Linguistic comeback

Every era has its own lingo. Sometimes the vernacular doesn’t make a lick of sense. But as the years and decades fade away, so do the weird phrases. Just like fashion, they come and go with some never coming back while others make a historic leap from history and show up in the common vocabulary again. I thought this would be fun so here are some sayings. Let me know if you know the origin of any of them. I am curious.


For Pete’s sake
Knock on wood
It’s raining cats and dogs. WHAT?!?!?!
Cool Beans- this one is just confusing
Break a Leg- oh that sounds encouraging
Whole 9 yards-isn’t it 10 for a 1st down?
Cold turkey- eww
Close but no cigar
Sleep tight- what does that mean compared to sleep loose?


These are just a few so if you have more, send them my way. Just thought it was interesting that most of these are just so confusing, if I were trying to learn the lovely language of English, I would be utterly and completely confused. Even more than I am now. Enjoy!

Puzzle Pieces

I have come to the conclusion that life is a puzzle. Yes, that’s right; it’s a puzzle that when put together and completed, the end result, usually, is a wonderful whole picture. I hate puzzles. LOL yes I am really laughing out loud right now. I don’t have the patience for puzzles and have determined I don’t have the patience for life either. It’s funny, when putting together a puzzle, you have the entire picture and you just have to put the pieces together in the right spot and eventually the puzzle is finished. Finished and exactly like what you knew you were creating. See! Just like life. We know the end, we have all these pieces of life in our hands, the only difference is, we don’t get all the pieces at once. They are given to us slowly and at the right time, but we don’t know that. We don’t know what piece is suppose to come before or after another which causes chaos and frustration. Sometimes it feels like we get the wrong piece at the wrong time…that is until another is given to you and you see the connection. Wow, he knows what he is doing doesn’t he? So if we know what we want, where we are going and how to get there, we should know what to do with each puzzle piece he gives us. That’s a problem. We never know what to do with the trial or good thing we have been given and how to implement it into our life puzzle. That’s where faith and trust comes in. I personally can’t do puzzles alone. Drives me nuts. I always need someone else there helping me. Someone that has a different view of the puzzle can see things clearing in the picture and knows how the pieces interlace. Crazy huh! I think I really have discovered something here. Puzzle=life. Puzzle pieces= life events. They are practically the same. I am just thankful that life isn’t a one player game. I am glad I have others that can see different angles, pictures and views so my puzzle isn’t messed up entirely. And I am especially grateful, that unlike a puzzle, my life isn’t missing any pieces.

Holy Freaking Potter

Today my friends, is the opening day of Harry Potter World and this is the line to get in. Way to be devoted!!  Can't wait for my turn!

Things that I love

Ok I have been a sour puss lately so it was suggested I play the “glad game” from Pollyanna. So here we go.

1. Soccer.

2. Soccer in the rain.

3. Anything covered in chocolate. Even chocolate in chocolate is tasty.

4. The smell of freshly cut grass.

5. Reading anything; Harry Potter, Dr. Seuss is my new thing, classics such as Jane Eyre… (he he Heather!) Pride and Prejudice blah blah and more and more.

6. Getting out of the car and stepping into the Uintah mountains with a rush of all the fresh smells and refreshing temperature take complete control over my body.

7. Eating Jell-O.

8. Playing, “what can we fill the room with” game with my cousin Trevor. We decided that Jell-O would be the most fun but marshmallows and ice cream would be a blast too.

