Go Aggies!

I definitely have grown a love for Aggie basketball this year. I will admit that last year I never wanted to go to a game because I normally don't like watching basketball that much. It just wasn't that entertaining to me and I never got into it. The only exciting thing that happened at a game last year that I remember and talk about was my very first game when Big Blue kissed me. That was definitely something weird and not normal. But this year I made a total switch into becoming a huge fan! I end up going hours before the game even starts and wait in line to get front row seats! We have a lot of fun hanging out and playing games while waiting and then it pays off when we are front row and right in the action. I must say being in the front row really makes a difference in watching a basketball game. And it doesn't hurt that it ups the chances of being in a picture for the newspaper!

Taken from the Salt Lake Tribune

Monday nights game results: USU 98, Hawaii 54.

Way to go Aggies!!

Another Semester

Another semester begins.

Am I ready for it? No. Am I ever ready for school to start again? No.

It was weird driving back up to Logan yesterday. A month break really is a long time. I felt like I had been gone forever. I was sad to leave my family once again but it is a good thing I came back to a house with little kids super excited to see me. Turns out they've missed me lots and constantly asked when I was coming back so that definitely put a smile on my face. Oh the joy of little kids :)

I've only had two new classes so far and I'm excited for one but the other I can tell is going to be hard for me. We already had a test just to see what we know. Wanna bet how much I knew? ZERO. Oh boy. Good thing it's not counted towards our grade. Tomorrow will bring 3 more new classes to my life and once again only one is what I'm excited for and that would be my Big Band Swing class that Rylee and I are taking together. We decided a long time ago that we needed to take dance classes up here and we finally signed up for one. Even though it isn't the dancing we meant, it'll still be super fun!

Now besides classes, I need to go find me a job! Donating plasma has been a great easy way to earn some extra cash but I need something else that won't leave scars in my elbows from nice thick needles. I'm just not excited to have to search for a job. So stressful.

But even with the stress of new classes and having to find a job, it's good to be back in Logan and getting back to a busy life with school and friends instead of the lazy not so productive one I had over the break. The only problem I have with it is that it's two hours away from Orem. But I guess on the bright side it's better than the four hours from Vernal!

2010

Happy New Year!!

Well, even though I didn't get to spend New Years with the one person that I really wanted to spend it with, I still had a lot of fun with other people I love. I went to the U Institute and danced the night away! I ran into many people that I haven't seen in a very long time so it was good to catch up with them for a bit. But as always, there can't be a New Years spent with friends that doesn't have drama come along. This year it was mainly my cousin that had the drama. We thought that my situation wasn't fun until at the dance my cousin had an hour long insane breakup with a boyfriend she had for one day. Yeah, she definitely beat me with a sucky New Years. But at least we were able to laugh about it and have a good time afterwards anyways and it still turned out to be a good New Years!

I still can't believe another year is over with and a new one is beginning. I still remember last New Years and it doesn't seem like it was a whole year ago. It seems like it was just yesterday that I was with all my best friends from Olympus celebrating the New Year by watching the boys try to wrestle each other and now they are all on their missions. I am so proud of all of them even though it was hard for me to say goodbye to them. But luckily I have made new great friends up at Utah State. It was good for me to not have anymore friends at home because it made me stay in Logan and realize how much I was actually missing by going home every weekend.

All in all 2009 was a great year. There were many highlights of my year: going to the Temple to be sealed to my brother, a cute niece joining our family, finishing my first year of college and deciding to go back again, road trip to California with great friends, another great summer of lawn mowing and actually being able to control the beast of a lawn mower, my family finally buying a houseboat of our own, living with my cousins resulting in me getting to know them even better, and meeting my new best friends at school which then led to meeting Landon.

There were also many downfalls to the year but I won't mention those because who wants to remember the sad times? Not me!

I am excited for 2010 and I know it'll be an even better year! There will be many more highlights as well as downfalls.

Bring it on 2010!!

Christmas Weekend

Christmas this year was a very different one. Different, but still just as great. I knew everything that I was getting because I had picked it all out myself and it was an off year where my siblings, besides Tiff and Blake, went to their in-laws. So it was sad that there weren't any little kids running around all excited. I'm definitely not complaining though because since our family was small this year, Christmas morning didn't last too long which created the great opportunity for me to drive to Vernal to surprise Landon. It turned out to be a great success. He had absolutely no idea which is all thanks to his parents for keeping it secret! So then I spent a couple days in Vernal hanging out with him and his family. It created some firsts for me. First time driving 3 hours by myself (wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be and was pretty surprised my car made it that far!), first time snowmobiling (which I now have a love for and can't believe I've been missing out on something so fun all these years), and first time playing Cribbage and winning (which was pretty awesome. It sure taught those boys not to mess with us girls! Haha). So all in all I had a great fun weekend and was sad it had to end!

