Happy Birthday to Me!

I am officially 19 years old and excited that the day finally came! I will give you a quick rundown of my birthday celebration since I have to work in a few minutes. Ok, on Thursday (2/21) the day before my actual birthday, after I came home from school my mom had a surprise for me and she made me stay in the living room FOREVER and I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on! So finally she revealed her surprise to me:

She redecorated my room as a surprise for me! She is the best mom ever, and i was shocked! i love my new glam pink room :) Later that day, we had family and my best friend Chris (who is like family) over to unwrap gifts and have a mini-party. Here is a sneak peek at some of my presents:

Top from left: Juicy Couture Clutch, Marc Jacobs Star Watch Necklace, and Marilyn Monroe Artwork. I was so happy and grateful that my friends and family care so much about me! It was a fun day. And on Friday, my actual birthday (2/22) I had a midtern (yuck!) but it wasn't actually too hard. Afterwards, my Mom and I headed to Mesquite, NV for a girls night of beauty and shopping! It was so fun, and we even got to eat a fancy restaurant (I had filet mignon and creme brulee...mmm!) I felt so special! It was a great birthday. Well, I'm off to work! Until next time...

Amanda

My Celebrity Crush/Love of Comedy

I got to thinking today and I decided every girl needs a celebrity crush so I'm going to tell you all about mine! His name is Andy Samberg and he is a comedian who is on Saturday Night Live (one of my favorite shows, by the way) I'm obsessed with watching his SNL Digital Shorts. Seriously, if you are having a bad day and are in need of a good laugh fest you need to see this. Andy has brought new life back into the show and some people even say he is the new Adam Sandler (also hilarious!). If you haven't seen them, log your butt onto www.NBC.com/Saturday_Night_Live and look them up under videos. He was also in the movie Hot Rod if you want to check that out as well, but I like the digital shorts better!
<----Andy Samberg is so cute...but my 2nd place celebrity crush would have to be James Marsden!

Comedy has such a special place in my heart since I grew up loving to make people laugh and I was always studying actors and their timing. I love comedy so much, a lot of people don't know this about me but it was actually a dream of mine to become a comedian! Who knows, maybe someday I'll give it a shot ;) But for now, I'm getting my education so people don't laugh at me instead of with me haha! I even once had to give a "How-To" report at school and I did mine on "How To Make People Laugh" Bet you can't guess what I got...that's right, an F. Not really, I got an A+! Anyway, I'm off to work on homework since Midterms are coming up :S Wish me luck!
Until Next Time,
Amanda

Adventures In Babysitting

Today was a really fun day to start off the weekend! First off, I was so excited to see the weather is finally warming up since I live for our warm days in St. George :) and finally, THE SUN came out from all the gray and it was the perfect day to play! Lucky for me, I was babysitting for my across the street neighbors, The Jones family, and they always show me a good time! We decided to have a marathon of Spongebob Squarepants and The Simpsons (which are hilarious no matter how old you are!!) and then we decided to go to the park nearby our houses and it was so much fun. We took their ADORABLE dog Cookie along so she could have a walk, and we had swinging contests, played on the jungle gym and even made new friends! It made me realize just how special little kids are to me...I love playing with them since I'm a big kid at heart :D I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and here are some pictures of our fun day for you to enjoy!

February has arrived!

I decided to write in purple today to match the birthstone Amethyst, which is the birthstone for the the month of February! I'm not just a weirdo for knowing that...my birthday is this month! I will be 19 on 2/22/2008, the same birthday as George Washington (formerly...he no longer celebrates. RIP honesty about the cherry tree president) Drew Barrymore (which, ironically enough, has been my favorite actress since I was 10) and Rachel Dratch (of SNL fame...ever heard of Debbie Downer? Haha!) I am excited but to be honest life is flying by! I feel like I just started Kindergarten, not college. I know its still about 3 weeks away but I get so excited about these things. But after I've been posting these past weeks I have forgotten to update you on certain activities and how they went:

• AMBASSADOR RETREAT(1/11) was one of the funnest nights ever...but thinking about it makes me tired! We stayed up playing games (like Werewolf, which is so addicting. I was going to stop after 2 games but played 5) and listening to the guys playing guitar. My friend Doug has an amazing voice! Guess who is crazy and forgot her camera...AGAIN! I'm not used to having one but I'll bum pics from someone, I promise!

• REBEL RETREAT(1/25) was a smashing success. We had a great turnout. Kids from all over UT and the US came to check out DSC. It was so fun! We went to Entertainment Dixie and saw this hilarious improv comedy group called "Mission Improvable" and we also had a bonfire party afterwards. One of our advisors, Pat, left his car running to do something for a minute and was standing talking to someone and noticed a car rolling away. "What an idiot!" He yelled, not realizing it was his own car! It was hilarious, but paying the repair bill won't be...

There is always lots of fun things going on at Dixie. Tonight is the SHE club sleepover and we are also going to the Mr. Dixie pageant, which I have been looking forward to for months. I will update you every last juicy detail, as always, next Friday!

Love Always,

Amanda

p.s. Here is an Update: The Mr. Dixie Pageant was so fun! One kid wanted the title so badly he ate live worms and goldfish...for me, no crown (no matter how diamond encrusted) would be worth it! Congrats to Kadin Allen for taking the crown (Fortunately for him he just played the piano instead eating creepy crawly things)