Day 1

A photo of yourself and description of your day:

Well, I have absolutely no idea how to upload a photo...  So I'll start with a description of my day.  Not sure if that means the "typical" day, or today specifically.  My typical work day begins at about 6:30 a.m.  (Okay, that's a lie.  I hit snooze so many times that it really doesn't begin till 7.)  I head off to work, which is typically pretty busy with patients and scheduling appointments and doing all kinds of things around the office.

For those who don't know, I am a dental assistant - more specifically an Orthodontic Technician, but most people will look at ya funny if you say that.  What that means is that I work for an orthodontist as an assistant.  I get to put braces on people's teeth, adjust the braces, take them off, make retainers, take xrays, make cool appliances like expanders, make models of teeth, and all kinds of other amazingly cool stuff.  I actually REALLY love my job!  I find it pretty rewarding.  Always something new to learn, always an interesting case to work on, and I get to help people have beautiful smiles!  I like to stay busy, so the fast pace is good for me.  And I'm definitely a very detail-oriented perfectionist, so this is pretty much the perfect career for me.  I feel so blessed to be at a job I love.

I usually head home about 6 p.m. and then collapse on the couch to unwind for a bit.  Then comes the par-tay!  I'm definitely a night owl, and there's always something to do, people to see, places to go.  And now that I have a new boyfriend, there's someone to do all the fun crazy things with!  Good thing he's a night owl too.

Today I did none of the above.  The office was closed for the day, so I slept, went to the chiropractor (fell down the stairs last week - OUCH!  There's a giant bruise the size and shape of Texas on my poor little-ish ass.), met my dear friend Prasanthi for lunch last minute, then slept some more in an attempt to get rid of a heinous headache.  Met the bf at Institute tonight, followed by showing up at a bar to support my friend's husband's rock band.  Overall, kinda a weird but good day.  And now I'm blogging about it.

I'll work on that picture... Hang tight for a minute...  Oh!  There's an insert image button.  How handy.

Voila!  Okay, okay, just kidding.  I'm not an awesome movie star making millions of deniro.  :(

This is the absolute most hideous picture of me ever taken.  Be amazed and count yourselves lucky that I've decided to share it.

I took a fabulous road trip with some of my best girlies to California two years ago for New Years.  They buried me alive on the beach then tortured me with numerous pictures.  Ahh, such a crazy trip!!

Adios for now, amigos, and bonus nachos!  Hasta manana!

The 30 Day Blog Challenge

So I totally stole this idea and list from my friend Ailinh's blog.  I had so much fun reading her adorable and hilarious entries!  I thought it might be a good idea to really kick start my fairly infant blog.  I can't promise to write every single day, but dagnabit, I'm gonna try.  Anyone wanna give it a shot, feel free!

30 Day Blog Challenge

Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of your favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past.

P.S. I'll start tomorrow... Maybe...  :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
 Adios 2010!

Honk Honk!!

Christmas was FANTASTIC!!  I had a lot of fun with my family this year.  I don't like to travel for Christmas, but it was really nice to have all my family together in Grand Junction.  We ate, played lots of Guitar Hero, ate, enjoyed awesome presents, ate, learned Mom's secret recipes, ate, played card games, ate, watched movies, ate, and goofed off.  Did I mention we ate a lot?  Holy COW.  I can't remember ever eating so much food.  I take it as a sign that we are truly blessed and able to amply provide for our needs. 

I really love my family.  :)

Got a bite on a job in the DC area...  I decided to expand my search more north of Richmond.  I've been told there are more things to do, more singles wards, and all around much more interesting things closer to DC.  I still don't really know if moving (and so drastically) is the right decision...  I've been told to follow my heart, so that's what I'm trying to do.  Kinda hard sometimes to know exactly what the heart wants.  While I'm completely bored with life here, I do have wonderful friends, family, an amazing ward, and a job I love here.  Those are all things stowed carefully away in my heart.  So I could easily argue that my heart wants to stay here.  But on the flip side, I love adventure, exploring a new place, meeting new people, and having new opportunities.  So I could also argue that my heart longs for a new location.  I figure I'll keep making an effort at finding something worthwhile on the East Coast, and if the Lord wants to veto that decision, He'll stop me at some point along the way.  In the meantime... PATIENCE.  The one thing I'm best at. HA!!  (You may snort with derision now.  No really, go ahead.  I am.)

