Crash, Smash, bye bye car

Today I got in a car accident on my way home from school. . . . . Luckily no one was really hurt except me, and my injuries were pretty minimal. So i was at 8th north and state street when the light turned green. I started going and the next thing i know everyone in front of me is slamming on their brakes. So i hit mine, but unfortunately, those one week old $200 ceramic brake pads didn't stop me fast enough and i crashed into the guy in front of me. My air bag deployed and hit my left hand, right arm, and right in my face. I got some burns/scrapes from the airbag.

So after several moments of shock i managed to find my phone and call curtis. "CALL THE POLICE!" is what he told me. So i called 911 and they told me an ambulance and police cars were on the way. When they finally got to the crash-zone (seemed like forever) they asked me if i could move my car off to the side of the road. I was in shock and couldn't do anything but cry. So the paramedics helped me out of my car and then put me in the ambulance and had the cop drive my car off to the side of the road. They checked my blood pressure and made sure i didn't have any neck or back injuries. (and i can now say i have VERY healthy blood! that's what the paramedic told me.... ) the Paramedic who was helping me kept pulling really stupid jokes trying to make me feel better and to help me stop crying. Eventually all his "it's ok.... you can fix your car" talk got into me and i settled down.

I called curtis and he came over to pick me up, since my car is not driveable anymore. It was leaking all sorts of transmission fluids, and we think it's probably totaled. This whole accident really was, well, an accident! i don't think i was driving more than 15 or 20 mph, but i guess that's all it takes to completely ruin your car.

It's been a few hours now since the incident, and im starting to come back to the real world. at first my body was pumping with so much adrenaline and shock that i couldn't believe anything was happening and i just kept telling people, 'im fine, im fine.' Now the pain is starting to come, i have a feeling i'm going to be sore for quite a while. I was so scared that everyone would be mad at me for crashing my car (silly me). Everyone has said "we're just glad you are safe!" Things could have been much worse and i'm glad things aren't too bad.

So my car..... Got pretty bent up. It now lives at cascade collision repair (can you believe they charge 121 dollars to go from maceys to cascade? that's like..... less than 200 yards!)

It's a good thing i was wearing my seatbelt. I really think it helped hold me back away from more airbag damage that could have been done.

But the other guys car..... Only had a few scrapes and dents.

Hopefully, i'll never, EVER have another one of these again. Getting hit in the face with an airbag does not = fun. And just so you know (because i'm sure everyone is dying to know) Airbags are STINKY! They smell like burning hair and plastic, and i feel like i stink now too. I suppose i could go change my clothes.... but i'm getting so tired now and just want to lay down and take a nap.

In other... not so exciting news...

I went to the quilt shop hop with my mom and i'm so excited to make the quilt from all the patterns we got!

I'm making some really cute yo-yo projects for the family reunion this weekend (bring your dollars!)

and i found a quilt book i want to buy...... but it costs 15 dollars and i'm too cheap to spend that much on a book. Maybe i'll find some dollars burning a hole in my pocket one day and go get it.

Happy Birthday....... TO ME!!

I kind of had a bad attitude about my birthday this year. I'm not really sure why, but i just kept telling myself "It's just another day in your life...." Fortunately, those around me, (who love me very much!) would not let it be just another day.

By the time i had gotten dressed for the day i was already brimming with happiness!

(This is me.... brimming with happiness! mostly i just look like a dork, but oh well)

I really felt like today was my special day. Yesterday (Friday), when i came home from school there were some flowers sitting on the table with a little note saying happy birthday from Curtis. This put me in a good mood all night and into my actual birthday day.

So after i got dressed, Curtis told me, Well you better come open your presents! There was a gift card to deseret book (so i could go buy a quilt kit.... he said he didn't know which one to pick out... what a great guy!) and a pretty necklace.

With my flowers, gift card, and necklace

Then we went to PF Changs for lunch, and then went and saw a movie. After the movie we went to the mall and i went and picked out the quilt kit that i wanted to add to my ever growing quilt kit box collection

We went up to Curtis' parents house and they had brought me back a cute purse and shirt from disney land, and also some of my favorite goofy's gummy worms!

