HOLY GUACAMOLE!

Hi guys. Well it's been over a year, ridiculous right? Well... let's catch you guys up really quick! (unlike my normal tons of info posts!)

Last time I posted I'd just gotten a new job at JFK (Just For Kids). I worked there for 8 months. March-October. I had a blast with my team teacher and actually got to love my little one-year olds! I loved doing newsletters and calendars, lesson plans and cleaning lists. But I had a really hard time with sketchy management, and finally it was too much for me to

take. So...I quit. :S But I will always have good memories of my babies and dear friend MaeMae.

Then came Thanksgiving and Christmas. I was looking for work, but taking a break. Working on Christmas stuff. I was, at this point, seriously dating my wonderful boyfriend Chris, and I spent a lot of time with him. Thanksgiving and Christmas were a blast and we popped around

between my parents' houses and his parents' house-as they live across the street. I'll post all about us later, but for now we'll just say, things with us were starting to get serious...

With the New Year of 2011 came a new job as a teacher at A to Z Building Blocks! It's super great and I still totally love it. From Jan-March I was in the two year old room, getting to love on my little ones, and now I'm upstairs as an official preschool teacher working with 3-6 yr olds. I love all my friends here, my boss, the environment, etc. I still do the newsletters (can I just say that I think they're totally GORGEOUS!?!) and love cleaning.

This new job brought about a new place to live as well! I moved in with a team teacher, and totally love it. I'm not always there as other things come up and it's not far from home, but it's nice to have a place of my own. Even if I have to pay rent and utilities, and internet, and deal with roommates...yikes. But it's good for me! :D

In February, some...big stuff happened. I got my patriarchal blessing on Feb. 2nd and it was an amazing experience that I'm so very grateful for! and then...

I got ENGAGED! Would you believe it? I'm WAY too young to get married, but things with Chris are...so wonderful. My way of thinking just... turned around. When Heavenly Father gives you a giant super happy blessing you don't say 'eh, no thanks!' :D It was a really funny story that I'll just have to post later. But we're super happy, despite all the stinky wedding planning, and I'm actually very excited to be his wife. Mrs. Emily Call... has a nice ring too it, doesn't it? :) p.s. isn't my ring perfect and gorgeous!?!

SUPER YAY!

So this morning I was super bummed, I was told to expect some sort of info as to the status of my job interview by Monday, and as it is Monday and I'd gotten nothing I was pretty sure that things hadn't gone as well as I'd hoped and that I was gonna have to resume the job hunt :( BUT! Then at 3:56 I got the call! I was a bit worried at first, but then they told me they do want me for the position! SO! On Wednesday, I am going in for a TB test at 11 and at 12:30 I'm going in to Just For Kids in Springville to fill out paperwork and learn details! SUPER YAY! I GOT A JOB!

Snail Mail

I wanted to make a quick announcement about how real letters from people can just make your day! Today around 2ish I got a letter from my friend Miller. He recently enlisted in the Army, and he's been gone to basic. I've written him a few times, and gotten a letter from him -but that was before he'd received my letters. However, this real letter was wonderful fun, and it totally made my day. So much so that I replied and mailed it (taking it to the post office, as obviously the mail had already come for the day) today. :) I can't wait for the next one. :)

thoughts of the current moment

I got home from my interview today (I got a call around 10:30 asking me if I could come in to interview at a place I'd submitted my resume to(haha yesterday!) today at 12:30. Of course I went in! It was a beautiful facility, super clean :) and organized. I think it went well so I really hope I can get this job! Cross your fingers for me!) and realized I didn't really have much to do until I go to the allyse's fitting tonight, and since I'm back in blogger mode, I thought to myself, I should go blog. :D
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Right well so I was looking at my Aunt Dana's blog and thought it was pretty cute (layout wise is the point specifically mentioned here, but her content is too. :) ) and so I went to the site she got it at, and started looking at the free stuff and just was dying from all the cute and awesome buttons. So I just had a put a few in here-ready for the awesome?!


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cool, yes? :) I may try one of her blog layouts, it's got elephants. I LOVE elephants!

