The life of Miss Lisa

Mount Timpanogos!

2011-08-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

We hiked to see the sunrise

The four others I was with

5 1/2 hours......Worth it

Cooper Howell

Jared Porter, He was a bit cold and sick of getting eaten by mostiquos

Colby Dalley, Jeremy Buck & Cooper Howell.

The "Official" Top of Timp

Refreshing Spring

I finally did it! It took me two attempts, but I finally made it to the summit of Mt. Timpanogos. Surprisingly enough, I wasn't sore or tired. I took a three hour nap later that day...it did the trick. I didn't need another nap to recover!

Fun Facts

2011-08-24T11:01:00.000-07:00

Copy and paste the words. Bold the things you have done. I've Seen this on a couple people's blogs now, so I wanted to do it and see how many things I have done. :)

This list has some good ideas to start a bucket list if you don't already have one!

1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22. Hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 24. Built a snow fort 25. Walked on the equator 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31. Hit a home run 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Solved a Rubiks Cube without cheating 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar 72. Pieced a quilt 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Lost a loved one 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire Bible 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox 89. Saved someone’s life 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous 92. Joined a book club 93. Broken a bone 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Owned a cell phone 99. Been stung by a bee 100. Flown in a hot air balloon

2011-08-15T10:00:00.000-07:00

I am a finisher of the Mapleton Moonlight Half Marathon. It has been my favorite half marathon I have ever ran, I've done Moab and St. George as well.

Glow Sticks were all over. People had them around their necks, ankles, hands and even in their hair. There was no way a person could go unseen.

My favorite part about this half marathon is how relaxed it was. The race started at 9 and the winner had to cross the finish line at MIDNIGHT! It was nice because racers could start at any time. My friends and I started at 9:30pm. We had a good steady pace, but I ran faster the last mile or so. I finished at 11:56:56. SO CLOSE!!! I didn't care much, I'm just glad I FINISHED!

If anyone wants to run a half marathon, I would recommend this one! 10/10

Elder Brad Garlock enters MTC

2011-08-03T11:00:00.000-07:00

Today starts my little brother's two years of his mission. My brother is going to the Portland Oregan Spanish Speaking mission. He will stay in the Provo MTC for six weeks and then labor in Oregan. Lately I have been feeling patient and irritated with Brad. He would leave his underwear on the bathroom floor, plates and crumbs on the couch (two days after I vaccuumed) and would take FOREVER to get a list done. AHHHH he drove me CRAZY some days.

However, I had to say goodbye to him last night and I'm going to miss him more than I thought. This was our conversation.
Me: "Well I probably won't see you tomorrow morning so I"ll say goodbye to you tonight. Too bad I can't give you a hug" (he was set apart as an elder earlier that evening).
Brad: "I can give you a hug"
Me: "I'm a girl"
Brad: "yeah, but you're my sister"

My heart just melted when I heard those words come out of his mouth. Bradley gives me a hard time and tells me how it is, doesn't involve any fluff in a conversation ( which i appriecate). It may seem that he is a little harsh with me, but I now KNOW inside he truely does LOVE ME! and I KNOW he is going to miss me. He may NEVER admit it, but I KNOW! haha

In Training

2011-07-27T09:08:00.000-07:00

As most of you know, I like to be active as much as I can. On that note I decided start a bucket list that I want to fiinish before I leave. Here are some items I have chosen.

1. Hike Mt. Timpanogos (doing that this weekend!)

2. HIke the G with Tiffany Hayden (girl from council. She has never done it before and I promised her I would hike it with her before I left).

3. Run two half marathons. The first one is a Moonlight half in Mapleton. It's starts at 9PM and you have to finish before Midnight! The race is August 12th! it's coming up! The second half marathon is the Salt Lake City on Sept 3rd, a couple of weeks before I fly out for the MTC.

4. Have reunions with my former roommates and institute council.

5. Attend the Temple weekly- Let me know if you want to go & I would be delighted to go with you!

6. Have as much fun as possible.

Not a very long bucket list, but I wanted to keep it simple because most of my summer is being dedicated to prepare for my mission. I didn't want to distract myself too much.

Shout out to my Dad!

2011-06-22T13:59:00.000-07:00

J ubilant
A spiring
Y outhful

D iligent
A ctive Priesthood holder
V ictorious in life, the gospel and in our family :)
I ngenious
D edicated

G od first
A ttitude of Graditude
R espect
L ove of Learning
O bedience
C ovenants (make and keep)
K indness to everyone

My dad has always been one of my examples in life and I know that I can always turn to him for anything. I admire his actions that he takes in life and the love that he shares with others.
I LOVE YOU DAD!

Mission Call

2011-06-09T10:32:00.000-07:00

Dear Sister Lisa Sharilynn Garlock, you are hereby called to serve for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter days, you will labor in the Scotland/Ireland Mission. You will prepare to teach the Gospel in English. You will report to the England Missionary Training Center on Septemeber 16th, 2011. It is estimated that you will labor for 18 months.

YES, YES,YES! Are you shocked? Don't worry so was I. If you look on the map my mission is colored Green and Rust Orange! I am SO excited! When I read where I was serving I knew the Lord knew the desire of my heart and I knew that the apostles were intuned with the spirit when they assigned my call. My first thought was "How did that happen, I don't even have red hair!" Yes it was a stereotypical thought, but hey sometimes you can't help the first thought that comes into your mind.

I feel at peace knowing where I'm going. The anticipation was killing me, I have never liked anticipation and this was probably the experience that gave me the most anxiety. I'm just glad I finally know where the Lord wants me.

I feel so grateful for the wonderful people that are in my life and what a great influence you have on me. Thank you for keeping me worthy to do the Lord's work.

Spring

2011-06-02T13:31:00.000-07:00

Dear Weather,
I want to be able to go outside and smell lovely fragranced flowers, read a book on freshly cut grass, go swimming at an outdoor pool and wear shorts with sandels everyday. Why can't Spring and Summer come, why does it have to Snow in May? I'm ready for Spring and Summer to be here, please allow the seasons to come!

Summer Jobs

2011-05-27T13:49:00.000-07:00

I'm REALLY going to take blogging seriously this year and keep everyone updated on the adventures in my life.

This week is the first week at my new job as a receptionist for a CPA company. My main responsibilities are to answer the phone lines, take messages, keep a clean work area and look pretty for the clients who walk in for an appointment! It's nice being able to look nice everyday. Along with my receptionist job I am still working at Hickory Kist Deli in Spanish Fork. I work my receptionist job Mon-Fri 9-3 and I work about three days a week at Hickory Kist.
So far I am LOVING my receptionist job. The summer is not a busy season, i get about 15 calls through out my shift (not alot, it's a call about evey half in hour or so). I bring a book to read or I read some news articles! It's a new experience that I'm beginning to enjoy. I finally feel like I'm moving up in the job world and becoming more professional.
I'm almost off of work, but stay tune for more adventures this summer of 2011!

Institute Council

2011-04-27T12:07:00.000-07:00

Since October Institute has been my life. I've had so many great experiences because of institute council and i've built great friendships. The pictures should speak for themselves.

Joylyn and I with our unplanned matching outfits

Joylyn, Ashlee and I

Once again, unplanned, matching coats

Ashlee and I. I told Ashlee funny face, I don't see any funny in her part. She is beautiful in every picture.

Men's appreication luncheon. Theme: Superheros

Charmaine Griffin and Breanna Trost

Me and girl with awesome hair

Serving food to the Men we support and love!