Later this fine evening....... We headed to my parents house to have a little dinner with dad, brad, nish, gav and cai- i mean foofa. There were a few cards waiting for me, i even got one from my dentist! Another gift card to deseret book from brad & gang, and a freaking sweet "21 and terrific!" pin from my mom. My dad got me some simply limeade and simply lemonade.... in addition to buying us all porkchops and birthday cake.

Thanks everyone for telling me happy birthday, and making it a great day!

(and mom, incase you're reading this, i DID listen to the voicemail again and imagined you telling me happy birthday!)

Cha-cha-cha-changes are coming! (Caution picture content extreme!)

I will NOT miss....

Cluttered countertops and cabinet-tops.

Crowded closets

A toilet that just won't flush, strange TP holders...

Killer ice-sickles

Flower pots that get eaten by dogs

The constant smell of gasoline

the trailers and all the lovely junk

A washer that doesn't agitate

Or a sink that just can't spray straight.

I will miss

The beautiful views from my balcony.

And the good times we have

DORK.

Tulip Festival

I've been wanting to go to the tulip festival at Thanksgiving Point ever since we got the $2 off coupon in the mail a few weeks ago. I had been waiting and waiting for the tulips around here to really start blooming, because when we went last year i think we went a little too early and not many had bloomed yet. We picked a great day to go!  it wasn't too hot or busy and we were able to walk around and enjoy the flowers. 

I took quite a few pictures, not all of them turned out to be amazing, but some of them I am rather proud of! 

so here they are......in no particular order =)

I'm not sure why yet... but for some reason my blog cuts off the pictures on the right side.... hmmm if anyone knows how to fix this problem i'd appreciate knowing.

Curtis saw this one and said "Look, its a cucumber flower" and i was able to correct him and say no... that one is called a hyacinth. 

And there you have it! thousands and thousands of tulips! i'd recommend that anyone who is thinking about going should definitely go!

Life Updates: February

It's been a crazy month!  School has been super busy this semester, but it has also been a great experience!  Here are some things we have done this month... 

2. I got my sewing table! And after dad and curtis and kimball carried it up the stairs, i opened the box and was so happy that i didn't have to assemble it! (the store said i would). It's such a great table, it makes sewing that much more enjoyable.

And the best part is... i got it on sale! 

It's got an electronic lift and lots of storage. what a great sewing table! i love it. ♥♥ ♥ ♥

3. I signed up for the block of the month club at deseret book with my mom, So far we've done the first block, it was an irish chain, i had a lot of fun putting the block together. The best part is, it was only $40 per kit and each month they give you enough fabric to make two blocks! My mom decided it was an amazing deal, (really it is... 2 quilt tops well all the blocks for it for $40!) and so she signed up for both, and i figured what the heck, i might as well do both too. 

I did a lot better job on the brighter colored ones, i did them second so i knew what i was doing and they turned out nicer, but i think the first ones look pretty good too!

4. I've been reading a lot of books ... chapter books... for my children's literature class. This weekend my goal was to read the tale of despereaux.  As i sat watching tv, not really wanting to go read i thought to myself... ill just go sew that will be much more exciting than reading. So i got in and then felt a little guilty that i was doing something fun instead of doing homework that needs to be done... so i downloaded the audio book off of itunes and listened to the entire book while i finished sewing my snowman quilt! Thanks to curtis for deciding on the pinwheel corners, i think they look really awesome! I should have finished this a LONG time ago, but im a bit of a slacker. anyway i think the quilt turned out really good. Now i just need to finish my turning 20......

AAAAAAND one thing i forgot to mention that i was really proud of doing, was i finished a very large puzzle! although i was sad because after i finished i was missing pieces... :( if anyone is a LOST fan this puzzle is really fun to look at. I've got all 4... someday when i have time again in my life i will do the other ones too! they are really hard to complete since there is no picture showing you what the puzzle looks like, and its a lot of small pictures.