

-1 large orange (I bought the Sunkist brand because they were on sale)
-1 large apple (I used a Fuji apple for this one, but I'm gonna try all different types)
-7 small baby carrots
-1/4 cup of spinach

I know in the picture it looks really gross. But I promise you it tastes so much better. If you don't believe me, TRY IT! And if you still think it's gross, then maybe you're wrong...or maybe I've just got some weird taste buds. I mean I prefer turkey burgers over hamburgers. But hey they're delicious, don't knock them until you try them. 

Things I Love

Well, yesterday was Valentine's Day and I'm single again this year (for the 20th year in a row). But I actually really do enjoy Valentine's Day. So in honor of the day of love, I thought I'd make a list of the top 10 things I love (and in no particular order).

10. I love my Church and I love being LDS. 
9. I love chocolate. And cookie dough. You don't wanna hear about the story of me eating cookie dough for 3 days straight and nothing else.
8. I love my friends who are always there for me and willing to drop anything to come help me.
7. I love BYU. Yep, sorry I said it. It's taken me 3 years of being a student here, but I finally admitted it (and for the whole world to see).
6. I love music. Life would not be complete without it. My current replayed song? Sad Beautiful Tragic by TSwift
5. I love dancing. I wish I was better at it. I think one of these days I should take an actual class. But until then Calle 116 will be enough for me.
4. I love food. And what's a better month to celebrate eating all the food you wand and love than February  the month of love? Yep that folks is why the diet is not working.
3. I love my family. Straight up, I don't know where I'd be without my favorite four people ever. (And my dog too.)
2. I love to travel and see the world. Guess that's why I'm a tourism studies major.
1. And number one? I love love. There's nothing better than seeing an old couple still in love after years of marriage. 

This years Valentine's Day? Not too bad. Luckily I've got some great people in my life. My roommate Katie and I had a woman date and saw Safe Haven (I highly suggest it for any chick flick night) and then I was surprised with flowers from Noke. 

Holy Blazes! (Literally)

Yep another mission call. This time Blaze got his mission call and I couldn't be prouder of him. When he put in his papers all he said he wanted was to go to a big city. Well Blaze got his wish. Chicago look out here comes one of the hardest working kids I know. 
March 20th is the day he leaves. Um, am I the only one who thinks that's so soon? But even though he'll leave us here at work, we are behind him 150% of the way. 

Look at how happy that face looks! 

Broken Bathroom

Yes Momi I am posting this. Yes Momi you're probably thinking I can't believe I talk to this girl. Yes Momi you still love me and we're still gonna be best friends. But hey what's a blog for if not to update everyone with your life? I came home from school one day last week and this is what I saw: a flooded bathroom and a nasty filled tub. 

Luckily it wasn't sewer water. That would have been thee worst. I would have been gagging and just crawled back in bed...except for the fact that my bedroom is right by the bathroom. But luckily it wasn't sewer water. We called the repair man and what did he find? Roots in our main pipe. Didn't even know that was possible. But yes folks it is possible. And it is a pain. But that little incident is over now and the bathroom is just beautiful again. 

What's That Word Again?

My fellow readers you are going to be so proud of me. This post isn't about work! That means I do have a life outside of school and work. Today's topic? A returned missionary! I can't believe two years is already over. Nate is back from the Philippines! It is so good to have him back. Yes I got to see that kid last week.
He came down to Provo for the day. I caught up with him after I took a test. Nate, Erik (a friend of ours from high school) and I all went out to eat dinner. 

I won't lie it was a pretty entertaining dinner. We were catching up on all that has happened in the past two years: missions, relationships, school, work, family. There were times our conversations were a little bit difficult to understand. You've got Nate who just got back and speaks better Tagalog than English, Erik who is deaf and me. There were a few times where I'm pretty sure it took us five minutes just to explain a thought or two. 

My favorite part was driving back to Erik's place and we talked about what he ended up naming his car. He said Kneego and I wasn't sure what that was so I just thought it was a cool word. Nate said he couldn't remember that word in English and asked what it was. Erik responded back saying that since he bought a Honda Civic and all the Mexicans have Civics he decided to name it Kneego which is Spanish for friend.
AMIGO! It was a lightbulb moment! I just laughed to myself.
I won't lie, thinking back on this dinner, I realized just how mismatched all of my high school friends are. But we're seriously amazing friends, so not much more than that matters. 

Now if only I had my two Elder Mulitalo's back from their missions. Manu is serving in McAllen Texas and Tyler is serving in Tulsa Oklahoma. Here's the latest picture of Manu for those of you who haven't seen it yet. And the biggest thanks to Cujoe for sending it to me. I'd say he's rocking the sweaters. 

Phantom Time

BYU put on Andrew Lloyd Weber's production of Phantom of the Opera.
I had tickets for opening night and my mom bought us family tickets for closing night. 
As much as I enjoyed it opening night, it greatly improved and was pretty amazing closing night. 

My little sister was very much impressed with everything. Right from the very begining when the strobe lights and fog starts, she started to freak. And it was pretty much like that the whole musical. When the man in stilts came out during Masquerade, she leaned in and whispered to me, "One, two, three TRIP!" Then she continued to laugh the rest of that song.
For a college production I was very much impressed and I think my whole family was. And yep we'll be singing Phantom for the next week. 
And whoever plays the Phantom has an amazing singing voice. I would totally marry him. Too bad he proposed to his girlfriend a few weeks ago. 

Also just a side note, we went to Texas Roadhouse here in Orem after the musical and who knew that it would be that crazy! I kid you not, I felt like I was back in South America where you try and see how many people you can squish into a bus or building. Or perhaps a game of sardines, only with a bunch of people you don't know. 

Be The Good

My faith in humanity has been restored. Nothing better could have happened at work a few nights ago than what did. 

A married couple came into work and they mentioned how their car got a flat tire. They were along the side of the road trying to fix it for about an hour when a man pulled right behind them and asked if there was anything he could do to help. They said they've been trying to change the tire for a while but couldn't fix it. The man pulled out a $20 and gave it to the couple telling them to go get something to eat while he fixed it. 
(That's number one faith in humanity.)

The couple is ordering and the cost with drinks was $20.48. The man said I only have a twenty with me, so I just took the cost of a drink off their meal. But what really amazed me was that there was a lady who had just walked up to the cash register (because she overheard that he was short for his meal) and offered to pay for the couples meal! It was probably one of the best things I've seen in my life, that as a humankind we really do care about the welfare of others. 

People really are good people.