Rachael Thompson and Lisa

This is what happens when Dan Garner forgets to cut his hair. We like to make fun of his fluffy hair. :)

Rachael Thompson, Brandon Young and I

Devin Moody and Rachael Thompson

Devin's Blue Steel

We were playing a game where the person with the camera names an animal and the people in the picture have to give their first expression when they think of the animal that was named. The animal in this photo was Giraffe.

A silly picture of Brandon and me

We had a frosting fight at Jared Mower's birthday. I got frosting up Benner's nose! haha

This is only a fraction of excitment that Institute has brought into my life.

2010 update

2011-02-20T10:42:00.000-08:00

One of my new years resolutions is to be a better blogger, since facebook drives me crazy sometimes. This post will just give you an update on how my life has been since i've gotten back from Ukriane.
1. I've been on at least one date every week since i've been back (maybe a little exaggrated)
2. I was able to be hired as a Caregiver. I live with the lady who I take care of. My responsibilites are to count out her medication, order her medication, set up and take her to doctor appointments, go grocery shopping. Some days I feel like a slave, but I think it's worth it because I'm learning a lot.
3. I will receive my Associates degree from Snow College this spring. My degree is in generals and now I'm working towards a bachelors degree in psychology with a focus of family studies.
4. I have been called to serve on the Institute Council for UVU. This calling is once in a life time. Once you are called you can never be called again. I feel so blessed that I was able to be called to Institute Council. It has been such a blessing in my life.
5. Christmas was great! I took a road trip by myself to Pahrump Nevada to spend Christmas with my mom's parents. Great memories will always be sustained from that visit; such as: late night talks with grandma and learning how grandpa likes to eat his popcorn. During that visit I learned more about my family and I feel more connected to them.
6. New Years was fun. Me and some Institute friends went to Provo Town Centre. We heard that they had a carnival inside and at midnight they light off fireworks.We went for the fireworks, but we brought poppers and silly string! The silly string war was SO MUCH FUN!!! we each had a can and it only lasted us about thirty seconds. Probably a good thing though!
2010 was a great year. I was able to accomplish my five year plan which means I need to creat another five year plan. I can't wait to see what the year 2011 will bring. I'm excited for the adventures that will come into my life.
Sorry I don't have any pictures this time, but I will have some for my next post. Remember my goal is to BECOME a better blogger. Don't expect me to get it right the first time.

Omaha Nebraska

2010-09-08T22:03:00.000-07:00

Me and Becky at an outdoor movie

Becky again. We were having fun with the camera

Scared of what's coming....

Love this girl!

Balancing Becky on my finger!

Becky stash

Missionaries: Becky= full time Lisa =part time

Becky received her mission call to Omaha Nebraska. She reported to the MTC on August 25th, 2010. She is serving in an English speaking area. I couldn't be more happy for her and i'm excited to write letters and hear abouther wonderul experiences that she will encounter.
I sent my best friend off on a mission and i'm going to miss her terribly, but I know it's going to be for the best.

HiCkOrY KiSt!!

2010-08-29T18:03:00.000-07:00

You may have heard of or seen this place in the Utah county area. Well i'll tell you abou it. Hickory Kist is the place I work!! Hickory Kist is a deli located in Spanish Fork. This is the best place to eat, socialize, and work for. I work with my good friend Marleen(pretty much told her bosses that i'm amazing! and gave me a great word), everything is homebaked (everyone prefers homebaked meals) and it's a great enviornment. It's not a high stress job which makes it delightful to work.

Me and Marleen at Snow College and enjoying some delicious cupcakes. They were so good we had to eat them in ONE bit! She is also the lovely girl who got me a job!

All summer I have been job hunting, I sent out at least 15 applications this summer and I only got three call backs(one of those was hickory kist). It took me all summer to find a job. At times I just wanted to give up and say bag it i'll wait until school starts, but I knew that if i kept applying and kept my eyes opened I would find something. What i have to say now is.....I'M SO GLAD I WAS PERSISTANT!!! You could say it was a testimony builder for me. Not only did it teach me never to give up, but also to keep a positive attitude and be myself through the whole thing.

ITALY!!!

2010-08-20T19:54:00.000-07:00

Nathan and Christina Pehrson at the Collosseum in Rome!

You can't get lost in Pisa!

Nathan, Lisa and Christina infront sculptures of famous people. Forgive me I forgot their names.

Lisa, Christina, Nathan and Kyle touring the collesseum. It was beautiful. We could see where they hid the animals and the gladiators!

Nathan and Lisa infront of the most beautiful church I have ever come acrossed! It was light blue and pink, gothic style.

Christina and Lisa with a mother lion representing nurture in the world! GRRRR....

This is Nathan, he was having a bad day. He wanted to play frisbee and as soon as we found the perfect grass spot we spot this sign. It's a little faded but it says "no frisbee or ball games." It was hilarious but sad at the same time.

Kyle, Christina Pehrson and Lisa eating infront of the leaning tower of pisa

Lisa and Christina jumping infront of the famous statue micheal! He's a hunk!

Reinactment by Christina and Nathan Pehrson.

Christina and Lisa overview the city of Florence, Italy

Lisa anD Christina and Pisa! The grass was incrediably green. We looked photoshopped but I promise it's real.

I'm usually against being cliche, but this was a must. Eating Pizza at Pisa! Sometimes you just have to give in to your stubborness haha

Christina and Kyle Pehrson at our first Italian restaurant in florence. It was delicious. I ordered a dish that consumed spinach, chees melted and cooked in peta bread! once again! DELICIOUS! :)

Abroad Brings new Adventures

2010-08-16T11:09:00.000-07:00

Waiting for our train to take us to Lviv! Yes that is me on the far right. I wanted to dress up and fool my teachers!

Above is our weekly soccer game. This was the dirtest game we played. Dust and bugs were everywhere. We had to keep running around so none of the bugs could bit us. The bug bites would swell up, yeah not good.

This was taken infront of the Opera house after watching Rigaletto! The opera was amazing!

This is at a water museum, they found a toilet big enough for big foot

This is our first castle we visited in ukraine. We were in Cominyats

This is our family picture!

Yes we did have to dress this much to stay warm, some days we had more layers on!

This is the lovely Kiev, Ukraine Temple! The best most beautiful temple in the world!

Our first full day in Kiev. Oksana our Native coordinator took us to a ukrainian restaurant. Our first meal!

McFoxy!!! DELICIOUS!! yummy foxy rolls. I would love to apply and become a foxy lady!

For Nathan's birthday we went bowling under black lights!

Oksana at the Love lock bridge. This is wear couples come and seal their love forever. Each couple has two locks. They lock them together and throw the keys in the river. It's very romantic.

Riding the metro!

They got stuck in an elevator for 45 mintues! I was strong enough to pull the doors open!

I went through a phrase in ukraine. I blame the unpurified water

Oksana and Christina- Native coordinator and head teacher

Give you an idea of what the buildings look like

St. Sophia. A woman made this and was kind enough to donate it to the St. Sophia museum

It's good to be home

2010-06-14T13:43:00.000-07:00

Ukraine was a great experience and I'm so glad that i went. I learn a lot of things that i will be able to use in my life.

Ukraine will always be apart of my life and i'm so grateful for that.

However, it's good to be home and see my family. My family is awesome. I was welcomed with a big sign with all my favorite american things on it, balloons and big hugs!

I will miss ukraine, but it's good to be home!

Ukraine Group

2010-02-12T10:58:00.001-08:00

From top to bottom and left to write. Sarah, Oksana, Christina, Nathan, Jenna, Kyle, Heather, Michaela, Me and my reaction to the unpurified Ukrainian water!

My new look!

Dreams DO come true!!!

