And the Winner Is......

Yes I've been MIA the past couple days.

Can't tell you where I was.

Top Secret.

Just like the reason you're going to want to comment on this post.

Like I said before you're going to have to trust me.

Do it.

You have until Wednesday.

*I will reiterate, THIS IS NOT A COMMENT SCAM!!!! I LIKE how many comments I get!*

Anywho........

As you'll see on my sidebar

The AMAZING Cherie gave me this award!!!!!

The Fresh Drink Award.

Love my life!

So I feel I should pass on the honor......

To my Blog and Real Life Hero

Camille.

I've admired this girl (woman) ever since I met her when I was in third grade.

She and her best friend were seniors in high school but they still took time to hang out with the out spoken little third grader who had issues getting along with people her own age.

They'd come over and play with me, take me out to Dairy Queen, and they NEVER made me feel like it was a burden, or that they'd rather be doing somehting else!

I felt sooo cool and loved!

And now, years later, I still adore Camille through her blog Archives of Our Lives.

If that blog isn't Fresh, I don't know what is.

This girl is an amzing writer with an endearing personality and I'm proud to call her my friend!

And Just A Reminder in case you suffer from short term memory loss, you're going to want to comment on this post.

OH and BTW Geneva and Camille will be both recieve SOMETHING for figuring out the code word of the day.

Tag I'm It

So the Beautiful, Amazing Addison Mae aka Sass a Frass tagged me on this.

Sixth picture folder, sixth picture.
This is Sam.
He's ten.
He's a fish.
No.
Correction.
He's a polar bear.
This photo was taken in November.
And for the record he got in all the way!!

In other news:
Go here to see my new beautiful name sake!!!!!!

Oh and I'm supposed to tag six other people:
Camille, Geneva, Ann Marie, Molly, Cherie, and Laynee

CoDe WoRd Of ThE dAy

boys my age think they're so Cool

on thanksgiving i'd rather eat Ham than turkey

Over yonder is my school, westwood high school

Can you figure out what i'm doing

my favorite shape is an Oval

that last one was a Lie

the name of my first kid will be Andee

if you steal that name from me i'll be Ticked

thanks for stopping by Everybodynose

Please Don't Stop the Music

Yeah I'm lame, doing a tag when the person didn't even tag me....

but whatever it looked fun!

But yeah thanks Christie!

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Put your Ipod or other music player on shuffle.

2. For each question, press the NEXT button to get your answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from.-

"Tag, You're it...let's see what ya'll are listening to!"

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY? Umbrella Acoustic (Marie Digby)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? Roots (Bob Marley)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? Save A Horse Ride a Cowboy (Big and Rich)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? Morningside (Sara Bareilles)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?Last Call(Lee Ann Womack)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? I Don't Trust Myself (John Mayer)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN? More(The Ten Virgins)

WHAT IS 2+2? That's What I Love About Sunday (Craig Morgan)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? See You In My Nightmares (Kanye West)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Fearless (Taylor Swift)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?? Why Why Why(Billy Currington)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?? What Is This Thing Called Love

(Billie Holiday)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? Jammin (Bob Marley)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?

What I Need (The Ten Virgins)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Oh Holy Night(Mariah Carey)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Bottle It Up

(Sara Bareilles)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? The Seashores of Old Mexico(George Strait)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Write This Down (George Strait)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Show Me Everything (The Rocket Summer)

HOW WILL YOU DIE? Silent Night (Kenny Rogers)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET? Interlude #4(The Ten Virgins)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? Misty Morning (Bob Marley)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY? It Won't Be Long (Across the Universe)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED? Come Come Ye Saints (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST? Fool Hearted Memory (George Strait)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU? Boondocks (Little Big Town)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? What We Do Here (Brian Mcknight)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? Troublemaker (Weezer)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna)

Totally did not plan that!

Promise!

I tag anyone who feels like doing this!

It's pretty entertaining....

The Joys of Technology

Son Of A Gun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you remember that old children's book??

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,No Good, Very Bad Day

Yeah.

TryNatalie and Terrible, Horrible, No Good, HORRENDOUS, HUMILIATING, Very Bad Day

Shya.

How bout' a quick recap

1. C- grade in Chemistry

2. C- grade in Algebra 2

3. Being kept after English

4. Parent-Teacher Phone Call Threat

(BAD NEWS BEARS!)

5. Finding out that the shirt I'd been wearing all day belongs

TO ONE OF MY GUY FRIENDS!!!!

And it wasn't even him who told me!!!

He was too embarrassd!

So his friend (who I don't get along with very well) comes up to me and basically embarasses the heck out me by telling me that I was wearing his best friend's shirt.

