Winter Love

When you go to kiss your Hunny,
   And your nose is kinda runny,
You may think it's really funny
   ...but it'SNOT.

Movin' on up (literally)

As our time left in hawaii is slowly but surely dwindling away, Evan and I are growing more and more anxious by the second. We have begun making apartment plans, airline reservations, and have all of the furniture picked out and added to shopping cart on ikea.com already.

But most importantly, Evan and I are all applied and eager to hear back from The University of Oregon, Eugene to find out which of our credits will transfer. 

So, here's a little breakdown of the month of May, Mandy style (no synthesizers needed):

middle of May: flying into San Jose to visit ev's brother, sister, and nieces (and I suppose mine now, as well), the offering up some much needed family time to my daddy's side of the family- Aunt Cookie, Mary & Joe, and Collette and Cody. 

After that it is on to Oakland, California, my favorite place in the world. yes even over disneyland. There we will pick up our cars and whisk them back to Where this long journey began, but will not be ending, Reno, NV. The plan is to stay there for a few days and get some stuff out of storage and into or cars and also to spend some time with friends.

Then, during the first week of June, we will be traveling up to the beautiful state of Oregon where I am sure my first week there will involve staying in my new apartment for a week straight and getting it all set up and decorated to my liking (thanks for the perfectionism, mom and dad!) and then I'm sure I will be heading up to glorious Portland to get a big bear hug from my bro whom I have sincerely missed so dearly. 

I can't wait for our new adventure! We are so proud of ourselves for saving up enough money and doing this whole move on our own! 

We will keep you informed!

Flake!

ugh! My friend Tyler flaked on me again! last night we arranged for him to come over to my house and we would make a video. After school today he left with Chris and Josh somewhere and i didn't see him again. when i got home i texted him and he blamed it on his dad. The least he could have done is tell me he wont be able to make it! Thats probably the 8th time hes done that to me this week! I cant trust him anymore. I Want a better friend.

I'm sorry guys I always write about my problems. I can never talk about what went good.

Helipad test shoot

I had this test shoot before christmas, but I finally just got the end result pictures from it. On this shoot there was 5 photographers that were interns to the main photographer, and each of them got a chance to take pictures of me. The location was so cool! It was in downtown la on top of a building on the helipad. The only downside to it all was how cold it was, and I was in skimpy little clothes! Brrrrr....

The test shoot went really well yesterday. The theme was more of a grunge look. So every outfit I had on was combined with men cargo boots! they were about two sizes bigger than my already big feet and they weighed a ton.

Zac got a call back today for GNC for men. Crossing out fingers he gets it, it ll pay really well!

Its a beautiful day here, clear and sunny. I think ill take advantage of it and go running and then read my book!

hugs, kisses, and lots of love!

Brrrr....Freeeeeezing!

zac and I just got back from a bike/run down the coast and up a massive mountain! It felt so good to work out, but now the sun has gone down and im cold! Ive got a test shoot tomorrow at 11am to 5pm. I think its going to go really well considering my face has really cleared up.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying warm and cozy

Hugs, Kisses, and lots of love

Power Trip

We just cut our power bill - from ~$120 for the first twenty days we lived here, to ~$40 for the next thirty. And in January!

(the problem was actually caused by a broken thermostat that has since been fixed, but still...)

The Coast

I took this picture the other night. Zac lives a couple blocks from the ocean so we went down there to watch the sunset

Sunday funday!

Just woke up! phew, it was a fun night! I worked and we were busy AAALLLL night long! I have never seen it so busy at katana like it was last night! I sat at the bar with two hostesses after work and just had a blast laughing for hours!

Today zac and I are going on a bike ride down the coast. I cant wait, and the weather outside is perfect for it too.

Oh yeah and I wanted to show you the cake that zac and I made the other night for his friends birthday! It was so fun!

Hugs and kisses and lots of love!

Update

She's feeling a little bit better today. Potato soup should help.
We decided to hold off on sugary pancakes or French toast until she's 100%.

The Biscuit is Down

Yeah, she's not feeling well. Poor thing's been sleeping like it's going out of style... good thing she has the day off to recoup.

I just learned how to make French toast (don't laugh, thank you internet)... so if you read this before 10a today (Saturday), be sure to vote (look left) - I'll be making the winner for breakfast.

Come back to see how she's feeling - especially after I cook breakfast - since my cooking has been known to, uhmm, make people feel better? Right.

Talk to you soon.

Ruined!

Last night i worked on a white beanie hat for 3 to 5 hours for a girl that said she would give me free piano lessons if i made her a hat like the one i made. I Looked so good when i was done i was so proud of myself. I went to school with the hat the next day and couldn't find her anywhere so i waited till lunch. I just got into the band room where i always hang out for lunch. The she walked in and was stumbling every where. I thought she was sad or something so i took the hat to her. She turned around and i said " hey here's the hat i promised." She then took the hat and without eye contact a smile or ANYTHING! She said "thanks" and walked away. I was devastated. My day was instantly ruined. 5 hours of time i could have spent on a new hat for myself went to an unthankful girl! I swear i wanted the just steal it back and when she came to me saying it was stolen i would have been happier than when she couldn't even smile the time i gave it to her. Oh well its hers now.

Something's fishy here...

This is Crush, our betta fish. And yes, he's a natural blue.
He's also a natural wiggle worm, which is why the picture is blurry. He lives with a family of other fish - I was surprised that bettas could live with other fish, but apparently it's okay as long as there are no other male bettas in with them. And the males are the ones you always see for sale, since the females have short little fins. But I digress.
The other fish were too small and fast to catch with the camera. And even when we asked them (very nicely, mind you) to slow down to have their picture taken, they flat-out refused to smile, much less say cheese.

What did they say about the Octopus that robbed the bank?

He was armed and armed and armed and armed and armed and armed and dangerous.