2010-01-07T17:52:00.000-08:00

I'm going to cry!!!!! All of you know that I'm leaving to go to Ukraine on the 14th of January to teach English for four months. No, it's not a mission it's a service abroad program!!!
Well I was a little worried about my financial situation. I didn't know if I would have enough money to spend on traveling when I got over there. ILP recommends $1,000 and with a part time job in which I worked four times than got layed off I didn't think it was possible to raise that much money in a month.
I gave it my best effort by putting up fliers in my ward to do cleaning and babysitting. I just sat down and counted my money and OH MY GOODNESS!! I did it!
I feel so extremely blessed right now I can't express it more than that! I was having doubts because I didn't feel like I was performing my absolute best in advertising, I felt slothful and unproductive and with the little things I have to gather for Ukraine i really felt useless. I was cleaning a lady's house once maybe twice a week and I babysat for my neighbor. I didn't think I would reach my goal with just two or three people but I DID! I'm so grateful for my father in heaven and I'm SO grateful for my family's prayers. I never noticed how much people are praying for me until reality hits me straight in the FACE!! haha
I now feel more prepared and less worried to fly across the world and do what I've been looking forward to this whole semester! It really does make a different when you take it one step at a time even though it may seem more stressful and it will test your patience, but at least you know you did everything and you won't need to worried about it!
Heavenly Father really will meet you half way. I didn't doubt it before but now I can truly testify that if you try and make a conscious product effort he will come through for you!!
I love this gospel and I love my life!!!!!
Thanks friends and family for all the support and the prayers you have brought into my life!

Some Outragous things done in 2009

2010-01-04T19:35:00.000-08:00

1. Grew my leg hairs out for TWO months with one of my roommates!!!

2. Sleep overs in the living room and the laundry room!

3. Hosted an INDOOR slip n' slide!!

4. Pulled the best prank! Putting my friends car up for sale for $600!

5. Took my roommates future husband to the Sweet Heart Ball. Don't worry this was before they dated and got hitched!

6. Lived with Nine Girls. For two years I might add.

7. Conceived a child.....oh wait that's my sister Cyndi !! Love ya sis!

Did that just happen?!?

2010-01-01T18:48:00.000-08:00

I don't know if you have visited the Wal-mart website where the camera's catch people doing and wearing crazy things, but I after what I saw the other day I think a better place to look is the mall. Think about it, lots of people go to the mall. You haven't seen variety until you walk 30 minutes in a mall. Alright back to crazy things, I just walked into the mall because I had to turn in my shirt to the Disney Store(my seasonal job). On my way to the Disney Store I looked across the hall and saw this old lady, I didn't think anything of it and just kept walking until the old lady caught my eye because she SPIT on the mall FLOOR!!! I couldn't believe what I just witnessed. she spit on the mall carts!! I took a quick glance back to see if there was a garbage there, but there was NO garbage. The old lady SPIT on the tile floor of the mall. I couldn't help but laugh because it made me think of the crazy people in Wal-mart. However, you may want to think twice when using the mall carts!! haha

Staying warm by the fire

2009-12-08T14:48:00.000-08:00

Our FHE fire. If you ask me the boys should redo that merit badge for thier eagle scouts! haha

This is one of my roommates Megan Mickelson!

I just really like this picture!

Emily Judkins, Erica Williams and Mar Russell

Lisa and Mar. Best friends forever!

Erica and Mar. Roomies!

Paint Anyone?

2009-11-17T19:59:00.000-08:00

Our Dates...they were great sports

The girls/roommates/friends forever!

This was my date, Warren Hallmark

Mar and I after the paint was gone.

One day I decided that I was sick and tired of waiting for a boy to ask me on a date, so I decided that our apartment should have a roommate date. I set a date and said "Alright anyone who wants to come, get a date by this friday." Five out of ten roommates ended up with dates!!! YAY!!! it was awesome. We decided to have a paint fight and Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwhichs after wards.

Oh I almost forgot, I also pondered about dating and how people make a BIG deal about dates when in reality IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING!!! it doesn't mean you are "going out" or they are your "boyfriend/girlfriend" it just means that you are having fun and you are doing what the prophet asked you to do. Date people so you know what you want in a future husband. That was the point of this date was to just have fun and not worry about making the date a big deal. It worked out great. However, all the girls took about a 45 minute shower to get all the paint off, but I think it was well worth it!

PrAnKs

2009-10-29T16:01:00.001-07:00

This is my friend Chris Miller's car. My brilliant roommate Marleen came up with an idea. She thought if would be funny if we put his car up for sale. It was awesome! we put fliers all over campus. We put this 2006 mazda 3 car up for sale for $600. We were smart and put Chris' and Jourdan's (his roommate) numbers on the flier. They figured it was us and told us that over 100 people called! Funny? oh yeah!

This was a more mild prank. This lovely soft, cushy pink pillow is Warren's cuddle pillow. Mar and I took it for a night, we took pictures with it, put them on facebook and tagged Warren as the pillow! Again, another awesome prank!

Luckily all these guys are great guys and can take a joke. Oh and they are all roommates, which makes these pranks even better!

Adventures up Ephraim Canyon

2009-10-29T13:58:00.001-07:00

Some girls and me in the back of Tucker's truck, it was a bumpy ride!

This is Kyle Ivins, pretty much the coolest guy.

This is Tucker Smith, he caught this on his first cast. He was the only one who caught a fish out of the five of us. He was also generous enough to drive up the Canyon so we could enjoy this experience!

GiRls NiGhT!

2009-10-29T13:42:00.000-07:00

We had chicken fights for girls night one week. It was a blast!

Roommates McCall and Lisa in chicken form

Everyone who participated in the chicken battle.

Every week our apartment has a girls night. We try and do creative things besides talking. This week was the funniest of them all...so far. Who knows what future weeks will hold for us!

BYU Football Game

2009-10-15T13:21:00.000-07:00

Laura Smith and I at the game with our matching sweatshirts!

The band was amazing to watch.

WHAT!! another interception...unbelievable

Great Formation.

Laura and I

BYU WON! GO COUGARS!!

1984

2009-10-03T23:56:00.001-07:00

1984 is a book I read in two days time.
Was I required to read it? yes. Did I enjoy reading it? NO!! This is by far the worse book I've ever read in my life! I have a quiz on Monday and I choose to read the book this weekend. With 50 pages left in the book I wanted to THROW it at my wall. With in 20 pages of finishing I wanted to BURN the book. It was driving me crazy. I would never recommend this book if my life depended on it. However, I do think it would make a good movie, but as far as the book goes I'm never reading it cover to cover ever again.

Week one and two of Sugar Diet

2009-09-16T08:36:00.000-07:00

Alright, the first week off sugar was a piece of cake(not literally). I didn't crave it as bad as I suspected and I did exceptionally well. However, this is the beginning of a new week and I already CRACKED! My roommate McCall made HOMEMADE Oreo cookies and she begged me to try one because she made them for me to try(forgetting that I was off sugar). I hesitated and finally said "OK" Thinking I was only going to eat ONE. One thing happened after another and I ended up eating TWO cookies and Three brownies(Brownies were made for FHE). AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I couldn't believe it. I thought I had more self control than that. Once I tasted the chocolate goodness I indulged myself in it's flavor. Also yesterday I had another brownies (I justified it) and had some delicious muddy buddies.
HOWEVER, in my defense I had my hip hop class, a softball game and I biked for twenty minutes that night to work off the sugar I had eaten the past couple of days. I burned 311 calories in twenty minutes (I know love biking!).
There is my quick update on my sugar diet. Basically I have to start over.

