Brittany's Magical World

"It's not all going to fit."
"Yes Alyssa, I PROMISE you it will."

"Yeah, in Brittany's Magical World it might."

Moving to school is extremely more exciting exciting when you have 1 truck, 3 girls, 1 boy and every one's stuff. My good friend and roommate AJ wasn't very optimistic about being able to fit all our furniture in one trip and still be able to have room to sit and breathe inside the truck. But just as I promised, it fit and we made the 3 hour trip down without losing anything. On the mountain just before you reach Globe, they are extending the freeway. This resulted us waiting 30minutes in a blasting zone. (listen to Brian Regan about 'blasting zones')

As soon as we pulled into our apartment complex, Adam (a friend from last semester) came out and helped Rocky move some of the heavier things up stairs. You can always count on Thatcher boys to help you move in. I was in such a hurry to leave, I forgot my keys. It is only really a true Thatcher stay if you climb through the window at least once. We moved our stuff in side and headed to Rocky's apartment to drop his things off.

After picking up his number 10 key, we set off to look for the number 10 trailer. You would think it be labeled 10 and be directly after number 9. Yes, maybe in every other part of the world besides Thatcher it would. I should know by now Thatcher has it's own personalized way of counting, along with a million other little corks that make it the town I love.
We walked around Howard's Place looking for 10 a few times. Keep in mind that it was about 4pm and 2000 degrees outside with the chance of heat stoke. We were cooking so Rocky picked us up and we laid in the bed of the truck while he drove the same circles we made on foot, still in search for number 10. After we decided this was a sick joke, we went back to the landlords house to demand the meaning of selling us an apartment that didn't exist! After a few more aggravating situations, we discovered that it went from 9 to 12 because in Thatcher 12 is really number 10.

We ended the night tired, hungry and hot. It was only ten when we fell asleep, though it felt like 1. Ash came over the next morning and we just sat and talked in the apartment for a while. It was nice to be back at school and just catch up. When I am at school, in my apartment, I just feel just like a college student -a feeling that isn't the most dominate at home during the summer. It makes me excited for my ever changing future.

Magical World Indeed.

the SKYE is not the limit.

“Sing, Sing a song, Sing out loud, Sing out strong, Sing of good things, not bad, Sing of happy, not sad, Sing, Sing a song, Make it simple, To last your whole life long, Don't worry that it's not good enough, For anyone else to hear, Sing, Sing a song.”

-Joe Raposo

Meigen gave an a-MAZ-ing performance at the entertainment restaurant SKYE. I am in continual awe of my friends great talent. Sean was there, he was a semi-finalist from a previous week, along with AJ, Rachel, Kasey, who arrived shockingly right on time, and I. Oh and the V's were present too, duh. Great job Meg! You are still forever my favorite. You can sing me to sleep any night. (For some reason we only took pictures with Sean.)

great job meigen.

Stage Critical.

"This part is stage critical."

- my dad.

two day project:

It has been a long time coming, but we are now in the process of pouring the cement for our driveway. Because of the elevation of the house and such, it cannot be poured all at once. Not that we would be able to do that anyways. Saturday was spent "preparing" the yard. My mom and I shoveled a ton of rocks out of the truck, literally a TON of rocks. Because it was around 10:30 AM and 7000 degrees outside when we finished, we decided to hold off on pouring until the next early morning- which was today.

It is a messy messy job. My dad was the leveler on the cement pouring, mom and I shoveled the rocks and cement into the mixer and added water, Rocky was the transporter and did about everything inbetween. I have blisters on my hands from the shovel which definitely makes me tough. Rocky and I carved our names on the cornerstone. It was an exhausting week, but we are happy to have the first step done. My mom said we aren't a very normal family. Most people get excited for outings and such, we were all very excited to lay concrete. I have to agree with mom.

Yes world, it must be 2009 because
the Blacks are getting a drive way...

sidenote:
A little shout out to Mrs. Sharon who completely made my day with such a nice comment. Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts.

How I spend my hours...

yumm. AJ and I!

So I have not blogged in so long. This is only because I haven't taken pictures, not because I haven't been busy with events. Last Saturday I went to Ashli's bridal shower. Oh how I LOVE Ashli. She is so funny. I could seriously just talk, laugh and listen to her all day. Such a wonderful friend. She has made getting married look very fun. I am still unsure about the whole "time and all eternity" part. But the ACT of getting married looks super fun. From watching Ashli, this is what I have come up with.
First a boy who absolutely adores you and worships the ground you walk on gives you a BEAUTIFUL ring.
Then you get pictures taken of you, LOTS of pictures.
And you have to send out invitations and have parties. But Ashli's explanation of all this is priceless. Every time I mention or tell her something is really cute, she says, "Yeah that was all (fill in the blank). I didn't do anything."
So she just shows up, and magically there is a party and presents waiting for her.
Oh. And you get lots of presents and have a pretty princess dress.
See, getting married sounds fun.

Then I went over to AJ's sister, Becca's, baby shower. I wish I would have taken some photo's there. The decorations were EXTREMELY cute. Going to parties kinda depresses me sometimes, I realize how boring I am when I see all the cute little details people add. Cutest baby blocks in the world!

Then this Monday we had a birthday dinner for Bobby and Jennifer. I came straight from work so I didn't have my camera with me. Sad. But Chloe and Sophie were once again adorably funny and sweet. I never tire of listening and watching them. They are simply the cutest little girls. And Sophie talking more and more. I feel like I miss so much just seeing her every other day!

So you are caught up!

sweet and simple.

To one of my very best friends.


I kinda have like this great best friend. She is going to my roommate in 26 days. And I couldn't be more excited. We have set up so many rules for ourselves so we won't end up hating each other. I am not worried though, and either is she. I have learned so many different lessons from my amazing friend this past year, just simply by her example. I am constantly learning and bettering myself because I know her. Our lives are kinda similar sometimes, and it never fails to take us by surprise when the same exact things happens to us both. I think about Alyssa and her stories and they just always make me smile. Although life isn't always the most kind, she always finds the sweet things to point out.
Between sunflowers, pictures and laughs....
I think we deal just fine.




Just for you...
always.