Day 8

Wow it's been a while.

Not a whole lot has happened recently... Although school is getting much much harder and I am starting to understand the term "Early College High School". This school is nothing like Bingham. The teachers actually care about your well-being and will check up with you if you aren't doing so well. They also notice when you turn in late work... Itineris is definitely a good thing for me, but I'm starting to wonder if i'm actually able to keep up with the work load. It just keeps coming. I feel like i'm digging myself into a deep deep hole... HEELLLPPP!!!

In other news... I'm going to Brighton's MORP (prom backwards=girls choice) Halloween dance with some kids from Itineris. Tori's going with Moroni and Lindy is going with some guy who's 19 and leaving on his mission next month... haha Darcy (not an Itinerisian) is coming too with some other 19 year old dude. Who am I going with, you ask? Well at first I asked Nate, but apparently he's some ladies man and is already going to Riverton's Halloween dance (conveniently placed on the same date) . In other words, rejection. So Tori and Lindy got together and decided it would be brilliant to ask Tanner to be my date. So they did. WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!! So now i'm apparently going with Tanner. Awwwkkwwwaarrrddd.... Oh well, it should be fun:) We're dressing up as couples through the decades and Tanner and I were assigned 20s. So i'm borrowing Kayla and Greg's Fascinating Rhythm costumes:)))) Super excited for that!

Besides that I can't think of anything else to update on... I'll upload some recent pictures of mine.

Day SEPT! (that's seven in french:D)

Look at that. A post the very next day!





Ha ha. No, My math teacher gave us extra time to work on our homework, which I have already accomplished, so here I am. Writing in this blog.





Wow I have no life.





Anyways... So my Itindure for today has been a fun one:) I just got back from Jamba Juice! Nate, Moroni, Tori and I had 45 minutes or so after our Biotech lab today and Tori had never had a Jamba Juice before [I know, madness right??], so off we went.

Moroni found the chalk that I stash in my trunk and left a nice chalk drawing in the parking lot. It was an outline of his body, [you know like from CSI or whatever those weird shows are?] with MORONI written around it.








So I'm pretty sure this blog has gone from a goal to get 365 posts in the next 365 days to a blog full of my random musings [that make no sense]. Don't get me wrong, I'll still try to get the posts, but I highly doubt I'll be able to accomplish it....








Bored as always.








Today I'm thankful for: {Friends and Jamba!}

Day 6 [Seriously?? Only 6??]

Wow.

So umm... It's September 8th. last time I wrote it was almost a month ago. Holy crap. I'll try to remember more.

So I started Itineris and I absolutely LOVE it. The people here are so fun and i've already made new flip-awesome friends:) That part really makes me happy because I was scared I wouldn't make any for at least a couple weeks into the school year, and here it is, barely week one:)

So I shall tell of some of my magical and thoroughly enticing [no, not really] Itineris adventures.....

ITINDURES!!!

Ha ha:) So if any of you are just dying with this question in your head: "Does Calli have a secret message inside her keys???" well I am here to save you and answer your question!

YES. yes I do have a secret message in my keys.

It says that M and N have cooler keys than I do.

Sadface.

well that's all I got today....

WAIT! I Just got the In the Heights (the musical) soundtrack!!! AHHH Today is a glorious day!!

Today I'm thankful for: {Scriptures and Soundtracks}

Day 5

So you may be wondering why I haven't been writing... but that's because I was on trek! I just got back yesterday. While on trek I have done/recieved the following:

• Blisters and cuts on my feet


• Blisters and cuts on my face


• 2nd degree sunburns on my face, shoulders, and ears


• Funky tan lines


• Used an inhaler for the first time in my life


• An awesome set of new friends


• Stronger muscles


• A new found confidence in my strength


• A better outlook on life


• And a sense of a renewed spirit

Trek was an awesome experience and I am so happy I went. My family was absolutely AMAZING. I honestly think we were the best family there. Other families had internal feuds and cliques from outside of the stake. My family was DEFINITELY not like that. We all got along so well. Within hours of meeting each other, we were all quoting Nacho Libre. That right there is a true sign of friendship:) Plus, I made a better relationship with Connor, my neighbor.:)

Not much more has happened in the life of Calli...

