Fun stuff!

On Saturday I saw sea turtles on the beach just hanging out. Lots of people swarm the area when there are turtles. Then I stopped to watch people start to get ready for the Vans World Cup of Surfing. That was lots of fun. The waves are starting to get super high, which means "Winter" is coming.  Lots of wind and rain. :) Life is going pretty well. I have had a huge case of home sickness it was almost unbearable, but I am trying to think positively. Hmm. Yeah. I am super excited for Christmas though and that has kept my mind elsewhere.

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11-11-11 @ 11:11

Did you all make a wish!?

Fish!

So, last Thursday I bought a pet fish! He is a Butterfly Koi and his name is Winston! I love him. He eats a lot though. Always looking up for more food.

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The last few weeks

Shave Ice (3rd) is sooo yummy! It is like a snow cone but it slivers of ice and not pellets? I guess that is how you would describe it. I don't know, it is just awesome. The second picture is the place where shave ice is known for. Big tourist place to go. The last two I took at the Dole plantation. Another tourist place, but I had never been there before. The top picture was a day where the ocean was soooo flat! There was no waves at all, barely even moving! It was crazy.

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oh boy.

It has been way to long since I have been on here. Oops. I will get better, maybe. Here is a picture to hold you over. This is the start of the rainy season. So, it will start pouring then stop, then start again. It gets kinda annoying. Anywho! I will get better at posting.

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YAY! Friends! (Day 22 Oct 15th)

So these are my BEST friends! Julie,Holly, Rosie! We tried Skyping today but the connection was not the best. It was still lots of fun to actually see them! I miss my gal pals a lot. I haven't made any best friends here yet, but I am working on it! It always makes me happy when I have phone conversations or get mail from these girls! I just love them and miss them lots!

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:) (Day 21 Oct 14)

He can be super cute sometimes.
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Sigh (Day 20 Oct 13)

It is a full double rainbow! You can't really see the second one, but there is two! Despite how fun and wonderful this is, we got rear ended today, which was not fun. Everyone is fine. The other other car got the most damage, but they are fine too. It had started out as a weird day and ended odd. We are all OK though!

:)

Halloween (Day 19 Wed Oct 12)

Halloween is coming up! The holiday that kicks of the "Holiday Season". I am  not a huge fan of Halloween at all, but this town is. So, I am trying to get into the spirit a little more because everyone else is excited. This street in particular gets lots of traffic for Trick or Treating. So I will dress up and hand out candy to the little kids in costumes! It will be fun!

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EWWW!! (Day 18)

Do you see it? The gecko. I really don't care for these little guys. They are not cute and don't have accents. They do make this weird noise though, but that just creeps me out. There are so many different little critters! I don't like them at all!

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Day 17 (Monday October 10th)

I am going to start changing the titles because this is not very exciting. Haha.

I have been printing pictures! I have printed more since this picture. I am going to string them around the rest of my room. I love pictures and photography! I am more of a person photographer then a nature one. There is just something extra when a person is in the photo. This is one of my favorite quotes:

When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls! ~Ted Grant

LOVE IT! Pictures are my fav! 

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Day 16 (Sunday October 9th)

This is my shrine to cold weather! Haha! :) It has started to get chilly around here, but I know my fellow friends and family are in colder weather!

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Day 15 (Saturday October 8th)

Today was beach day! This is Pounder's beach. This beach is not my favorite for swimming because I am not a very strong swimmer, but I like the waves. The boys in the picture are Javier's friends that  came with us and as you can tell they had lots of fun. :) I love how clear the ocean is! You can see him standing in the middle of the  wave! We got rained out though, the fall is a comin'!!

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Day 14 (Friday October 7th)

I have been in a cooking mood so I decided to make a nice dinner. Stuffed peppers with couscous. It was sooo delicious and yummy! It was pretty easy too, which was nice. Then for dessert I made spice cake with homemade cream cheese icing as cupcakes. It was fun to cook something new and I am sure there will be lots of pictures of food for awhile!

:) yum!

Day 13 (Thursday October 6th)

They are back!!! Hurray for me!

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Day 12 (Wedsnesday October 5th)

This is a Plumeria flower, and it smells sooo wonderful. Often used for flower leis, like mine was. It is one of my favorite flowers! Very simple and sweet.

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Day 11 (Tuesday October 4th)

This is how I feel today, tired and a little cranky. Ironically, the dog is the problem! He is evil.

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Day 10 (Monday October 3rd)

I am very bored and ready for other people to be in this house. Living by yourself is very boring. There is no one to talk with and you hear every noise possible! Only a few more days. I also made cookies today! Oatmeal and Chocolate Chip, the ones already cut in squares. They were sooo good.

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Day 9 (Sunday October 2nd)

I LOVE Palm trees. They are up there with the ocean.