9. Listening to an addicting song over and over and over and over and it still never gets old.

10. Opening the mail box and seeing there is mail for me that isn’t junk or bills.

11. Waking up with my blankets all around me and it’s cold outside of the blankets.

12. Journey, Queen, Abba.

13. BONES BONES BONES!!! The show.

14. The Office

15. Cloudy with a chance of meatballs! It’s the #1 funniest movie I have ever seen.

16. Singing Fly on the Wall with my sister.

17. Girls Days

18. Teaching. It’s such a rush.

19. Harry Potter. Enough said.

20. Setting up a tent and seeing that it is worthy to sleep in.

21. The smell of campfire smoke.

22. Hotdogs over the campfire.

23. Roasting marshmallows. Not eating them, just roasting them. I am De best.

24. Solitaire.

25. My Ds.

26. Watching movies.

27. Laughing at ridiculous things that really aren’t that funny, but because it’s so late, everything is hilarious.

28. Playing hang man and the dot game at church.

29. Watching Brian play Call of Duty…then watching him yell at the screen. HAHA

30. Spinning in a swivel chair till I am sick, then doing it again.

31. Babysitting my cousins.

32. Hanging out with my aunts and uncles.

33. MY GRANDPARENTS. Sorry but they are better than yours. Don’t fight it, just admit it. It’s no contest.

34. Jelly Beans.

35. Dove Dark Chocolate.

36. My family.

37. Brian.

Things that annoy me

1. When every one of my 6 preset radio stations is on a commercial. Really?!
2. When those radio stations all come back from commercial and two of them are playing the same song…at the same time!? Is there really not enough songs in the world to choose from? 
3. Being asked how I am doing insincerely so that the person asking can tell me all about their boring life, and not really care about mine.
4. Driving in front of a crazy pedal pusher that decides I am taking too much of his time so he flies to the other lane, only to get stuck behind someone actually going below the speed limit instead of the speed limit. Actually this one makes me laugh hysterically at their idiocy.
5. Going to the grocery store and seeing an overly large obese person using the sit and ride electric shopping cart while there is someone on crutches right in front of them. You kidding me? You aren’t even going to be discreetly lazy? Instead you are going to showcase that not only are you lazy, but you are so selfish, all you care about is getting your Cheetos with the least effort as possible before helping someone that CAN’EVEN WALK?
6. Adults that act like children. …worse than children.
7. Every time I look at Deseretnews.com the most commented on stories either have the words sports, BYU, UTAH or BCS in them. Wow Utah, we aren’t even that good of a football state and that’s all you can think of to comment on. What about the war, the oil spill, the financial crisis, the actually aspects in the world that affect your life day to day.
8. When systems crash.
9. When English soccer fans complain that the goal shouldn’t have counted…why? The goalie made a mistake. It’s done. A goal is a goal no matter how small.
10. Please and thank you have disappeared from the English language.
11. Close minded people or groups.
12. Waiting till 5 so I can go home.
13. Jumping through hoops of fire to get my degree.
14. Liars
15. McDonalds
16. Standing in line at the grocery store and watching a mother scream, yank and curse at her children for being children.
17. When I don’t say anything to the mother about acting like the adult to her children instead of throwing a tantrum herself.
18. When I am telling a story and get cut off, and don’t get apologized to or even asked to finish my story. I am sorry; go ahead, your life is much more interesting and I apologized I inconvenienced your time with me wasting my breath.
19. When someone complains about working full time and going to school full time and just not having enough time for anything else….cough cough…I do it too….for the last 4 years. Give me a freaking break. Obviously your life has less hours in it than mine cause I am still able to share my time with my family and friends.
20. When a cop is driving infront or behind a group of cars and ALL of those cars around the cop slow down. I would love to be a cop in this instance, you have complete control of everyone. Ha
21. When I am guilty of any of the above.

A Little Somber

Today was a terrible, rotten, no good day. Work was long, my patience was tried numerous times, I studied alone for hours for a test that basically holds my future in its greedy hands, I missed my brother and I cried. My mind was running a mile an hour. (Hidden joke there) To reiterate, it was a terrible, rotten, no good day. But I endured, I made it through and here I am. I found some light though. Some joy. It was small but it made things ok again. Rain. It’s wonderful isn’t it? The brisk, sweet smell conquers the troubled air and clears the atmosphere for another day. It’s cleansing. It’s peaceful. It made things better. I sat there for just a few, meaningless minutes, soaking it all in. The air gets quiet. The clouds provide a protective shield. The water cleans as it falls and the smell is more refreshing than even a clean, fresh cut soccer field. It’s magical. As it falls, it sparkles, and if you step back far enough in your imagination and become a child again, it makes anything possible. The escape, from this world filled with death, trials, enduring day to day, that it provides is remarkably stunning. It’s an unusual world. A world where nothing can go wrong. Everything is right and joyous and simple. It’s a small piece of Heavenly Father comforting you. Hugging you. Letting you know it will be okay. He does that often I discovered. Touches your world that is filled with “gunk”, with a small example of assurance that he is there, that he will always be there. He is watching over you and reminding you that it’s okay to have a bad day cause in the end he will still be there. Ready to help cleanse your spirit, your mind and prepare you for the next day. It’s not easy, it’s worth it though, and we just need to be reminded every now and then. And remember, “Life isn’t meant to be endured, it’s meant to be enjoyed.” (G. Hinkley)