Although, recently I have crossed the following off my summer to-do list: Play hide-and-seek in Walmart, and frolic through a field.

Ooh! And I made scrumptious looking cupcakes today:) [I never actually ate one though...] I'm too lazy to go get the memory card the pictures of them are on though... Maybe in another post:)

Today I'm thankful for: {Hot showers!}

Day 4

Wooooww.... I'm horrible about remembering...

-BACKTRACKING-

Saturday~ Happy 24th of July! It was Pioneer Day here in Utah. I didn't do much... my family had a BBQ with some neighbors, but later that night, my brother and I and some of our friends drove down to the planetarium to see Alternative X [a light show to random alternative songs]. It was soo much fun!! I'd recommend it to anyone... as long as they brought fun friends:) Ha ha.

Sunday~ Got ready for church, then my parents informed me that we were heading up to the Utah/Idaho border for my dad's cousin's son's farewell. Awwwesome. I was in the car for most of the day, but I got to do something afterwards that I had been missing this summer.

You see, a couple months ago, my stake held a Senior Citizen's dinner and the stake activities committee decided that it would be cute to get a bunch of girls, teach them old timer songs, put super cheesy "dance moves" [they totally weren't] to the songs, and then push the girls out on stage to perform for this dinner. Ha ha, it wasn't quite that dramatic, but you get the gist of the idea. So anyways, that was in like May. But on Saturday the director lady for this calls me up and says, If you're still available, we are getting the girls back together to perform again, but at a retirement home. Did I mention she called me at 8 in the morning? Well she did. And I think I said yes just to get her off the phone...

So I arrive at the church at 5 [when I was supposed to be there]. She didn't show up until at least 5:15. We waited around for a while because the doors were locked and she had to run home to grab some keys. But when we finally get inside we have to keep waiting. When we originally performed, there were 14 girls. Director lady said she got a hold of 7 girls.

3 [counting me] showed up.

But it worked out quite nicely because we had all the parts! Mallory was a first soprano, Kaila was a second soprano/first alto and I was a second alto. So we went over our songs and I felt like I was prepping for a Clayton show. We sung Glad You Invited Me Here [which is insanely high for Calli the second alto], Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, and Mr. Sandman. Once we went over some forgotten notes, we were off for the retirement home, all four of us.

First thing that surprised me was the fact that the home smelled like Christmas and not old people!! I'd say only 10 or show people came to see us sing but they were the cutest old people:) I felt a kinship with them just by singing songs from their era:) I was talking to Mallory and we both felt like after we had finished we needed to go talk to them and thank them for coming [thank you Clayton Productions for the habit!]. After this performance, I think this performing season i'm not going to worry about whether or not my solo sounded fantastic or not or if my costume is flattering. I'm going to focus on why I am performing. For the people.

Beautiful faces in a crowd of pain

Eyes full of life shine out beyond life's strain.

Tears filled with hope, 'midst hunger for daily bread

As hearts become one, our souls are fed.

Suddenly the cares of life, with such weight to bear,

Stand without meaning when our lives are shared

A smile, a touch, a song can brighten one's darkest hour

We becomes us through caring's pow'r

Where much is given, so much more there is to give

Expanding the circles of our hearts helps other live

Lord help us be compassion's children, mercy's hand, and love's embrace

Let it be said...

Kindness lives right here.

Kindness lives right here,

Within us lives right here,

Inside our hearts.

Clayton Productions has had such an impact on my life. It has taught me more in the past 4 years than I can even comprehend. Not only that but it has improved my voice and social skills:)

Okay I could talk about Clayton for days. I'll move on to today's activities:)

So my mom woke me up at 10:30 and told me we were going shopping. But not for fun stuff. buuuuttt lunch was involved, so I went:) I came to figure out that it also involved new shoes!!

