this world is ours - let's make it beautiful

i'm putting these here because i have lost them once & have found them so i don't want to lose them again; 


this one: 


http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Southwestern-Pasta-Salad

&& this one: 

finishing a semester has never felt so good. i'm tired still, working a lot more and i'm puppysitting. that reminds me, i haven't taken any pictures. i'll get on that. been really busy w/christmas shopping & work. today ruth picked me up and her and i went all over christmas shopping. i'm really excited because i got most of my stuff. i just have to get something else for tyler & daddy & i'll be finished. i came home and tyler came over. we wrapped a bunch of stuff and then went to dinner for a post-semester dinner with mom and dad at babbo by my house. it was really good. i came home and started cleaning my room - it desperately needed it. i vacuumed and re-did a bunch of stuff - feels good to have a clean room. i got new sheets today! they have owls and trees and they are SO cute. flannel, too, so they will be warm. maybe i can find/post a picture of those. i dropped my computer off at frys last night, so i don't have one right now. i'm actually using brother's while he is out on a date. but yea i got that done & now i don't know what to do? maybe i will start crocheting cute/creepy things. :] or i have a handful of things that i can wrap, as well. i'm tired. tomorrow tyler, dad & i are going to make brother & garrett's guns. & then dad and i are going to frys - get a loaner and some christmas stuff from him. :] what else? this blog is super choppy and random. but i'm tired and my brain is not functioning at full capacity. with a 3 month old puppy at home, sleep is a rarity. he slept on my face last night. and on my neck. and my chest. it was nuts. but i'm going to get some sleep tonight, i'l make sure of it. i have to go - maybe i will do christmas cards. we'll see. have a good night everyone. i won't be so far away. :]

So I've wanted one of these Starbucks tumblers that I haven't been able to find ANYWHERE. They are super popular so whenever a Starbucks gets them in they don't last long. Tyler was looking around and found a guy selling them for $28/ea. with free shipping!! I've never found one for under $35. So he ordered two (one for each of us) and now I will have my very own!! :) Early Christmas presents are the bestttt.

In Progress: Running With Scissors

- Food, Inc.
<3 Augusten Burroughs:
- Sellevision
- Dry
- Magical Thinking
- Possible Side Effects
- A Wolf at the Table
- You Better Not Cry
<3 John Elder Robinson
- Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Aspergers

<3 replacement battery for my macbook pro.
<3 new case for my macbook pro. (like this one)
<3 cute moccasins.
<3 good booklight.

That sounds REALLY lame, I'm sure. But it was a reading we had to do for Microbiology. It was out of one of the scientific reference journals we were assigned. It was really interesting because it talked about all the different ways that we can be infected with a Flu virus. It also talked about all of the different ways you can tear down your immune system and how different medications and food attack the good guys who keep you healthy so that you really can't fight anything off after a long time. It was really cool to see all of the different ways we compromise our immune systems without even knowing it! ...Lamest entry ever, I know. :)

1. I have been with my boyfriend, Tyler, for 4 years. We met before I graduated high school and it's been a fun ride. He's been with me through a lot, and I wouldn't take any of it back. :)

2. I work at ASU in the Nursing Advising Student Services office. I'm basically an administrative assistant with a student worker status. :)

3. I'm a full-time student and have recently changed my major from Dietetics to Food & Nutrition Management.

4. I have 3 dogs. 2 that live with me and 1 that lives with Tyler. Tucker is a black lab & Casie is a mutt.  Jack is my Yorkshire Terrier that Tyler got me for our 2 year anniversary. I have a guinea pig named Lasagna and a Betta Fish named Pish. I'm not sure that I ever want to have kids of my own. I love children, but I'm not sure that I am ever going to be able to handle that big of a commitment. That's so permanent. I'm young though, everyone says that will change.

5. I very often regret not doing better in high school. I just coasted through and did the bare minimum to pass and get out of there. I wish everyday that I had spent more time on my work and more time getting involved. I always think that it would be awesome if I could go back and do it again.

6. I am really not a fan of the cold. (Other than for reasons stated earlier.) I'm from Phoenix, so I'm not used to any kind of cold weather, and I freeze rather easily. I'd never move from here though, I don't think. I can handle the heat pretty well.

7. I played softball from 6th - 8th grade. I wasn't a big fan of the idea of playing on the team in high school(something i regret, always) and I started playing slow pitch in January of last year. It's a great way to end the week.

And the seven people I'm giving this award to:

1. Armina at Armina's Ami-nals

2. "Shorty" at Securityville

3. Jane at Free Amigurumi Patterns

4. Maartje at Tizzalicious

Okay so I don't have 7 people I'd send it to. But. Here are the 4. :)