my apologies..

Sorry, but this is another pseudo blog post.

I just got back from a lovely trip to Jackson Hole and have so many pictures still waiting to be loaded onto my computer, looked through, edited, and posted. But, it will have to wait for another day. Maybe tomorrow.

For now I'll leave you with a picture from the first circus I ever went to, back in 2006.

And I will also leave you with a little secret... I will forever feel guilty for that day. Kristofor and I went to the circus (like I said, it was my first time going, EVER! And it was awesome!) on September 27. I got a call during the show saying that my sister Madi had had her first baby, Roman! And!!! I stayed at the circus which was a measly 45 minutes away instead of going to meet my new nephew!!! It was the circus, after all!!!!!

I know. I know. I am a horrible sister and aunt! I still feel guilty about it to this day.

Again, I am sorry. For the fake post, and for the dumping of my emotions all over the internet.

man bag

I believe that men should be able to use purses and/or bags without fear of being ridiculed or called a sissy.

But good luck trying to look this cool while doing so.

I would totally write this in my journal but a blog is easier

Right now:

Kristofor is sitting on a folding chair, playing a video game.

I just finished reading some of my new book, Percy Jackson - the Lightning Thief. I've been wanting to read it and Kristofor got it to me for our anniversary. So far it's a winner.

I keep thinking about a girls' night I've been planning with all my Jensen/Peterson sisters. We're going to be crafting it up, and I'm really looking forward to it. I finally finished buying all the supplies today so all that's left is for me to decide what I want to bring for food.

I'm still in my work clothes, which are just regular clothes, but it still makes me feel like I should be busy or something. It reminds me of when I was in my Junior year in high school. Right after I got home from school I would change into my pajamas - or at least my pajama bottoms. Maybe if I got cute pajama bottoms I could start that habit up again...

My parents have a small garden in their back yard that I've been wanting grow stuff in. It still needs to be tilled and planted. Will anything grow this time of year? I've never done gardening before. I was lazy and waiting to borrow our neighbor's tiller but I think I'll have to just do it by hand or else it will never get done. I hate when you plan on doing something and then for silly reasons, it doesn't happen. That's this garden. Except it will happen. At least the preparing and planting and watering. If nothing grows, then so be it.

I'm wondering why things happen the way they do. I feel like things should have a purpose, but then there are also coincidences, right? So what's 'meant to be' and what's coincidence? I don't even know any more. Is it something I just make up in my head?

My eyes have been bugging me lately. Probably too much time spent staring at a computer monitor.

And with that, night night.

ma famille

Do we need another post about my baby brother Joseph? Yes?? Okay!

So this is a picture of me and Joseph and our nephew Roman. Posing as a family. Oh wait, what? We are family? Well okay then. Not so disturbing, now is it.

I kept teasing Joe that his hair looked like Will Smith's from the 90's. He cut it before he left. Peer pressure, anyone?

Anyway Joseph is graduating from AIT in less than 2 weeks - Hallelujah!!! I'm so excited for him to get home. Kristofor and I will randomly say things to each other like "When Joe gets home, we're going to ________" Fill in the blank. When Joe gets home we're going to go play tennis every day. When Joe gets home we're going to play this video game together. When Joe gets home we're going to hang out in our room all the time. When Joe gets home we're going to go see that movie.

Joe can't get home soon enough 'round these parts. He's been away for too long! I don't deal well with being apart from my family. It would be better if we could email each other or something. We text - occasionally. When he can. He'll send me texts out of the blue about what kind of dream he had the night before, or about a certain girl in his platoon who looks like a mixture of my mother-in-law and Amanda Bynes. I really like those texts.

Joe is funny because he presents himself in such a way that people get different ideas about him. Like some people might think he's cocky. Stuff like that. But the thing is... Joe is much more than what meets the eye (And he gets mad that people aren't aware of that - you're supposed to just know!). He's extremely thoughtful. Like... he ponders stuff. He's a thinker. And he hates drama. He's blunt. Sometimes he's intimidating. Sometimes he's so loud in your basement apartment that your landlords who live upstairs get mad. Sometimes he'll send my sisters texts where they can't interpret how he means something - like if he sends them a text that says "What." And sometimes they assume he's being mean. And sometimes he is. But usually he's just messing around. Remember what I said about him being intimidating?

Well, according to my dad Joe is going to call tonight. I can't wait to find out what day he's coming home. I miss him. He's my true friend. I can talk to him about anything. Well... almost anything. Sometimes he stops the conversation if it ventures into weird territory. See?? Joe is cool like that.

Can I get an amen? ;)

news?

As many of you already know.... I got into the Radiology program.

Boo yah.

happy 100!

100th Post!

Dear loyal followers!!

This is the 100th post of my blog!!!!!! To congratulate me you can either give me 100 dollars, give me 100 back massages or give me 100 candy bars!! Your choice!!

Love!!

Aariel!!

p.s. Or you can just leave a comment or something if you want. Whichever's easiest. ;)

stuff I like part 2

Any readers out there probably couldn't care less about stuff I like, but it's fun for me! So sorry if you hate this post...the next one will be more exciting, mmkay?

Today I took work off and Kristofor and I took the FrontRunner to Salt Lake to stroll around the Gateway and hang out with some friends. Ohhhh, it was so fun. The main objective of the day was for us to try on some Toms Shoes to determine our size so we can order some off the internet for our anniversary. (I'm so excited but can't decide which color to get!) So we only went inside the few stores that carry Toms, but there was one particular store I just couldn't pass up going into....

Anthropologie! I've only ever been on their website and wanted to see what the store was like so while we were waiting for our friends to meet up with us, I convinced Kristofor to come inside with me so I could peek around. I felt like a kid in a candy store (overused phrase?) - seriously, I felt like my eyes couldn't take everything in fast enough! We were only there for a second because our friends came and we decided to get something to eat and go see a movie. Afterwards I somehow convinced Kristofor to let us stop by Anthro one more time before we went home - - - is he the best or what?!? Or am I the best, because I conned him into it..??

The second time around was way better - my eyes were able to slowly feast on all the glorious designs around me. AND, Kristofor liked it too! How amazing is that?! He said if we were rich we would shop there all the time - this coming from a guy who hates shopping! Oh, he makes me laugh.

Onto the loot! Well, not really because we didn't buy OR steal it....but we can pretend for now.

Kristofor liked this octopus coat hanger (don't tell him I didn't really like it, kay?)

I liked these bath towels - they remind me of my Gramma Davis because they're fancy and oven and whatnot, except they're groovy because of the awesome colors! (I'll bet Kristofor didn't like these - when I showed him he did an obligatory nod and went back into his own world)

This store makes me want to purchase completely unnecessary things I would never need, like this cloth napkin with a bird woven into it all homemade like.

Kristofor and I both liked these melamine plates .... until we saw the price tag. *cough!*

Kristofor was interested in with this cup and saucer set. There were tons out and on sale but we couldn't find the price! (We thought the cup came separately and kept checking the bottoms of different cups to see if there were price tags anywhere...in fact, I knocked a whole stack over while in the process of price checking and almost died because I was so worried I would somehow have to end up paying for all the stupid expensive cups even though none were broken but what if an employee saw me and got mad - !!!!!)

He also liked this dinner set. The octopus was a popular theme today.

Okay I didn't see this wallpaper at the store, but still, I love it! Just the right amount of color to make it pop but not enough to make it too crazy.

These letters were pretty cool - the only one I would have wanted would be an "M" but it only came in the fabric that the "A" is in, which is my least favorite...so.

We went home empty handed.

It was oh, so good.