Monday Night

TV!

is the best, both for monday nights, and for tv. whodathunk?! Can I just say that while the Olympics are cool and all, having regularly scheduled programming is far superior!? at least in my book. I love so many monday night shows! Here are a few favorites of mine (not in a particular order)

• Big Bang Theory
• How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM)
• Castle
• Chuck
• Life Unexpected
• Greek
• House
• Heroes(I don't actually watch this normally)

(Disclaimer: I do not watch all of these shows every week, as they stagger them. But When they are on, I enjoy watching them. :) And I'm very glad for tv to be back. Additionally, no, I do not watch live tv.)

The Awesome Book of Awesome: preface

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! I am going to write a book. First I'm going to write chapters. Little installments. Then I'll go edit them up to make a real book. Then I may or may not send it to a publisher. We'll see. :D hehe. You may look forward to such chapter topics as: cookies, bass, books, music, car trips, adventures vs. quests, what makes jane austen books fabulous, how to enjoy cleaning, and much much more! So look forward to a chapter every so often. You're welcome to input topic suggestions, and you're MORE than welcome to shoot me a REMINDER E-MAIL if you haven't seen a chapter in a while. :D LOTSA LOVES!

Activity Days

Do you see all this fancy hair?! As I mentioned earlier in my post about the Primary Carnival, I'm an Activity Days leader for our ward! YAY! lots of happy. :D Well, last Thursday we had our activity to get pretty and take a group picture. I did 11 girls' hair in an hour! Are you impressed? You SHOULD BE! I know I was... pretty amazed. :) 3 updos. 4 curly. 1 straight. 1 flipped out. 2 waved. Wow. We have lots of fun, and are looking forward to our trip to the museum next Thursday. Lotsa loves to my girlies! :D

The Box "Fashion Show"

Sunday February 22nd 2010 a box was delivered to our home. In this box was not the printer advertised on the outside, but hand-me-down clothes from someone. And see, being girls, we of course had to try them on! This of course inspired a fashion show (because, much like the 'if you give a mouse a cookie' books so beautifully illustrated, certain things just happen because of certain choices). Here are MY favorite pics of each of us from this fashion show. We also have videos, if you wanna see them, shoot me an e-mail? :D Aren't we cute?
Thanks mysterious box-bringer.

Karli Crazies!

As most of you know, I like to have both a dude and girl best friend. Well, for some time the guy has been tyler, and I've been lacking a female. (well I have Julia, but a BFFE doesn't work alone...) :( Well, never fear, Karli is here! :D

Karli is wonderful fun! Tyler called her my happifier. She's as crazy awesome as me, and we get along swimmingly. So well in fact, that, after many a sleepover here, she's decided that she's moving in here until we can get an apartment. Once she's 18 and out of highschool that is... :S hehe. We fit together great: she likes to make things awkward, and things don't really make me awkward, she likes to dance like a loon to loud music, so do I! She likes rainbows and guitar, I like bright colors and bass. We both love juice press. (YAY! finally something she likes more than her icky fast food!)

We've done many a fun thing: Alice, Ouran marathons, crazy dancing, many an adventure, movies, concerts, sleepovers, pretty-days, pedicures, making bracelets, etc. She's just a blast to be around.

We have a huge playlist of awesome entitled "Shinanigans":

• Tik Tok by Ke$ha
• When Did Your Heart Go Missing by Rooney
• I Got a Feeling by Black-Eyed Peas
• Emo Kid by Hollywood Undead
• Pretty Rave Girl by I Am X-Ray
• When You Were Young by The Killers
• Shake It by Metro Station
• Rooftops (Scream Your Heart Out) by Lostprophets
• Hello Seattle (Remix) by Owl City
• Misery Business by Paramore
• Miracle by Paramore
• Playing God by Paramore
• Such Great Heights by Postal Service
• Nothing Better by Postal Service
• My Darkest Hour by Scary Kids Scaring Kids (watch the music video. it's a huge part of why we love it!)
• Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon
• Love Song (Punk goes pop cover) by Four Years Strong
• Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus (overlook that fact and it's a lot of fun)

Our current favorite youtube video is Smosh's "If Movies Were Real" so to you all I say:

"Why'd it have to rain PINEAPPLES!?!"