Today was General Conference! Yay! After the sessions were over I went over to the neighbors and had dinner with them and their family. Then all the men went to the Priesthood session and the girls played games. It was super fun! I had a great time.


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Day 8 (Saturday October 1st)

I wish these had the red Chinese symbol thing on them. Anyway, since I have been home alone I have been able to eat whatever I want. Tonight I ordered Chinese. I love Chinese food, but I am kinda picky about my meal. I order Broccoli Beef and Sweet and Sour chicken with Steamed rice. I assemble it like this: Rice on the bottom, then I take the sauce from the BB and spread on the rice and pick out the broccoli ( I don't actually eat the beef). I put the SS next to that, it can't touch,  and I only like SS when it has the veggies and is all mixed in together. I don't like the plain chicken with the red stuff that comes it a cup. I know it is picky but that is mostly the only way I will eat it.

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Day 7 (Friday September 30th)

Today I tried going to a new town by myself without any help. It did not got well. I got lost and some how ended up turned back around on my way home. So, I went home. But instead of actually going home I went the out of town the opposite way to a town I was pretty familiar with and made it to the mall for some retail therapy. I bought these earrings, they remind me so much of the ocean. They have the 3 layers of different colors of the blue ocean. I love them! I also went to Ben and Jerry's and ordered a Oreo ice cream shake. It is the best thing ever. The ice cream itself is yummy but turning it into a shake was even better.

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Day 6 (Thursday September 29th)

This is Monk. He is a dog. Today my grandparents left to South Dakota, and left me and the dog home alone. Yeah, not cool. Anyway, This little dogie has been attached to me since they left. You can tell he is sad that they are not here. The neighbor drove them to the airport and when he dropped the car off the dog was expecting them to have everyone to come back in the house, but they did not. He was pretty sad.  We have pretty much gotten along. I never realized why people didn't like small yapping dogs because the dogs that I have had, Shih-Tzu, don't bark high pitched. Then I met Monk, and I understand now.We will make it through the week though.

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Day 5 (Wednesday September 28th)

Starbucks!! I DO NOT DRINK COFFEE. Just making that clear. There is a lot of things you can get there that does not have coffee. A few of my favorites are: Chocolate Banana smoothie, Caramel Apple Spice drink. Above is a Salted Caramel Chocolate Creme. All the Cremes are pretty good and quite sweet. Also, there is Hot Chocolate. That is my grandmas favorite! She is practically addicted. :) Starbucks is just yummy and a soul comforting place. :)

Day 4 (Tuesday September 27th)

Day 4: I guess it is cool to take pictures of your shoes. These are my favorite kind of shoe. Vans!

Day 3 (Monday September 26th)

Day 3: This is one of my favorite things that I have done! I know I didn't make up this idea but I didn't know that at the time. I had not seen this project anywhere until after I put it up and once I did I saw it everywhere! It makes me happy every time I look at it. :) String, nails, clothespins, and pictures! Less then $5! I am going to string more all around the rest of my room. It really is a fun way to decorate a room.  

Day 2 (Sunday September 25th)

Day 2: This is Javier, my cousin. He really likes to skateboard and has been trying to teach me. It is a work in progress. Haha!  He is a patient teacher. :)

Day 1 (Saturday September 24th)

Alright! Day one!
This is the ocean at sunset. I loooovveee the ocean! LOVE it!

I have been lazy about posting those pictures. I will get them up later today or tomorrow. :)

Project 365

I am starting a photography project! I got the idea from Photojojo (I really like this book). It is a project in which you have to take one picture everyday for a whole year. Nothing specific just something. I am going to take it one step further and write about the photo. I have thought about being a photo journalist so this would be good practice. :)
I am going to start tomorrow with Day 1 and next September 24 with be Day 365. I really want to have this go the whole year, so I need your help to pester me if I start lacking. :)

Books!

Since I decided I was going to blog I have been thinking of all the different things to write about. I am very excited. :) This blog is to help me better with my writing skills to what may be a huge portion to a future job. So, sorry if there are errors or typos.

Today I got this book in the mail called Photojojo. It is a DIY photography projects. I am really excited about it and can not wait to start playing with it. I also got my Biology text book in the mail. Not as excited to do that but that is a must. The 3rd book I got in the mail is the Hunger Games. I have heard it is a good book, and my friend recently read it so I figured I must read it too.

I don't know how to end a blog....

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I have decided to start a blog. Obviously. The reasoning? I am not sure.

Today I have been thinking about possible career choices and it was stressful and discouraging. For a long time I wanted to be a Child Psychologist but now I am not sure that is my real desire. I love photography and I am starting to look into what I can do with that. Sometimes I wish someone would just tell me what to do for a living so I do not have to make the decision. 

I can't think of anything else to say for now. I hope this blog helps me with whatever is going on in my head. Also, If you blog helpful tips would be appreciated :)