Now it's almost New Years and I'm very sad because it's the first year my family isn't doing anything! The Hansen family has just gotten too big so we can't find a place big enough to fit everyone. If only my Uncle's business partner would stop being dumb and let us use the bowling alley without having to pay him! It's the perfect place to celebrate New Years! But until then, no more New Years parties for the Hansen family.

I don't know what I'm going to do!

I'm Home!

Winter break is finally here! After a busy couple of weeks and then one week of intense studying for finals, the semester is finally over and I couldn't be more relieved. I am now back at home with my family and I couldn't be happier. The only thing I'll have to deal with is that I'll now become a slave for my mom. Ok, so I'm just going to work for her to earn money for school since apparently I'm only an average worker at the Post Office and they just don't seem to want me to work for them. So bitter. (For those that may not know, I worked at the Post Office last year and though I hated every minute of it, it paid great money so I applied again this year only to find out I'm average instead of excellent so they won't hire me again. Soooo lame!) But I guess I shouldn't complain because I'll actually get to spend time with my family this holiday season. Lots of parties that I'll be able to go to that I wasn't able to go to last year. So this winter break should be a good one and I'm so stoked! I just love this time of the year!!

"The Rules"

The Rules- Time-tested Secrest for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

NOTE: Thanks to Tiff for giving me this gem of a book. I thought it was so good that I decided I needed to share it with the world. Therefore, I have compiled what I believe to be some of the most important rules, and the suggestions that go with them, for catching Mr. Right. Enjoy!

THE RULES
1. Be a "Creature Unlike Any Other"
2. Don't Talk to a Man First (and Don't Ask Him to Dance)
3. Don't Stare at Men or Talk Too Much
4. Don't Call Him and Rarely Return His Calls
5. Don't Accept a Saturday Night Date after Wednesday
6. Stop Dating Him if He Doesn't Buy You a Romantic Gift for Your Birthday or Valentine's Day
7. Don't Date a Married Man
8. Even if You're Engaged or Married, You Still Need "The Rules"
9. Do "The Rules," Even When Your Friends and Parents Think It's Nuts
10. Don't Discuss "The Rules" With Your Therapist
11. Do "The Rules" and You'll Live Happily Ever After!

Meet a Rules Girl:
"Don't leave the house without wearing makeup. Put lipstick on even when you go jogging! Do everything you possibly can to put your best face forward. If you have a bad nose, get a nose job; color gray hair; grow your hair long. Men prefer long hair, something to play with and caress. It doesn't matter what your hairdresser and friends think. You're certainly not trying to attract them! The point is, we're girls! WE don't want to look like boys."

"Now a word about clothes. If you walk around in any old clothes on the theory that what counts is only what's inside...think again! Men like women who wear fashionable, sexy clothes in bright colors. Why not please them? Don't aspire to the unisex look. Buy feminine-looking clothes to wear on the weekends as well as during the workweek. Remember that you are dressing for men, not other women, so always strive to look feminine."

Be a Creature Unlike Any Other: "When you go to singles dances or parties, you pump yourself up. You pretend you're a movie star. You hold your head high and walk in as if you just flew in from Paris on the Concorde. YOu're only in town for one night and if some lucky hunk doesn't swoop down and grab you it'll be his loss! If you think you aren't pretty, if you think other girls are better dressed or thinner or cooler, you keep it to yourself. You tell yourself 'Any man would be lucky to have me,' until it sinks in and you start to believe it."

Don't Talk to a Man First and Don't Ask Him to Dance: "By talking to a man first, we interfere with whatever was supposed to happen or not happen, perhaps causing a conversation or a date to occur that was never meant to be and inevitably getting hurt in the process. After all, the premise of 'The Rules' is that we never make anything happen, that we trust in the natural order of things--namely, that man pursues woman."

Don't Stare at Men or Talk Too Much: "Don't look anxiously around for 'The One.' There is nothing attractive about anxiety. There will always be moments on a date when neither of you has anything to say. Don't feel the need to fill in these silences. You'll end saying something stupid and forced. Sometimes men just want to drive in silence without saying a word. Let them. Maybe he's thinking about how he's going to propose to you one day. Don't run his concentration.

Don't Call Him, and Rarely Return His Calls: "Don't worry about seeming rude. When he loves you or wants to get in touch with you badly, he won't think you're rude, just busy or hard to get--and men always call again. Life has enough pain without our adding man pain to it. We can't control cancer or drunk drivers, but we can restrain ourselves from dialing his number. One last thought about the phone: sometimes we want to call a man we are dating not to speak to him, but just to hear his voice. We feel that we are simply going to die if we don't hear his sexy voice this minute! That's understandable. We suggest you call his his answering machine when he's at work. Hang up before the beep. It really works!"