No Sugar for the Semester

2009-09-06T17:33:00.000-07:00

Most people call me "Crazy" when I tell them I don't eat sugar. They also say "I need sugar, I would last.......three maybe five hours with out sugar" My favorite is "Well fruit has sugar in it" well no duh, everything has sugar in it whether it be NATURAL (in fruit and vegetables) or REFINED(sweet such as brownies and ice-cream etc...)sugar. I'm here to tell you that I decided to go off REFINED sugar. I did it last semester with one of my roommates and I felt great until I made a horrible decision to break my "Sugar diet" and have some chocolate, candy and ice-cream during the summer time.

I know it's going to be hard, but I know I can do it and I know that it will help with my health in the future. I read an article that women should eat about 100 calories or 6 teaspoons of sugar per day and men should have around 150 calories or 9 teaspoon of sugar a day. These include manufacture sugars. Of course every body functions different and I know that my body would gladly appreciate it if i only ate 100 or less calories of sugar a day.

I thought I would let everyone know that I'M OFF SUGAR so PLEASE don't offer me anything. I know as a Garlock it's a crime against the family name, but I frankly don't care. I would rather be healthy and take sweets out of my food guide pyramid than keep sweets in my pyramid and be sick from it. I will let you know how my journey goes through out the school year. If anyone would like to join me, great! if not wish me luck!

Back TO ScHoOl

2009-08-24T13:56:00.000-07:00

Snow College had officially started and I already have homework! YAY!! not really. I guess that is what you can expect as a college student! ha ha
My roommates are awesome! I have nine other roommates and we all get along.....so far. It will be different from last year, but I'm excited to see what the outcome of this semester is going to bring.
Now EVERYONE knows that Lisa Garlock(me) is back at School at Snow College. Now when I talk to you, you won't be surprised at that fact. You should also know that this will be my last semester(if I pass all my classes) and I will graduate with my Associates of Science! Hooray!!
After two in a half years I finally graduate with my generals and I'll be done!
There is the school up date for me. Nothing too exciting has happened at school yet, but I'll try and blog about more adventures this year so you all can enjoy my excitement with me!

RaNdOm

2009-08-09T11:21:00.000-07:00

I was scanning through my pictures to see what I could blog about next and I didn't find any new pictures. I eventually came across this picture and I chuckled. This picture is probably at least 10 years old and I look absolutely nasty! ha ha
I think it's so funny to look back on pictures and seeing what I dressed like, how I did my hair etc.... I thought I looked good! It's amazing at what a transformation I've made through out the years, I just hope I look good now so when I look back on my college pictures I will be glad I looked the way I did! ha ha

California Trip

2009-07-28T11:27:00.000-07:00

Gramps and Grams playing ping pong together. It was a wonderful site to see!
This is what I have to look forward to!

My dad amazes me each year of how good he is!

My awesome cousins who I chilled with all week.

My dad taking us on a ski, tub and wake boarding ride!

Bradley got some sweet air on the tub.

Haylee and I built a hand made kingdom!

The L.A. Temple at dust

Bradley and I waiting for the session to get over. We were trying to be taller than each other.....Bradley obviously won!

My mom and me at the Torrance reunion

1933 ford hot rod. It was quite a ride!

We wanted to have fun at the reunion
The Bateman girls are a woot to be around!

The Steve Tyrel concert

Mom, Dad and me at the concert. I gave it a 5/6 mom gave it a 3.

New Mexico

2009-07-13T12:27:00.001-07:00

This is what it looked like after ten minutes of thunder storms. Pretty swampy huh? and you wonder why I didn't get a very good picture of the stand.

This is the firework stand I worked at

I know it's a bad picture, but it was raining and the water was already up to my ankles

Kuma (the dog) loved to sleep and cuddle up to EVERYONE'S lap. I guess this was suitable due to the position I was in.

You are never too old to feed ducks

2009-07-12T17:56:00.000-07:00

Christina and I on BYU campus feeing the ducks

My friend Mckinlee getting into feeding the ducks. I just stayed on soild ground.

Volunteer work brings benefits!

2009-06-15T14:46:00.000-07:00

We got a free ride in a hot air balloon! It only went up about 100 feet, but it was still a rush to be off the ground and see the city. I almost saw my house from where we were.

I'm also holding the very top one. We were very close.

This was my favorite hot air balloon. I really wanted to hold it

Emma and I volunteering at the Springville festival. WE felt like EVERYONE was staring at us, than we remembered that we were weaing ORANGE JACKETS!!!

Now that is BrAvErY

2009-05-22T09:42:00.000-07:00

As i was checking my yahoo account, this picture caught my eye..... My first thought was "WHAT?! Are thoses heart boxers!" than i thought I HAVE to read this article. Turns out that the soldier who is in his pink boxers (his boxers said "I love NY")and a red T-shirt rushed out of bed to help his soldiers who being attacked by Tailban soldiers. The soldiers were on duty for 24 hours and it was HIS turn to sleep.The soldier was afraid he was going to lose his job, but he has been reassured that his job will be safe.His dedication was recogized by his troops and his country.
I thought he has to be one of the best soldiers, i mean he is completely visible to get shot at with his red shirt and he is in no condition to out run anyone in flip flops. If only we could serve other people like this soldier. What a great Christlike attribute that he posses and how i need to pay it forward to others as well. We are on this earth to preach the gospel and serve others! I was extremely happy when i read what this soldier did! Go United States of America! I salute this man!

Bubble gum contest

2009-05-10T09:19:00.000-07:00

Take one, failed

Take two, failed

Take three, Success!

Hiking the "S" at Snow College

2009-05-10T09:10:00.000-07:00

Our model faces!

                                People who Hiked the "S": Marleen, Caci, Lisa, Kylee, Jordan, Evan

                             Roommates Kylee and Lisa

Marleen, Lisa and Kylee .We wanted to hike to the "S" before graduation.

                         Jordan thought my flash was too bright!

                                    We Made it to the "S"

Caci and I. We still look pretty good after hiking for twenty mintues!

Pirate Bridal Shower

2009-05-01T00:31:00.000-07:00

The place where the bridal shower took place. The dating and courtship teacher built this in his back yard and lets students come over and hang out in it. My roommate Caci said that he encouraging people to come on dates to his ship. He has years of pirate stuff in there. A bed, hats, pictures, lantern, jewelry etc... it was so much fun!

Emma has quite the aim

April and Marleen are quite the couple

The Bride to be: Melanie

Emma telling Caci to freeze

Laundry room sleep over

2009-05-01T00:06:00.000-07:00

Our laundry room is warm and most importantly, it has a lock on it. We thought it would be a great idea to sleep in it at least one night before we left college!

Spring Ball

2009-04-30T23:57:00.000-07:00

My friend Jordan asked me to go to Spring Ball. This is our group (left to right: Mike, Charlotte, Lisa, Jordan, Amanda(my roommate) and Jess).

For our day date we finger painted movie titles, but we added a little twist. We should of called it Curses with finger paint. Everyone had to draw a deformity and do it through out the activity. For instance: my curse or deformity was every time i used the color green i had to say "Winner, winner chicken dinner" and my date Jordan had to use his elbows instead of his hands. It was a really fun date and we had a great time!

DOMINO EFFECT with jenga?... i think not

2009-04-11T10:37:00.000-07:00

I lost...You wouldn't think that after looking at my concentrated face.

Yes we are playing jenga

Don't fall of your chair too soon, you'll miss out. In case you don't understand what i mean(mom) don't fall off you chair from laughing so hard. Sorry mom i have to pick on you just a little bit. This is what happens with old age, you don't keep up with lingo phrases such as "don't fall of you chair too soon" (referring to a video so funny that you fell off your chair you were laughing so hard).If anyone didn't know what that meant before you read this, please let me know so i know to use different lingo in my next post! I LOVE YOU MOM!