I hate him

He has various names and aliases; Lucifer, Satan, the devil, but to me he is just the king of all douche bags. I don’t hate many things; but I do hate Hitler and child sex offenders but it’s because of Satan’s influence that they are the way they are. I am not taking away the responsibility they are accountable for their choices but for crying out loud I hate him. He is part of the plan, I understand that, but I am still going to complain and whine as loud as I want. I have always known that he has influence on others and that influence is bad. Not just bad, but it can be detrimental.  I know his plan, at least I have a good idea and I don’t plan on being a part of it, but when he sucks in some of my best friends, I get defensive. I am not saying I am perfect, because I am not. Yeah I curse when I am mad, I don’t go to church every week, but I live a good life and I try to accept all people. Like I said, I am not perfect, but I know the difference between right and wrong and try to show that in the life that I live.So I think I have a pretty good defense against the adversary. But it breaks my heart when I see some of my best friends, the friends that I had slumber parties with and grew up with through middle school and high school, be tested and tried by his influence and become victim of his pressures. Again, I try not to be the high and might, all knowing, perfect example, because I am not. I hope I don’t come across as being judgmental, because I know how that feels and it’s humiliating. Those type might fall it to my category of those I hate. I don’t want to portray myself in that manner at all but I have common sense and can imagine what a choice might lead to in the future, which I think has helped me live the life I have. So when I see my friends, whom have been raised similarly, under the same accountablility and morals, fall to his influence, it makes me so upset that some of their choices are not right or healthy for them and it’s because of this idiot that I have to see my friends go on a roller coaster ride. Who knows in the end if the rollercoaster will end up on the ups or the downs. I pray it ends on the ups.

If I were a rich girl...dadadadada

First of all, this is a disclaimer to all those that read this. I am not a racist, nor will I ever be. So the next few minutes of me ranting and raving aren’t projected towards any one in particular. It’s just that, me ranting and raving about how the world just isn’t fair. I am an ordinary person. Nothing outstanding about me. My IQ…well I don’t know what it is, but it’s not exceptional nor is it below par….in golf terms, isn’t below par a good thing??? Anyway, I don’t have any outstanding skills. I am just average. And average people don’t get scholarships. My family is standard, two parents at home, one working, both white. My husband and I are ordinary too. Plain. Boring. They don’t give scholarships for plain, average white folks. Maybe if I were black, brown, Asian, or got pregnant at 16 I wouldn’t have to pay an arm and a leg…and a foot and a hand and a torso, to pay for schooling. Don’t get me wrong, I know it’s harder when you are a single mother or father to support your family, and to receive your education. So go ahead, provide scholarships for this genre, but for crying out loud, the U.S.A. is such a melting pot, there is no damn thing called a minority in this country so don’t give scholarships to the “minority”. They don’t exist. Give it to those that, I am sorry to say this, but those that will actually finish school. No I don’t have numbers to back it up, but how often, I wonder, do these “minorities” get scholarships yet don’t finish their schooling. It doesn’t make any sense. Why not just have department scholarships. Give it to those going in to a program, and not make it biased based on the color of your skin. That way it’s fair to everyone and the individual’s background doesn’t influence the decision. It should be based on character and how that person is in the community and their devotion to an honest and true education. And if someone is awarded a scholarship, if they don’t graduate within a certain time frame, pay back the damn money you wasted while I was paying tens of thousands of dollars to benefit my life and my family’s life. That is all.

People lack the ability to think clearly and reasonably.

So I was browsing the web looking for something interesting to pass the time. This headline caught my eye. Women sues Google over Utah Walking Directions. Yep you guessed it, because of google’s bad map directions, she walked into I busy highway and was struck by a car! I am sorry but what the F, for lack of better words. Really? Are you freaking kidding me? All I can say is I am glad this women isn’t my mother, friend, sister or even an acquaintance because I would have to deny all relation or knowledge about her for fear of total and complete embarrassment. I know times are tough for everyone these days. Finances aren’t secure anywhere, but please hold on to your dignity. Don’t throw it out the window just to cash in on something you can’t bear to take responsibility for. Accountability, responsibility and common sense are three things she needs to take a crash course in. I just won’t be the ones giving her directions on how to get there for fear of being sued for her stupidity.