Aren't they fantabulous?? Ha ha:) They were on

sale too! I am now officially a loafer owner:)

Anyways... It rained quite a bit

today... Hazzah!! I loves the rain so much:) I took the opportunity to snap a few lovely pictures. Here, I'll upload a few.

Well that's really all i've done today... Trek is coming ever close.... I am less than thrilled.

Today I am thankful for: {Summer Rain}

Day 3

I was doing so good!! Ugh... Why'd I have to forget?:(


Well, I'll start with what happened yesterday then.

First off, I got home around 10:30 am from the sleepover the night before [that was fun:D]. Normally, I would just go straight back to bed, but I had to drive myself home this time [that doesn't normally happen] so I was quite awake. So I flipped on the tellie and, what do you know, there was a marathon of House. I've decided that....


I LOVE THIS SHOW!!


I've also decided that I have a thing for medical dramas. Take for example, Grey's Anatomy. Guess who followed this show for every episode for two seasons until her dance changed to Thursdays, which was the day it showed? That's right me. The rest of my family has this weird obsession with police/presidential dramas. Like, 24, Police Women of Maricopa County, West wing, CSI [sometimes]. Oh well. Way to be different, I guess. :)



So I watched a couple episodes of that [then recorded the rest of the marathon], but then called my dear friend Maddie over to hang out. Just after I hung up, I had a spark of genius! Photo shoot with her! I have already given my other dear friend a photo shoot, but that was part of my birthday present to her. That was so much fun! So right then and there, I decided I'm going to try to get photo shoots with all of my friends:)



But you know what really bothers me? When beautiful girls don't feel that they aren't in the slightest bit pretty. That's the experience I had with Maddie. When I was taking the pictures, she seemed like she knew exactly what she was doing and how truly radiant she looked. But as I was going back through all of the pictures, she commented on every single one saying, "Look how fat my legs are." "Look at my gross arms." "Look at my fat neck." All of which, bytheway, were not true!!



Take for example this picture. She looks gorgeous. Do know what she said about this? Look at my fat, fat arms. It's so sad when girls can't accept how truly beautiful they are.



"Our deepest fear is that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking that so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God which is in us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."



That is my absolutely favorite quote.



I just don't understand why everyone can't understand this. Sure, we all go through moments of doubt, but that is why God placed friends and family around us. To lift us when we're not strong. I feel that once a woman feels truly confident in herself, that is when she performs to her best ability.





FRIDAY



I got to cross two more things off my summer list today!! I made delicious root beer popsicles, and then made a fort out of blankets in my basement. Walking down memory lane with childhood friends is so much fun:)



Actually, what I did before that was see Despicable Me with my friends Camille, Abi, Kelli, and her little sister Lisa. It was soooo cute!! I'd recommend it to any family for FHE. ;) Ha ha.



Oh, did I mention I'm teaching myself to play the guitar? Ha ha yeah I started that yesterday. And can I say OW?? I have soft piano-playing hands. They are now bruised, but still soft. Anyways, I now have Ode to Joy and the simple version of Smoke on the Water memorized, and I figured out how to pluck out Iron Man. I feel very accomplished. :)

All in all, this past week has given me lots of time to think. This summer alone has allowed me to grow so much mentally... It has made me worry for the future as well.




It honestly boggles my mind to think that my older brother will be leaving this decemeber and won't come back for another two years. It also blows my mind that I will be graduating school in a two short years.



I guess to sum it up, I've started to make every moment last a little bit longer, make every hug a little bit tighter, and make every laugh a little bit longer.


Okay, enough of the deep thoughts... Ha ha:)







Today I'm thankful for: {the little moments that seem to last forever}

Day 2

Post numbero DOS! [Is that how you spell it? Ha ha I speak french:D]

So Today my activities consisted of
A)Watching America's Next Top Model until noon.
B)Edging the lawn [then standing in the rain a while]
C)Seeing Inception again
D)[I'm about to] Have a sleepover with a long lost (sort of;D) friend

A- Why do I love this show so much?? Maybe it's because I consider myself some sort of a photographer, so seeing the different photo shoots gets me in a sort of imaginative mindset.

