And Lyssa Was Her Name-O

So at night while I'm trying to fall asleep, I make up stories. Most of which are about my future life with Prince Charming. (Sue me, I'm a 17 year old girl!) So I'm going through this awesome story in my mind but I keep hitting a stumbling block...HE HAS NO NAME!!! So I'm trying to come up with a good name but trip and fall. Few names sound good with Natalie!!! Then I realized it needed to be 3 syllables. So I start brainstorming those...HELLO there are none!!!!

So it's the next day, I'm in Cantori A-Hour and voice my concern. Five hours later...we're in honor choir and Alyssa gives me a list of 3 syllable names and they were just too good to not post.

1. Timothy

2. Atticus

3. Jericho

4. Dakota

5. Jeffery

6. Don Carlos

7. Julian

8. P Diddy (or Puff Daddy)

9. Lucifer

10. Eminem

11. Ludacris

12. Moroni, Gideon, Helamen

13. Elijah, Elisha, Elias, Isaiah, Abraham

14. Nathaniel

15. Francisco

16. Fredrico

17. Placido

18. Montana

19. Gerardo

20. Jeremy

21. Christopher

22. Jonathon

23. Roberto

24. Kanye West

25. Flo Rida

26. Sean Kingston

27. Vanilla Ice

28. Benjamin

29. Joshua

30. Rafael

31. Orlando

32. Cameron

33. Sebastian

34. Samuel

35. Nicholas

36. Severus

37. Percival

38. Gilderoy

39. Mundungus

40. Voldemort

41. Marion

42. Donovon

43. William

44. Jacobo (pronounced Ha-ko-bo)

45. Jim Halpert

and of course

46. Cilantro

So tell me...what's your favorite??????

The Many Adventures of RatalieNose

Yeah I know...I'm becoming a "once-a-month-poster,"

but it's the best I can do right now!

Okay so time to talk about the latest adventures in the life of RatalieNose.

Over October break I was lucky enough to get to go to Rocky Point Mexico with my pal Aubri! She turned 16 while we were there and it was so fun! We and another family stayed in an RV park RIGHT on the beach! It was my first time traveling in a trailer and DUDE I have been missing out! Getting to sleep on a BED while driving for hours??? YES.PLEASE.

Yes Prince Phillip is code for someone. But I'm not telling! *grins evilly*

Trust me, you don't want to know!

For Aubs birthday we rented quads. It was my first time and I LOVED it! Even though Papa Dub told me that I drive like an old granny. *sad face*

You know what's so great about the beach?? Even when you look"special" in a picture, the fact that you're on the beach makes it cute! YESHHH!

Me and Kennyl

So I got really excited.....

And ran to play in the puddles....

I LOVE Aubs!!!!! (Oh and I loathe Tank the dog.)

As for Adventure #2.....

A few weeks ago, a friend and I were driving home from babysitting for my sisters boss. We came to an intersection and my friend tried to stop but her brakes went out so we went through the intersection and were t-boned. Thankfully we were both safe! I just suffered some whiplash and have had pain in my neck, and my friend was burned by the air bag and is sore, but other than that we were fine! And the other car's passengers were totally fine!

This experience, while terrifying, really strengthened my testimony of the love Heavenly Father has for me. The day of the accident, something amazing happened. My friend Dolly has a step-dad whose not a member of our church but that day he randomly asked her if she'd like to have family prayer and she of course said yes. Step-dad said the prayer and in it he prayed that all of his step-daughters friends would be safe that night and if something were to happen that they'd walk away okay. A few hours later, I was in the accident.

Monday I was in pretty bad pain and in major need of a priesthood blessing. My two guy friends who go to ASU left school and came to help me out. The blessing didn't take away my pain but it completely changed my outlook about it. I felt at peace.

I am so thankful for a loving, listening God who never leaves me and answers prayers.

7 Things You Never Wanted to Know About Ratalie

So despite my being an MIA Flakey Blogger....the ever-fabulous Chloe has bestowed this lovely award upon me!!!

I am now required to post 7 things about myself. Since this is the Versatile Blogger award, I will try to make the facts as such.

7 Versatile Facts About RatalieNose

1. Last night I threw a Taylor Lautner Lover's Party-yes it was amazing.

2. For the first fifteen years of my life, I was convinced that I was going to be on Broadway.

3. I once made a list of all the boys I've liked....there are over 3o names.

4. My dream life is to travel the world teaching underprivelaged children how to read.

5. I am in my third year of student council. My position is "Director of Staff and Student Recognition"

6. I'm really good at coming up with plans and schemes....not so good, however, at following through with them.

7. I don't believe in having one best friend.

Now for the matter of regifting this.....

Honestly....if you're reading this post, it means you're awesome and versatile.

So take the award!

Post it on your blog and do the 7 things, then pass it on.

Ratalie Loves You!

High School Happiness

Believe it or not, there is such a thing!!

Thank goodness.

In fact, this year, the happiness has been equal to or MORE than the horrors, which is amazing! I think it's because even if you have less happy than horror, the happy means more, thus creating equilibrium.

Wow big word.

Okay moving on to the point.