Don't Accept a Saturday Night Date after Wednesday: "The best way to encourage him to phone sooner is to turn him down when he calls on Thursday for Saturday night. Hopefully he will get the hint. Nicely say, 'No, wow, I wish I wasn't busy!' Then sigh and get off the phone. He will soon realize that you simply want to be asked in advance for a date. Don't be offended, just train them to call earlier without actually demanding it of them. If you play your cards right, he will reach the conclusion that the only way to see you whenever he wants, at the last minute, is to marry you!"

Stop Dating Him if He Doesn't Give You a Romantic Gift for Your Birthday or Valentine's Day: "This is not a rule for gold diggers; it's just that when a man wants to marry you, he usually gives you jewelry, not sporty or practical gifts like a toaster oven or a coffee maker. One point about greeting cards: check to see if he signs 'love.' If he doesn't sign it 'love,' don't assume he does. Just read what's written! When you do receive gifts, don't overreact. "

Don't Date a Married Man: "All women who date married men suffer from low self-seteem, or why would they settle for so little? We are not big advocates of therapy, but we believe it would be worth $125 an hour to find out why you would do this to yourself. If you have recently met a married man that you are mad about, then you must practice self-restraint. If he is everything you ever wanted in a husband, be friends with him and hope he gets divorced. By the end, you are always crying on the shoulders of girlfriends and wishing his wife would die."

Even if You're Engaged or Married, You Still Need "The Rules": "If you didn't do 'The Rules' at the beginning of your relationship, your husband might ignore you, talk to you rudely, or treat you badly. You might wonder, 'Is his behavior the result of bad upbringing or something in his past?' Maybe. But we believe it's because you didn't do the rules."

Do "The Rules," Even When Your Friends and Parents Think It's Nuts: "If you can't find any like-minded women to support you in doing 'The Rules,' just read this book a lot, carry it around in your purse to refer to on long supermarket lines, and practice what you read as much as possible. Believe us, if you do 'The Rules,' you'll be so busy dating your future husband to care or even think about what anyone else is doing or what anyone else things of what you are doing."

Don't Discuss the Rules with Your Therapist: "Some therapists will think that 'The Rules' are dishonest and manipulative. They will encourage you to be open and vulnerable in your relationships with men, to talk things out, not to keep your feelings of love or hurt inside. Self-improvement is great--we can all be better in many areas. But simply being a better person won't get you the man or your dreams. You have to do 'The Rules!'"

Do "The Rules" and You'll Live Happily Ever After: "It's that simple. You do 'The Rules' and trust that one day a prince will notice that you're different from all other women he's known, and ask for you hand! Incredible, unbelievable payoffs:
-he wants to marry you!
-when you are seated at a booth in a restaurant, he slides over and sits next to you. Sitting opposite you is just too far away when he's truly in love.
-he writes you love notes or poetry for you and tapes them on the refrigerator door.
-if you call him at work, he'll always want to talk to you even if he's busy.
-he doesn't like it when you go to bachelorette parties.
-when you walk around the house with very little on, he whistles, as though you were a babe on the beach.
-when he loves you, he loves your kids."

The Rules: Time-tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right
by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider
(c) 1995 Warner Books, Inc.

I guess that's what I'm not married yet. I haven't been following "The Rules!"

Fall time

Oh how I love the fall time! It might even be my favorite season. I love watching all the leaves change colors. It makes being outside so beautiful. The sad part about being in Logan is we get a very short fall. We've already had snow. The past couple days have been good, but the leaves are mostly all dead now. BUT another part of why I love the fall is Halloween! There are so many fun things to do. I always go see Thriller which I just love. It's so good.

And then you can always have fun dressing up in costumes! This year I was Tinkerbell. I was supposed to be Glinda from Wicked but I didn't feel up to wearing a prom dress all night. It was a good thing I went to a party the week before Halloween with my sister and her husband so I actually had a back up costume. We actually had more fun getting into our costumes than at the actual party.

Pumpkin carving is always another favorite. I didn't do any last year, but this year I was able to carve 3! It was a lot of fun. Ellen and I were pretty proud of our spider web pumpkin.

On Halloween night, me and a couple of friends decided not to go to the Howl. I didn't enjoy it too much last year so we decided to have our own party. Turns out we aren't very decisive and can't plan parties though. We ended up just watching the baseball game. There was a party going on in the apartment building we were at which we visited for a bit. They had this coffin that we had fun taking pictures in.

Since I had my Tinkerbell costume, we found some clothes for Nate to wear to be Peter Pan. Yes, he is wearing all girl clothes. It was awesome. Rylee completed our group by being Wendy.

Now that Halloween is over and it's November, I'm looking forward to two things: New Moon and Thanksgiving! Oh how I love fall!