On a much less serious note, I have a joke that makes me giggle incessantly.  I apologize in advance for my potty humor:  "Do you know what the definition of a fart is?  It's poo honking for the right of way!"  hehehehehehehe!  Oh c'mon, you can't tell me you didn't giggle at least a little bit. 

;)

Where Do the Ducks Go in the Winter?

Okay, so I had this random long stream of thoughts this afternoon while taking a quick little snooze on my lunch break.  For some reason it all cracks me up.

So I was trying to drown out my caffeinated brain and tried some meditation.  (Ready for the longest sentence ever?  A prize to whoever can read it all in one breath!)  All I could think of was a low drone, which got me thinking about 6th century Europe and the ancient Druids and Stonehenge, which made me think of that Ducktails movie about the Druids, which led to an instant replay of the vid on youtube of the little duckies being blown away in the wind, which made me think about the secret pond I found behind our house a couple days ago that seems to be a Four Seasons Hotel for the thousands of geese and ducks flying north in the winter, which then led me to think about the book "The Catcher in the Rye" and how Holden Caulfield frequently passes a pond and always says to himself, "Where do the ducks go in the winter?".  Aaaaaand then I fell asleep.

NOT related to ducks or ancient Druids in ANY way, last night was such a blast!!  Michelle's bachelorette party was wild and crazy and fun as hell.  My feet are still suffering for it though - note to all females: don't wear four inch stilettos to traverse all of downtown Denver and four different dance clubs.

So excited for the wedding on Sunday!  :)


Today I am thankful to have been treated like a lady by a very kind-hearted man.  It's nice to be reminded that chivalry is not, in fact, extinct...

xoxo

Julia is Waxing Poetic - Beware!

Tiny ballerinas sculpted of ice
Twirl gracefully on the breeze of night,
Their shimmering glass slippers etching fine engravings
of unparalleled beauty
upon fragile spheres of crystal,
Never ceasing till each faceted flake
Glitters brilliantly in the frosty moonlight
As Mother Nature drapes her
Iridescent chandelier of diamond
upon the still and peaceful world.
Each minuscule flake of snow is
perfect
and beautiful
and unique;
An emissary sent to the earth
of Love
joyfully frolicking,
With its sugar-spun dancer to accompany the journey.

Brain Cramps

I keep meaning to write something here.  Before I started up this little dealio I would think of all these things I wanted to write about.  I composed so many blogs in my head.  And now... nada.  'Tis the season for a bad virus of... writer's block?

I ran into some old friends tonight at a Christmas performance.  I was a little sad to have nothing of consequence to report.  I work.  And I'm busy.  But it's all the same ol' stuff.  Don't get me wrong, it's not bad stuff, and I'm happy to have stuff in general to do.  But it'll be nice when there's different stuff to talk about.

Today I'm grateful for wonderful Christmas music.  Nothing like a few carols and hymns to put some Christmas spirit in yer britches!  We've been listening to tons of it at home while my sister works on a project she's doing with her students.  It looks like Christmas threw up in the house, with all the wrapping everywhere!  The only sanity is graciously provided by Pandora.  Oh, pandora.com, how I love thee!  Your endless selection of music based solely on what preferences I type into your system is a wonderful thing.

I'm obviously obnoxious at this hour of the morning.  I bid you adieu, with a hearty Ho Ho! (and not the chocolately, creme-filled kind, though I could go for one of those right about now...)

Tchao.