keep calm and...

There is a print that has become hugely popular that says "keep calm and carry on" I had seen a few "remakes" on tumblr and decided to share some. enjoy!













If you don't watch Glee this will probably seem pretty inappropriate. But it was too funny not to post for any of us that do. I seriously love those two together. it makes for some hilarious scenes.













This is genius. That is probably one of my fave episodes because of that saying.

auckland.

I am finally getting around to putting some more pictures up of Auckland. These pictures aren't in any particular order.



This is the Auckland Harbour Bridge. This connects the the city to the north shore. which is where I live! A few weeks ago when Justin Bieber was here he bungy jumped off this bridge. obviously you don't care, but just a fun fact for you.



the whole bridge.



Sorry for the really crappy picture. I took it as I was driving but I was only going about 20 k's but I didn't really want to keep trying for a good one. But funny story about this place. While my mom was up here she wanted to come check "Victoria Park Market" out because it used to be this cool place back in the day. It used to have all of this artsy stuff sold there. We weren't sure if we would make it out there or not. we were actually on our way to the airport and my mom saw this and I know she wanted to go and she was like there's the exit we can go if you want. So I was trying to decide if I should go or not. The only reason I was skeptical was because I didn't know if we could find parking or not. Especially since most of it is parallel parking and I never learned to do that. This went through my head in all in a few seconds but then I thought what the heck and then swerved over to catch the exit in time. Luckily we were able to find parking but we didn't realize how far away we had parked. It was kind of a shame because it wasn't as good as she remembered and it was a little bit of a dive. But I know she was glad that she was at least able to see it before she left. Of course as we left it starts raining and to top it off I had parked at the top of the hill. But at least we made it to the airport on time. Even though her plane would be delayed several hours.



cool patterns on the side of the motorway



Auckland city





I had to take a picture because even new zealand must know how important Blair Waldorf is. hahaha.



Sky Tower in downtown Auckalnd



Check out all those yachts



Downtown auckland coming over the harbour bridge



Palm trees!



The mall that is near my house is actually pretty cool. Here is a little pirate ship playground.



They also had this fun activity. I don't know what to call it though.





check out this pink/purple station wagon. it's awesome. I saw this amazing van driving home yesterday. It was covered in fake grass. It was so freakin amazing. I kick myself because I didn't have my camera and I almost brought it with me! oh well.

happy mother's day!

Happy Mother's Day! I love you, mom, mum, mother, mommy. Thank you so much for everything that you have done for me. You have been an amazing mom to me, jared and caleb. even if you do think i'm retarded and caleb's a freak and we keep reminding you of that. haha. (I can't remember what you used to call jared. but maybe that is a good thing. haha.) Thank you for being a good example to us and for being my best friend. I love you!!!

I have way too much time on my hands.

Last night I was really bored and started taking a bunch of random pictures in photobooth. I realized that if you flicked back and forth through them it looked really funny. I decided to stick the pictures in imovie and this is what happened.

the green ribbon and goosebumps.

oh. my. gosh. someone please tell me that you remember these books. I used to read them in elementary school and they freaked me out but I couldn't stop reading them. It was like watching a train wreck you know you should look away but you just can't make yourself. The story that I remember the most and probably my favorite was the green ribbon. I found a copy of it for you to enjoy or possibly be freaked out. your choice.

Once there was a girl named Jenny.
She was like all the other girls,
except for one thing.
She always wore a green ribbon
around her neck.
There was a boy named Alfred
in her class.
Alfred liked Jenny,
and Jenny liked Alfred.
One day he asked her,
"Why do you wear that ribbon
all the time?"
"I cannot tell you," said Jenny.
But Alfred kept asking,
"Why do you wear it?"
And Jenny would say,
"It is not important."
Jenny and Alfred grew up
and fell in love.
One day they got married.
After their wedding,
Alfred said,
"Now that we are married,
you must tell me
about the green ribbon."
"You still must wait,"
said Jenny.
"I will tell you
when the right time comes."
Years passed.
Alfred and Jenny grew old.
One day Jenny became very sick.
The doctor told her she was dying.
Jenny called Alfred to her side.
"Alfred," she said, "now I can tell you
about the green ribbon.
Untie it, and you will see
why I could not tell you before."
Slowly and carefully,
Alfred untied the ribbon,
and Jenny's head fell off.



Remember goosebumps. I absolutely LOVED those books and the show. although I couldn't read them at first. I had read a few and became obsessed with them. Then I read one book that was about this boy and a girl and I think there were these dogs and somehow these other kids switched bodies with the dogs. So this boy and girl try to help them but it tuns out that they kinda get screwed over because this boy and girl get trapped in the dogs bodies. I know it sounds weird and I could be remembering it wrong, but I was so freaked out that I couldn't even finish the book. I know this will sound stupid but I felt like if I finished the book I was going to be turned into a dog. hahaha. I don't think I ever finished that book. It took me a while but then I finally got over my fear of the goosebump books and I probably read almost all of them.

It's funny because I used to LOVE reading/watching scary book/movies but I can't really watch them anymore. I think the last scary movie I watched was the ring. Now whenever there is a scary part in anything I usually will put my hands over my face but then I will look through the cracks of my fingers so I can still watch it, but I can also cover my face quickly if I need too. I think I freaked myself out a bit too much.

It's probably fitting that I am writing this at 11:30 at night. Now I can go have nightmares about my head falling off and being turned into a dog. fantastic.