I'm glad they called me on a mission BiRtHdAy PaRtY!

2009-04-11T10:27:00.000-07:00

This is my Room Roommate Amanda. She turned 21 on April 4th. i threw her a surprise party and she was indeed surprised. I think this picture is funny because she is making a wish, but i say she is praying. My roommate Amanda turned in her mission papers and got called to the MADRID SPAIN, SPANISH speaking mission. She doesn't leave until August.

I am so proud of her!

You can't see it, but the cake is music notes. i used a 9 by 13 cake(cut into thirds), cup cakes, and frosting for the flags. Easy cake.

Amanda is a music major ergo the music notes for a birthday cake!

Softball

2009-04-11T10:21:00.001-07:00

These are some of my teammates who are on my softball team. All the girls are my roommates! and we are missing about half our boys.
We wanted to do something together and this is what we came up with! We thought is would be a great bonding experience. After this softball game we had a chip and dip party!

Contagious

2009-04-11T10:16:00.001-07:00

You all know that i am the queen at getting cold sores on my lips, but this is the first time i got them on MY NOSE!
I guess i was touching my face and spread my cold sores from my lips to my nose!
I woke up the next morning with a blistery nose and me liking to pop EVERYTHING....well i think we all know what happened.....i looked like Rudolph the red nose reindeer for about four days

Ukraine Trip

2009-03-30T15:07:00.000-07:00

I'M GOING TO UKRAINE but i need your help.... I'm planning on going to Ukraine next spring, but i need to raise money. My first way is asking for contributions. If you contribute $75 or more The International Language Program (ILP) will give you a receipt of contribution verifying that your contribution is tax-deductible.
I'm also selling Greeting Cards. There will be four in package and each package will be sold for $5.00. If you are interested in buying or contributing contact me either through e-mail at hotgarlicksauce73@yahoo.com or you can call me at (801) 368-5197. Let all your friends and family know(as you can see i don't have very many people on my blog) and hope to hear from some of you VERY soon!

Visitors

2009-03-07T11:19:00.000-08:00

This is Sam, he lives in Apt #9. One night when my roommates are talking we hear music playing in our apartment, but it's a song we haven't heard in a while(sorry i don't remember the name of the song, but it sounded like a slow love song from Barry White, however i could be mistaken) so we turn our heads and we see Sam walking toward us in this outfit!!! We started laughing because we know EXACTLY what he is wearing....his SILK pajamas with his SILK robe. Sam is the only boy we know that owns silk pajamas AND a silk robe. Crazy things happen in college!!

Math is everywhere

2009-03-07T11:09:00.000-08:00

These lovely bruises are from getting kicked and ran into during indoor soccer. It's my fault though, all i need to do is wear shin guard. the only problem is i didn't have to wear shin guards for such a long time that I'm use to playing with out them. Besides, these kinds of bruises only last a week of so.

Once again from soccer....i was defending this guy whom i was only two feet away from and he wanted to try and toe punch it over me. Well let's think if I'm TWO FEET in front of him and wants to chip it ACROSS the field to him teammates to try and score? He has another thing coming, i guess me must of fail geometry because instead of chipping it to his teammates, he chipped it into my FACE!!! He didn't calculate how far away i needed to be in order from him to chip it OVER me not INTO me! Luckily i had my camera on hand in my backpack!!!

Inside Look!

2009-02-16T12:21:00.000-08:00

This is one of my roommate Caci. The Relief Society was having enrichment at someones house. During a dead part of enrichment Caci turns to me and says "can you hand me that camera." i give her the camera wondering what she is going to do with it....Well here is my answer, she wanted to get an inside look at a washer while in progress!

Most people who blog are married with kids and can blog about them. Well i don't have kids, i only have roommates SO i decided i will blog about my roommates like they are my kids! After all they are like family to me!

Sweet Heart Ball

2009-02-16T12:09:00.001-08:00

This is our whole group. Pretty big i know, but it was tons of fun. We are all are pretty much in the same ward!

I had to put this picture up of my roommate Melanie and her boyfriend Nate. I think they are hilarious. They are always doing funny stuff and they obviously don't like being original!

This is the guy i ask. His name is Cory Christensen and NO we are not going out. our apt thinks he likes another one of our roommates! I picked him because i knew he would be a fun SAFE date! haha

Sorry to disappoint everyone. no boyfriend yet

My roommate Melanie and I thought i looked like a character on a T.V. episode. Can you guess who i look like?

BIG NEWS FOR SNOW COLLEGE!

2009-01-26T15:13:00.000-08:00

A rumor has been going around saying that Snow College is going to be building a new library. I heard that rumor last year and this year i hear more buzzing about it. Well the fact is it's true. The new library is going to have four floors, be in a different location on campus(basically across a parking lot distance) and be better organized all around. i don't find a problem with the library that is already existing. It has three floors and doesn't need to be torn down. Paul Ordyna studied in this library to pass all his classes and i plan on doing the same! I'm not even going to be here when the new library is done so why am i complaining? Well i think we could of used that money to build the library to keep employment here at the school. Snow College already had to make a %5 teacher cut and thanks to the economy we had to make another %15 teacher cut(don't quote me on those Statistics, but i know it was a lot). I don't feel like we need a new library. I don't like change in small town, i think it loses it's value as a small town look!

First Week back to school

2009-01-26T15:02:00.000-08:00

Since i missed the first week of school because of my Mississippi trip i had some catching up to do. Oh boy what a week i had, the work wasn't that bad; once i turned in my first assignments I felt pretty good. It was the events that i wasn't too fond of. The picture above is an object you might use daily or you should at least recognize it, yes it's a mechanical pencil. A pencil that is more preferred to use by Students because of it's wonderful grip at the point and the fine print it gives when you write. Well I am one of those students! Last week I was using a mechanical pencil to do homework. I used the lead stick to the point where i had to take it out...i did, but i threw that extra lead on the floor(like i always do). Later that night i went swimming with my roommates and when i got back i went to check my phone to see if someone called me. My room was dark, but i knew exactly where my phone was. i went straight to my bed when all of a sudden i feel something stab me in the foot! I hoped out of my room to the light and saw that inch lead stick IN MY FOOT!!! luckily i don't get sick over those things like my mom does, i just calmly pulled it out and couldn't believe how far it went in my foot. My foot then started bleeding and was a little tender the next day...don't worry mom and dad i don't have lead poisoning i just had a small black hole in my foot for a couple of days!

MiSsIsSiPpI tRiP

2009-01-11T13:40:00.000-08:00

Cyndi and Lisa. Aren't we just the cutest sisters!

Eden and I having a good time at Graceland! Doesn't Eden look so cute when she laughs, i'm going to miss that.

David and I at the ZOO

Memphis ZOO with the Meerkats behind us!

We were fortunate enough to go to Graceland on Elvis Presley's birthday!

New Years Eve

2009-01-02T11:32:00.001-08:00

I saw this guy at the dance and i knew him and his friends looked REALLY familiar. We made eye contact and i could tell he knew me from somewhere. I walked up to him and said "You look familiar, did you go to Timpview?" he smiled and said "Yes" HOLY COW did i call it! haha

I then asked him if he knew Tyler Garlock and he confirmed and i told him Tyler was my brother! What a small world we live in!

My new friend Nicole!

My roommates last year. We are getting ready to dance until our feet hurt!

Before and After

2008-12-29T11:04:00.000-08:00

Well this is more in the middle...However, two weeks later

And the soft cast is off!!!...I had four small stitches so not too bad, but the purple on my wrist is just the markings they had to use for the surgery. If you look REALLY close and tilt your head to the left you can read where i wrote "Yes" on my wrist.

