i'll be feelin' it tomorrow.

so, what better way to spend christmas eve than to go hiking! my cousin, aunt and i went up to Angeles National Forest and hiked to the bottom of the canyon down to the falls...beautiful! well, on the way up my cousin (kristi) wanted something a bit more challenging, as did i. we decided hike up the mt. zion trail and then catch another trail from the hogee campground back down to the parking lot to meet up with my aunt again. we look at the distance and determine it will probably only take us an hour and a half or so. well, we thought it was only four miles and half being uphill and the other two being downhill....not too bad right. boy were we wrong! turned out being 11 miles and 10 of those being uphill! oh, man is my butt sore! your probably thinking "how is that possible...what goes up must come down?". don't ask me, but it is...i shall try to explain. you see, this trail actually took us to another canyon, which we then had to climb out of, then we went back down and around and back up again. an hour and a half...i think not. try 3hrs. come on though that isn't bad for hiking 10 miles uphill. good stuff! well, we eventually made it and found my aunt slightly distressed and worried about us (there was no cell reception, therefore we couldn't have called). good hike though. definitely more than we bargained for, but at least i feel like i got decent work out. no joke it was hard! good, good.

well, Merry Christmas Eve! :)

last minute christmas shopping can sometimes be good

this afternoon it dawned upon me that i had not yet gotten anything for my sister (betsy) and had completely forgotten to pick some lotion my mom had wanted up from the body shop. talk about stress! so, i decided that i would have to brave the crowds of the cerritos mall and go on a hunt for something that my sister would like. you see i have trouble shopping for her (actually i have trouble shopping for most people, but that's beside the point). our styles are VERY different and i don't always know what she would like or wear. she wears more trendy stuff, but i'm so not good with that whole thing. well, i hear her talking about how she needs to do some last minute shopping and i ask "for who?". she gives me this look that has the answer written all over it...letting me know it was me. actually this worked out great. we went together. i can't even remember the last time she and i went shopping together, let alone did anything one on one. it was kinda nice for a change....wouldn't want to do it often, but it was okay. the only thing is i hate shopping and she loves it, so that is why we don't ever go together. i only go when i have to (unless its with friends) and i just get in and get out. she likes to try things on and take her time. so, what we ended up doing was each picking out something we liked for the other one to buy so we would get exactly what we wanted. oh, and get this both things were on sale! i mean major on sale! my shirt that i got was originally $29.00, but that price tag had been marked down to $14.95 or else i wouldn't have even considered it. we got up to the register and it was actually $9.50 and her bag (originally $30.00) was only 8 bucks! now that's a deal! and now all my christmas shopping is done! sweet!

well, i better get to bed because i'm going hiking tomorrow with my cousin, kristi and my aunt...should be fun.
bye for now! :)

oh the festivities

first official day of christmas break today and i definitely took advantage of it by doing absolutely nothing. i can't remember the last time i just sat around in my pj's all day, watched a movie and baked cookies! :) but hey, we all need some down time once in a while right? so, i don't feel too guilty. festivities

last night was our annual boring christmas party, but with the company of rebekah, cristina and julie it wasn't too bad. :) we managed to amuse ourselves by attacking each other with balls of tissue paper. thanks again for coming guys and keeping me company! i had fun! :)

check out the sweet pictures that i stole from julie's blog.

peace from rebekah and julie!

i like how cristina just rotates while the rest of us do crazy poses.

love this picture...especially since you can't see cristina's face! haha i'm totally kidding, cristina...i love your face!

yeah we're just cool and you know it! :)

good times!

make sure to celebrate tomorrow!

pretty awesome if you ask me. don't forget to celebrate tomorrow because "it's only right that we shed some light on this little known holiday!" haha! :)

coming closer!

can you believe that christmas is almost here? i sure can't! it seems like last christmas was just here! not that i don't like christmas (and break :). it's just that i can't really get in the mood for it. like i'm not really excited for it at all. i think most of that has to do with the fact that i pretty much have no energy to be excited about things as far as a week in the future, so i think i will not worry about this for now.

it rained all day today! awesome! rain seriously makes my day! as well as goldenspoon, while its raining, with friends. then when your friend trips over a "caution slippery when wet" sign...that just adds to the goodness. hilarious!

oh, and i finished christmas cards! yippy! still need to do some last minute gift shopping...if anyone would like to tell me something they would particularly want/could use i wouldn't object. :)

2 1/2 more days of prison and i'm free for 2 whole weeks!

well, i'm going to bed now! hopefully i'll have good dreams...the last couple nights my dreams have just been plain weird!

dear travel the world and the seven seas

danielle knows who else came home this week, but she hadn't arrived yet when danielle posted that. but, danielle doesn't want her to feel left out so...WELCOME HOME REBEKAH! hopefully danielle shall see you soon!

don't ask why danielle is talking in third person...she doesn't know.

have a wonderful day!
four and a half more days and then christmas break!!!! i can do it!...i think :)

it's been a busy week

lets see...i'll just list some things from this week instead of going into detail.

night of the week: definitely wednesday night...tennis banquet! but, i already posted about that, so i won't say much on that.

class of the week: for sure NOT yearbook...i don't know why i ever took that stupid class. actually i wouldn't have too much of a problem with it if it weren't for a certain person...and i think we know who i'm talking about (if you do not...just ask me sometime). anyway now that i've vented...class of the week. probably have to be history. we're watching a movie, plus i like that class.

happy happening of the week: cristina came home! haven't seen her in six months, so it was fun to hang yesterday for a little bit.

whoa! my power just went out as i was in the process of typing this...anyway

i made some progress on christmas cards, so that is exciting

well, i'm tired and have a TON of homework this weekend, so i'm going to bed before my power goes out again.

good night everyone!

banquet 2007!

well, as you may have figured out, we (the girls tennis team that is) had our team banquet and look at all the cool stuff we got!
i was awarded most inspirational and we all got certificates for making it through season undefeated. the maroon and gold ribbon thing on top is a lei type necklace caitlin's mom made all of us and laney's mom made us all scarfs that say "VCHS Tennis 2007 League Champs". so we are all planning to wear those to school tomorrow! :) oh, and i bet you are all wondering what a pirates of the caribbean card is doing on there. well, funny story. laney, julie and i (after exposing me to the wonders of shaved ice) went to rite aid to buy coach a card. we decided we like the singing cards the best and julie saw this one and goes "i'm so getting this for my buddy!" i asked her who she had and she told me brittany. i go "uh, does brittany even like pirates of the caribbean?" well, then i get to amanda's house and julie hands me the card...i still didn't get it. i'm just standing there like "what do you want me to do with this?". i totally thought she was just handing it to me so i could dance to it (it plays the theme song) well, i finally caught on...so funny! su-weet!

julie y yo!

me and coach!