B- I have recently discovered that, as much as I hate doing the lawn, I actually like it... just a little. Ha ha. It just gives me time to think. [ZOMG YAY RAIN! It rained yesterday too, and it makes Calli very happy!]

C- I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS MOVIE!! It really makes you think. It's pretty much the most amazing thing since sliced bread.

D- Calli questions this sleepover... Ha ha. I haven't seen this friend all summer, so she wants to reunite. She can get a bit crazy. Hopefully I won't be in over my head...

IN OTHER NEWS...

Clayton starts up again soon!! [For those who are lost, Clayton Productions is my performing company. We sing and dance. Like Broadway...except without the acting:D] I've been getting my voice out of that dark corner it's been sitting in since I got back from my tour to New York... that was a depressing corner... **shudder** Ha ha:) it's nice to finally wake up and not have a sore throat! My verbrato feels welcome again:)I love love LOVE singing. I didn't always, but Clayton has helped me realize my true potential in this area, and has taught me to love my voice [even if I am not a first Soprano, but just a second alto... BUT I AM A DANG GOOD SECOND ALTO!! The best one out of my group, if I do say so myself...]

Welp, I'm being yelled at to go collect trash [it's trash night], So I think i'll end it here.


Today I am grateful for: {piano-playing fingers}

Inspiration

July

I love this woman:) She is a very dear friend of mine. And she is also my inspiration for this blog:)

Day 1

Yay morning-time posts:)

So every time I look at my dear friend Megan's blog, she always inspires me to start blogging. At first I created a picture blog. But that didn't turn out so well when it took so long to upload pictures that by the time it was done, my clothes had gone out of style. Thus enters this blog:) I'm trying to make it my new project and make a post everyday of the year. But Calli, won't you be away at camp and other activities where you will not be able to access a computer? Why yes, my smart friend! So I made a guideline for myself that I need to get 365 [meaningful] posts in before July 21, 2011. Woah that felt weird typing...

MOVING ON!

So today I had an awesome first. I mowed the lawn!! [Crazy, I know!] Here's the story, I live in a family of all boys. Calli=the only girl. So guess who had to edge and not mow the lawn that's right Calli. But My older brother works constantly now, and my little brother just left for the National Scouting Jamboree yesterday morning. Enter Calli's mom offering 20 bucks to mow! I had quite the time:) And now I have a battle...blister...! (not quite as epic as a scar, but epic nonetheless)

And that was only this morning....

Later tonight, My good friend across the street invited me and some other girls over to watch Nacho Libre. We had pizza and a lot of laughs:) Watching the ending made me very reminiscent though... You see, I umm..... kinda had my first kiss during the end of that movie... Lame sauce kiss, I know, I know. But he's still a super awesome guy. He's away at some camp thing this week so he hasn't been able to text me at all. But today he replied and got my heart beating again:) You know, I've been his girlfriend for almost two months now, but every time he says I love you or calls me beautiful, my heart flutters. Is that normal? Ha ha it's just teen love, I suppose:)>

So after Nacho, we got sidewalk chalk out of my car and headed to our camp directors house (she lives down the street). It was her first year as a director and she did an awesome job as such:) We wrote all over her driveway in thoughts of THANKS FOR CAMP and WE LOVE YOUs. But just as we finished it started to trickle rain... so we rang her doorbell and ran to hide behind the nearest car so that she could see our masterpiece before the rain washed it away. We she came out she smiled and our job was accomplished. Shenanigans later this night were filled with "The Peanut Butter and Jelly Song" (**sings** Cuz I'm peanut butter and YOU are jelly and we're so happy on our little piece of bread!) chalking different leaders houses, getting caught, dancing in the rain, laughs, and smiles.

This is what summer is about. I just gotta make every moment count.

Today I'm grateful for: {Signs of affection}