Scrooge

2008-12-17T11:42:00.001-08:00

We just have TOO much fun At scrooge. Thank you Gramps and Grams! We enjoy it EVERY year!

We had a "Better of Dead" moment! haha thoses darn Pigs will make you laugh!

Our True colors come out during Scrooge!

My Cute sister Amber who was willing to take a picture!

I took this picture....You would think I would be ready for it!

Christmas Surgery

2008-12-17T11:19:00.000-08:00

My christmas present...to my wrist!

It all started in July when i discovered a bump on my wrist. i got it checked out and it ended up being a ganlion cyst...Don't fret Ganglion cysts are not dangerous. Being in Human Biology i thought it would be interesting to find out what exactly a cyst is. A cyst is just a clear sack of fluid that usually develops in between joints from over using the joints. Cysts can go away but are likely to come back. My mom set up an appointment for me to see a hand specialist. The appointment was on Monday Dec 15th and with a Christmas miracle they had an opening for the next day. The hand specialist said that getting surgery there is a 10% chance it will come back. As you can see by the pictures i went through with the surgery. It wasn't as bad as i expected, i was knocked out within a minute and all i remember is asking A LOT of questions! i think the nurses got a kick out of it because i remember some of them laughing! haha
All i have to do now is wait two weeks for the stitches to come out and i can go skiing and do more active activities!

Caught in the act

2008-11-25T19:33:00.000-08:00

You are probably wondering what this picture is. Well let me explain. Since my apartment is so big we have three sky lights and one of them happens to lead to the roof! Well I'm a very curious person and my curiosity got the best of me and i climbed up through the sky light and unlatched the window and sat up on the roof (oh i thought it would be cool to eat my lunch on the roof!) As i was coming down i handed my plate to my roommate and started shimming down when i heard a man's voice say "What are you doing up there?" oh i know exactly what you're thinking " Whose man's voice is that?" well you are probably thinking the land lord's voice and you would be correct. The next thing i know my LAND LORD is looking up at me! i didn't know what to say so i just got down and he told me not to do it again. Well we'll see how far that enforcement goes..... I'm just pulling your chain i learned my lesson.... i will have to go up when it's dark outside! haha

Reunited after a year!

2008-11-25T19:30:00.000-08:00

This is one of my best friends Monet (pronounce like the artist Claude Monet). Monet and i were inseparable when i lived in Layton. We did everything together. A couple of weeks ago we had the chance to catch up with each other! I love her to death. i don't know who i lived without her after we moved back to Provo!

Halloween Stomp!

2008-11-25T19:27:00.000-08:00

Friday October 31st was an awesome night! Halloween couldn't of been timed more perfectly. It was on a weekend which means there was no school to worry about and there was a stomp(aka a dance). The stomp was amazing, i danced with friends and saw their awesome costumes! The pictures say it all!

Slip 'n Slide

2008-11-25T19:11:00.001-08:00

Alright i know it's been a while so I'll try and keep it brief, but interesting. This semester to get students more involved and to meet new people i decided to host a game night every Tuesday night. This specific week i decided to do an indoor slip in slide. Call me crazy but look at the pictures (above). My apartment is pretty big and can handle it! My apartment holds 10 girls, need i say more? Fortunately everyone i invited DIDN'T come. My roommates and i discovered it's more fun with less people! However, there was a side affect to this fun activity. Me not thinking bought AJAX washing soap. For people who don't know Ajax is one the hardest soaps. In order for the slip 'n slide to work we had to soak ourselves in the soap. We had that soap soaking in our skin for an hour in a half. The next day we were all dry and itchy. My skin was so dry my PALMS were PEELING i know what you're thinking "That can't be possible"oh my friends are you every wrong. I lived it and i WILL tell you that it is possible!

Mississippi here I come

2008-11-19T10:00:00.000-08:00

I pretty much have the most amazing sister ever! As most of you know my Sister Cyndi lives in Mississippi and i i don't get to see her a lot. Well i got a suprise call from her the other day and she told me that she found cheap plane tickets! Which means i can go VISIT her!!! I am super excited to go back to Mississippi(for all who don't know i flew out with Cyndi the first time to help her move into her cute home! So those kitchen walls you see in pictures, well i helped paint those!). It's going to be an awesome trip, a girls week to catch each other up and become close. If only another great sister could come to (wink, wink, AMBER!) than it would be perfect. haha

P.S. I know it's been a while, but i promise i do have stories and things to update you all on. Give me some time to get it organized. love you all

Was it worth it?

2008-10-16T15:47:00.000-07:00

This float was for Homecoming. It took three weeks to finish for ten mintues of glory. However, i got to stand on the float and throw candy to the students and people from Ephraim, but it was 40 degrees. Again was it worth it? i still can't decided. While building it my fingers almost fell off, i think i developed a little of the sniffles and i was incharge for some of the time!! Is it still worth it? Overall yes it was. Institute needed to get a message out to the students and i am glad i was apart of it.

Powder Puff

2008-10-16T15:40:00.000-07:00

On the left are my soccer buddies. On the right is my awesome roommate Melanie.
First i would like to say that Soccer players were made to play powder puff. We dominated the field; offense and defense. I was an offensive linesmen and they were on defense. The game was sophmores vs freshman. We couldn't let freshmen beat us so we made sure we looked intimating, it worked the freshman didn't bring the heat that i thought they would. We won 12-0 it was pretty awesome.
I think my roommate Melanie is the real champ. She broke her wrist about a month ago and she played! i would be scared i would hurt someone even worse, myself. Not her she was brave and took on the competition. I guess it paid off

Getting Cold? Bonfires will keep you warm

2008-10-16T15:36:00.001-07:00

Conference weekend was empty in Ephraim so my roommates and i decided that we wanted to do something. A bonfire sounded perfect and that is exactly what we did. Thanks to our guy friends for getting the wood and starting it. I'm sure us girls could of did it, but i don't think it would of been the same.
I would also like to add that i jumped over that bonfire! Don't be crazy, the flame was much lower. I couldn't risk getting my favorite jeans on fire!

Farewell Danny boy

2008-10-16T15:27:00.000-07:00

September 21st was the day i said farewell to one of my best friends. My friend Danny and i were in the same third grade class and got reaquainted our junior year. We became best friends and now he is in the MTC ready to serve the people in Mexico. I'm super excited for him but i miss him terribly. The lord is more important in this case and i've accepted that. i know he is going to be a great missionary and very successful!

New Calling!

2008-09-14T13:43:00.000-07:00

You may want to read what I'm pointing to CAREFULLY. Not possible you say? It's ok to admit, i did. She is way to young to be apart of the Relief Society! Well it's true. Last week the Bishop called me into his office and everyone knows when the bishops wants to talk to you, you are going to get a calling. The question is "What is it?" I had a feeling i was going to be in the Relief Society, but i hoped it wouldn't come true. I knew who was the Relief Society president, i got along with her pretty well and i wondered all summer long who she was going to pick for counselors. Deep inside i had a feeling i was one of the top 10 to be chosen. When the bishop told me that my name was submitted i knew i couldn't say no. I knew over the summer that they Lord was preparing me Spiritually, socially and physically for this calling. He was softening my heart over the summer. It feels weird to be in the Relief Society. When most people think of Relief Society they also think of old ladies, well i know I'm not THAT old, but it doesn't change the fact that i got called to be in the Relief Society. You are probably wondering what I'm under, well that question i can answer. I am under Education which means I'm in charge of the teachers, and music. I'm really excited to be apart of the Relief Society even though i don't really know what I'm doing, but i figure none of the presidency does. We just have to test the trail and error approach!