Picture this with me. It's Tuesday, the last full day of the school year. Wednesday and Thursday are both final days which means half day. So Tuesday was the last day I would see EVERYONE. So how did I want to be remembered? Just look at the pictures. Bo Lao Shi-the most patient, longsuffering, and otherwise awesome Chinese teacher ever!
Brother Sell-greatest seminary teacher known to mankind.

The 3 Stooges

Now here comes the story:

It's Tuesday circa 6:45 am.

Last day of A-hour seminary.

But we weren't having a lesson, just chillin' signing yearbooks etc.

Me, Ed (Steph), and Hannah are sitting there wondering aloud where in the world Karla is because she PROMISED she'd come.

So I comandeer Hannah's phone so I can give Karla a piece of my mind.

And she claims to be landing her mother ship at seminary in approximately 15 minutes.

So I say, "let's jump on her when she gets here."

And Hannah, being BRILLIANT, says

"I still have those dress-ups in my car from the anti-prom party."

(Another post soon to come.)

"We should get dressed up and jump on her!"

So we got dressed and waited.

Ready to pounce.

And pounce we did!

I think we almost gave poor Karla a heart attack, but it sure was fun!

Anywho, we promptly got Karla into a stupid outfit.

Then we all made a pact to wear the clothes for the.entire.day.

YES!!!!

And we decided to keep our motives a secret.

If someone asked Stephanie why she was wearing her outfit, she said "Ask Karla"

If Karla was asked, she said "Ask Natalie"

If I was asked, I said, "Ask Hannah"

And if Hannah was asked, she said "Ask Stephanie"

It took everyone till about third hour to get that it was all a huge loop.

It was seriously one of the greatest days of the entire year.

Bless dress-ups forever and ever.

Amen.

Adorable

Chloe is so good to me!

She bestowed this beautiful award upon me!

So now, I get to show you all four things that I think are adorable. #1

#2

#3

#4

Don't even try to tell me that these kids are not to die for!!!!!

Alright now I get to pass on the award.

You can put it on your sidebar then tell your readers about 4 things you think are adorable.

Then pass it on to 4 people.

(Only if you want to, no pressure.)

1. Ann Marie
2. Amy

3. Chloe

4. Shelby Lou

Reason Number 336 Why I Love Steven!!!!!

So you remember Steven? Yup, that's him.

I love him.

Ready for the latest reason?????

Every year at WW the week before Valentines day is Love Week.

It's a tradition that every student in the school gets a heart with their name written on it hung up in the hallway. Well this morning I saw my heart and this is what it looked like:

Do you see the two little words?

Yeah someone wrote that.

A close up:

If you can't read the words it says;
"You're Ugly"

Yeah, sad huh.

I mean it's obviously not a huge deal, I mean I don't hang my happiness on how people view me!

But still.....

Well I told Steven about this and look at what he made me:

If you can't read the sparkles it says

"Is Hot"

So he made that specially for me and taped it to my back for teh rest of the day!

See why I love him?

It was seriously so sweet!

He's so good to me!!!!

Challenge for the day:

Go tell someone you love them.

It just might make their day.

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Susannah has a beautiful smile, happy is a very good look for her.

Houston, We Have a Problem

Well I'm home!

And I had the BEST time ever!!!!

This trip was just what I needed!!!! The first night I was in Houston, just so stoked to be together again!!!

And we got a little slap happy!!

Okay I lied.... a lot!!!

The next day we all went to Galveston Texas which is perfectly beautiful!!!

It's a little beach town with a bunch of really old mansions!

I thought of my dear friend Ann Marie as we drove past them all!

Unfortuantely I didn't get pictures of any of them.

Sherlock and Watson freezing on the beach!!!

My guy, Gabe the Gorilla!

Julie with her Frog Prince, Ferdinand the Fifth.

Mamma and Pappa Dub with long faced guy.

Then we took a ferry ride across the Gulf which was so cool!!! (Literally!)

Katie Lou! My "sister!"

K, on the ferry if you hold up a piece of bread the seagulls FLOCK to it!!! And they just fly in place until you feed them!

Julie told me to do pilates on the bar to keep warm.

No comment.

I'm not gonna lie, I make a great hobo!!

Julie keeping my legs warm for me!!

The twins feeding the gulls.

This yellow ferry made me happy!

Afterwards we went to Keemah Boardwalk which is like an amusement park right on the water!

Soo fun!!!

Got our tickets for Boardwalk Bullet!

Before

After

No explanation necessary.

I felt way too comfortable behind these bars.

Whoops!

Wednesday night was the big tri-stake New Years dance and it was Sam's first one!!!

New Years in Texas is BEYOND awesome because Fireworks are LEGAL!

So everyone does them and if you stand outside it sounds like downtown Bahgdad!

For the first hour I had to convince myself that no one was gettting shot!

I'm a cheap drunk!

Our first picture in 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Robin's hands were cold, so she stuck them in my armpits?

Then came the dreaded car ride to the airport. :(

Yes it was 4:30 in the morning.

It was a great week!!!!!!

I'm so glad I got the chance to go!!!!!

Alyssa Reidhead

P.S.

Christmas Comment Candy just isn't going to happen this time.

Why not?

Cause I don't feel like it.

But don't worry, CC will come back when I'm in the mood.