Parade and Rodeo

2008-09-14T13:31:00.000-07:00

The First week of school was great. I met my roommates and as you can you see we get along well. We were lucky with this particular weekend, Manti was hosting a parade and afterwards there was a rodeo. My roommates Emma(first pic far left), Amanda(middle, She is also my room roommate) and i wanted to got to the parade. Wouldn't you want FREE candy? This parade however is different than most. They don't just pass out candy, they also passed out otter pops and mini milk jugs! The Manti parade has been my favorite parade to go to!

The rodeo was great, LONG, but great. i normally don't like to go to rodeos but my roommate and i won tickets(i don't know if you remember my volleyball story but you can read it below)We had fun cheering for the all the riders that were participating in the rodeo.

*Amber unfortunely there was no thong, i guess you will only see that in Vernal!

"The Rat"

2008-09-14T09:29:00.000-07:00

My roommate and i were having some sink draining problems so one night we were washing our faces and decided we had enough. We had to clean our drain out, but we didn't have any drain-o all we had was an old toothbrush, and scrubbing bubbles. We tried spraying the scrubbing bubbles down the drain, but after the second try we realized that is wasn't going to work. We needed a hook. We asked one of our roommates for a wire hanger; we bent the hanger in the form of a small hook. Once we had our hook i stuck it down the drain and that (picture to the right) is what came out in ONE! i repeat ONE pull. My roommate and i started laughing so hard. We knew that rat of hair that was clogging our drain must have been five years of hair build up.

School

2008-09-01T19:57:00.000-07:00

I'm so sorry i haven't blogged in a while and i apologize that i don't have any pictures for you. I'm afraid i won't have any pictures for you until i go home which won't be very often.
August 20th was the first day of school, i was ready for summer to end and school to start up so i could meet my new never seen before roommates, make new friends and see old friends from last year. The first day the school held a BBQ. i went with my roommate and we noticed that there was a volleyball net and we wanted to play, but we couldn't find people we knew to come play with us so we decided to just play ourselves and see if people would want to jump in. Can i tell you, IT WORKED! we got a game going and some of the student government people saw us playing and they told us they were going to rally off some rodeo tickets for that weekend and they were going to give the tickets to the winning team. My roommate really wanted those tickets. Fortunaly for us we had all the Tall/strong people on our team so of course we won and we enjoyed the rodeo very much!
After a long hard first week all students had a labor day weekend. I choose to visit a friend and catch up. It was really nice to be in a peaceful place where i could forget about school and gather my thoughts together!

Ending the Summer with fun sports

2008-08-15T16:14:00.000-07:00

Sorry i haven't blogged in a while. It's been crazy with packing and moving back home. Now i need to get ready for school.

Yesterday was a fun day. My friends and it decided to play soccer and football. It was girls against boys. The girls were bragging ALL week that we were going to kick their butts. We were all pumped and ready to play. Once we started EVERYTHING fell apart. The girls lost the soccer game 10-2 and the girls also lost the football game. i didn't keep track all i know is that we score three and i didn't bother to keep track of the boys. Even though we were cocky we had fun! I think the boys knew they were going to win all along, they were just being nice to us! haha

Fair Road Trip

2008-08-02T08:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday after work Bradley and i went to a fair in Rock Springs. It took us an hour in a half to get there, but we think it was worth it. What do you think?

What's in the box?!?!.....Bradley said it was a roller blade wheel. Unfortunately, we didn't get to keep anything.

Bradley was so happy....After getting off a fair ride, i had to get a picture! I also conquer the ride with flying colors!

Kodak moment. I wanted to get a picture of Bradley and the ride we just conquered. He was making fun of me through his pose...The picture is cut off but Bradley has his hands together and is on a slight slant. I love my Brother!

This is Cheyenne. She is one of our co-workers. Her family has animals in the fair and she is part of the reason we came!

"The Fat Hulk"

2008-07-29T12:29:00.000-07:00

While visiting Torrance(my parent's home town). We were driving down the street when we saw THIS (pic above). He claim to be the "Fat Hulk" It's not in the picture, but there was another teen holding a sign. i don't remember the exact wording, but it went a long the lines of "Fat Hulk, will do crazy things for money." Again i don't remember everything. i thought this was funny and interesting because you see how EXTREME people will go to earn some money. If i were to bet on it, i would bet it was a psychology project for "breaking a norm" or they were REALLY bored one day in california and decided to get some attention! Who will EVER know the reason. i don't know about you, but i don't find embarressing myself entertaining.

Before and After shot

2008-07-18T14:42:00.001-07:00

Before....
After
I have been thinking a long time on whether or not i should just keep triming my hair and let it grow out or just cut it short and go through the awkward stages AGAIN. You know the stage where your hair isn't considered long or short? On Tuesday when i got back from Dutch John i made a hair appointment because whether i was going short and staying long i NEEDED at least a trim. I went into Paul Mitchell hair school and told them i wanted a INCH trim. I got thinking and i asked my hair stylist what she thought of me having short hair. We discussed the pros and cons. My hair stlyist had to bring her instructor out to tell her what i wanted her to do. You know how schools are, they are always supervised which if VERY NICE. You don't want to leave the place unhappy. Well i asked the supervisor the same question, "Do you think short hair would be a good look for me" i discribed how i would want it and she said it would work for me. The supervisor measured my hair and i'm thinking "What in the world is she doing?" and all of a sudden i heard. "Well that's 10 inches, she can donate if she wants" Right then and there i KNEW i wanted short hair. I have ALWAYS wanted to donate my hair, but i never had the patience to grow it long enough. It was the perfect opportunity. It work out great, i smiled the whole time while she was cutting my hair and the smile stuck to my face the rest of the day! I guess i'll be going through the awkward hair stage AGAIN!

Lake Fishing

2008-07-04T17:50:00.000-07:00

About a week ago Ryan, Bradley and i were going fishing. We usually take Josie with us and i get her ready for the boat ride. I took her out of the car, put on her jacket and than her required life jacket. Once i got her life jacket on i realized that something wasn't right. i tried pulling her arm out and it wouldn't move. I turned her around and this is what i saw! I couldn't help but laugh. I thought this looked so funny and what a funny thing to do, NOT to check and make sure that both arms were safely out before buckling the life jacket together.

Bike+Turning with no hands=Gravity

2008-06-25T19:16:00.000-07:00

My elbow injury

My hand injury

The whole she-bang.

This little accident happened last week. I have always wanted to ride a bike with no hands. i was doing GREAT! i got to the point where i needed to learn how to turn on corners. The only way to really know if you can do it is to try it! Right? Well that is exactly what i did. My first turn went good so i decided to take on the second turn, it was sharper but i still wanted to try. While leaning i notice that i was leaning too far over, naturally i lean the other way and grabbed the handle bars. I started overcorrecting my self and i knew i had to prepare myself for a landing. The results from the accident were not that bad. A few scraps and bruises here and there, but i was up and riding the next day!

Lagoon Trip

2008-06-20T19:53:00.001-07:00

It's an oxymoron. I thought this was so FUNNY.
We thought it would be funny to take a pic with a random boy. He worked at Arby's
These are some of my roommates from College. We decided that we needed to spend some time together over the summer and why not go to a place where everyone will be happy. Lagoon!

Murder Mystery Date

2008-06-20T18:13:00.001-07:00

On Thursday night a select number of single adults went on a murder mystery date. We each had an Italian character to portray. My character's name was Tara Misu. Here is what the invitation said about my character. " Tara is Rocco's vivacious young fiancee. she was just an upstairs maid in Rocco's villa until she swept him off his feet. Now Tara keeps a smile on his face and a firm grip on Rocco's assets. Costume Suggestion: Tara is dressed to KILL. She knows the effect she has on men and flaunts her charms shamelessly." Now let me ask you, does that sound ANYTHING like me? i think it's the exact opposite. haha i still thought it was pretty funny though. The people who assigned me the character probably knew i would be the ONLY one who would dress up the part. Did i do a good job or what? i would like to thank Amber for the outfit and Ryan for the advice. Everyone thought my costume was the best. Since i was the only one who dressed up like this. Everyone else was in CHURCH CLOTHES! i felt a little out of place, but i think my character was suppose to be different from everyone else. haha

Accidents happen

2008-06-15T20:21:00.000-07:00

Last week i was at work cleaning and organizing the cooler. My Boss Melissa and i were looking at drinks for inventory reasons. We found a whole cart full of expired drinks. Melissa told me to throw them out. i took the carton out to the garbage and just as i was about to throw a whole carton of glass bottles away i realized it would make a HUGE mess. I thought "That wouldn't be very nice for the garbage man" (i know of all things to think of at that time, i think of the garbage man's feelings!). I went back inside the store and grabbed a couple plastic grocery sacks. i put ALL 15 bottles into one bag, thinking it would be just fine. NOT... right as i picked up the bottles, the bag broke and glass shatter EVERYWHERE. i thought "Great Lisa, what were you thinking, now YOU have glass to deal with instead of the garbage man!" I didn't want to use a broom because that would just make a bigger mess. i started by picking up the big pieces of glass. i went back inside to grab another bag and told some co-workers what had happen. One of them suggested using bread. I thought BREAD? she said that it picks up glass fairly well. i thought i would give it a try, i got a couple of pieces of bread from the kitchen and headed outside AGAIN. The bread worked for a little bit. Let's just say bread and asphalt are NOT the best of friends. It picked up the bread, but three seconds later it fell to the ground again. i was getting impatient by this time. i was irritated that i didn't think this through, and i was cold because it was windy. i started picking up the glass with my fingers again. i was almost done when all of a sudden if fell something CUT ME! i knew it would happen i was just waiting for the moment. After i took care of the glass i went inside to get a band-aid. Of course people freaked out when they saw my finger bleeding. i told them it wasn't a big deal, i just needed a band-aid. I treated my wound properly and went on with my day. No less than TWO minutes i looked down and saw i bled through my band-aid. This was our alternative band-aid. I have to say one thing.....DUCK TAPE FIXES EVERTHING!

Time for new shoes

2008-06-02T19:57:00.000-07:00

Every monday some of the young single adults in Dutch John get together and play basketball. oh and yes, there are enough people to play a real three on three game. How else would my shoe have a tear in it? haha i guess i was playing a little too hard! i think it's about time to say goodbye to a beloved pair of shoes!

Birds

2008-06-02T19:42:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when you live next to a person who chooses to have pigeons instead of cats or dogs! At least they haven't pooped on me yet! They just like to poop ALL OVER MY CAR!!!!!!

My sleeping arrangements

2008-05-23T20:11:00.000-07:00

For the past two weeks this is what i have been sleeping on/in. You can't really tell from the picture but that dented space is not flat it is in fact a hole. i have been sleeping in a cave/ pit for the past two weeks. Not like many pits this one is really comfortable and doesn't leave me achy in the morning as most people would think. As i was thinking of my pit i decided that "pit" was not a very good name, instead i call it "The Love Sack!" Maybe it will help my love life out here in Dutch John, with the population of 200. This doesn't include the fine young men in my single adult group!

Home away from Home

2008-05-21T08:10:00.000-07:00

Going from Snow College to home (for a week) to Dutch John has been a hard transition. It involved a lot of washing clothes, packing clothes, and saying too many goodbyes. Even though it was hard to leave Snow College and Provo, I'm still glad i moved. This move was a great opportunity to live with Amber, Ryan and Josie and being able to have a better relationship with them!

Dutch John is my home FAR AWAY (three hours and 20 minutes) from home.

As you can see it has a lovely yard for me to practice my soccer skills, and it looks very cozy inside. which by the way, it is.

First day of work at trout creek

2008-05-14T19:51:00.000-07:00

Most people are nervous on their first day of work on a new job, but I'm not like most people. i have to admit i wasn't extremely nervous the first day of my new job. i knew the first day is always the same thing with every job. They tell you all you need to know to get you through the day. Things like where the cleaning supplies are, where you go if you need to restock something, show you all the buttons on the cash register and explain what each thing means. Your basic information. The day everyone should be nervous and scared is the second day because now you know all the information to get you through the day and the second day is the day you get to apply it and use the knowledge you remembered from the first day.

My second day was actually better than the first. Learning the register wasn't very hard. Both days i worked were slow days which means every person who came to the counter i had to help them and get practice. It was quite nice!

I love the people i work with, they are funny and they set a good example on what i should do and how to interact with customers. One of my managers Melissa is hilarious, she is a jabber, she talks to everyone. Her husband Doug is also a great guy. i love working with him because we have a joking relationship, which keeps work fun! and in a way he reminds me of Paul, who i love dearly! so far i love my job, it's going to get harder but better during the summer, but luckily Bradley will be up here in a month to help out!

Birthday

2008-05-06T15:03:00.000-07:00

As most of you know. i had a birthday this last sunday! it was a day i had the chance to reflect on my life. What a great life i have lived and grown up in. My whole family is supportive and loving they are always looking out for me and wanting to do my best in every and i couldn't ask for better friends.
First to my Extended family. You all are amazing, i know we are not very close, but you still have a huge influence in my life whether you know it or not!
Next, my intermediate family. You are always calling and asking me what my plans are and what is new in my life, you are always interested in what i have to say. After all when you're in college you ALWAYS have a story to tell!
Last, To my grandparents. You are very special people in my life. A smile always come to my face when you are talked about. When i come and visit i see you live your life day by day and i realized that i'll probably doing the same thing later in life, it's a good both my grandparents are proactive. You are great examples of always have the gospel in your life. Putting our Lord Savior Jesus Christ first in your lives.
Thank you everyone! you are all amazing people and i love you all!

Football Games

2008-05-06T15:02:00.001-07:00

Our football games are always entertaining to watch. Whether it be on or off the field!

First Day at Snow College

2008-05-06T15:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Snow College!

Matress stealing

2008-05-06T14:57:00.000-07:00

One beautiful night my roommates and i deicided to "borrow" one of our friends mattresses for one night. Here is us celebrating our success!

Although the boys we "borrowed" the mattresses from didn't think it was very funny, but it was totally worth it and as you can see we thought it was HILARIOUS! and fun!

Snow Lodge Apt #4

2008-05-06T14:54:00.000-07:00

Here is another wonderful dance my roommates had fun. in case you were wondering NO! the black person is not a guy, it's my roommate Vanessa. Pretty good costume huh?

Rommies

2008-05-06T14:42:00.000-07:00

This is my roommate Alycia Leavitt. We shared a room all year long. WE had a blast staying up late talking and just doing random things.

80's Dance

2008-05-06T14:39:00.000-07:00

This is one of many dances that my roommates and i attended. This 80's dance was at the beginning of the year and we had a "blast from the past!" at that dance!

Charol Fight

2008-05-06T14:35:00.000-07:00

My roommates and i have been to some pretty fun bon fires, but this one takes the cake. We didn't have anything to roast our marshmellows on except sticks. The only sticks around had charcol all over them so after we finished our marshmellows we had a charcol fight. We stayed as a team, just like charile's angels!