Nice.

HOW IN THE WORLD DID IT GET TO MY HOUSE?????????

HOW IN THE WORLD WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW IT WAS HIS?????????

Ugh.

On the bright side...if there even is one

I got my new(to me) ipod today!

$96 bucks on Ebay.

Love!!!!

Disneyland Uncovered

So I've mentioned several times that I, RatalieNose, have issues with Disneyland.

Several people have requested that I post about these issues.

But here's the thing, the majority of the beefs that I have with

The Happiest Place on Earth

all have to do with my own stupidity, idiocy, hypocrisy ect. ect.

So for the past month I've been trying to buck up the courage to write this.

But before I start I need ya'll to promise me two things:

1. That you won't think less of me after hearing what an awful person I am.

2. That you won't think I'm an idiot for making a mountain out of a molehill.

This stuff may not seem big to some of you, but to an extremely emotional teenage girl, this is BIG STUFF!!!

All right.

I'm ready.

Lets start with the less personal things.1. Look at this map! The place is HUGE right?

K, I'm five 2.

My legs are short.

And not muscular.

By the end of a day at this place, the lower half of my body is in MISERY!!!!!!

Not to mention, that I"m hot, sweaty and grumpy from lines longer than The Great Wall of China!!!!!

2. Last time I was there, I nonchalantly, got on the ride Indiana Jones.

I took off my back pack that had my:

1. Camera

2. Wallet

3. Money

4. And array of other personal items

in it and

FORGOT TO PUT IT IN THE HOLDER!!!!!!!!

SO GUESS WHAT???????

MY BAG FELL OFF THAT BLASTED JEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH PS THE CAMERA WASN'T EVEN MINE PERSONALLY!!!!!

Thankfully, due to many prayers, the ride broke down later and they were able to fish it out of the dark tunnel and I was able to retrieve it before heading home.

So, yeah, my fault.

But I"m still bitter.

3. Now my biggest issue with Disneyland,

isn't even Disneyland's fault at all.

It just happenED to take place there.

But it is the reason that I will forever have bitterness in my heart when I think of it.

I lost my best friend there.

No, we didn't get seperated physically.

No she didn't die.

But I made one of the biggest mistakes of my life and broke my best friend's heart.

Her name was Roxy.

(not really but too protect her personal life we shall call her that.)

She was hilarious, fun loving, trustworthy, loyal...everything you could want in a best friend!

She had a HUGE crush on Eric

(again, name change)

I knew how much she liked Eric.

I knew perfectly well.

And yet.

I flirted it up!

And not just like

"Oh tee hee stupid girl flirting"

But hard core touchy feely, constant flirting.

RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER!

I HELD HIS HAND!!!!!

MY BEST FRIEND'S DREAM BOY!!!!!

Needless to say....

Our friendship went out the window.

A qoute from Roxy:

"Natalie you were my best frined and I dont want a boy,of all things, to make us stop being friends. but I dont think that we can ever be as good of friends as we were, I trusted you alot, I would have put my life in your hands I trusted you so much. but I have lost my trust in you."

Yeah, I don't know about you, but reading that, even now two years later, that breaks my heart.

So there you have it.

Why Disneyland is not the Happiest Place on Earth for me.

P.S.

None of those girls are Roxy.

This picture was taken on the day I lost my backpack.

And All My Plans Went Up In Smoke

So I had every intention of writing a BITTER, CYNICAL post all about the evils of Valentines day.

But then I read this.

And this.

And I changed my mind.

Instead,

take a gander at some of the people I love the very most!

My Lil' Sister Annie Uma

This girl is one of the sweetest, silliest, cutest people you'll ever meet!!!!

Without even asking, she'll do little things that'll make me smile!

Clean the room, leave me notes, and let me pick her up and swing her around! My Big Sister Emily.

I could write an entire book on how amazing this girl is!

She's four years older than I am, and growing up, that difference seemed HUGE!

But now, I realize just how close we can be!

We've had so many good times:

*Midnight talks

*Massage sessions

*Shopping

*Dancing like idiots but thinking we were the bomb!

Just to name a few!

Emily is beautiful, generous, brave and one of the strongest girls ever.

Whatever comes her way, she makes the most out of it!

I thank Heavenly Father for sending my big sister into my life!!!!

Now for this girl: my Big Sister Kim

So she's not my sister by blood....

But she might as well be!

Being Emily's best friend for all these years has drawn her into our family quite a bit!

This summer, Emily went away to Cali for work, so it was me and Kim!

She was always there for me...still is.

I can tell her all my high school drama and she doesn't look at me like I'm stupid!

Now lets talk about strength.

If anyone has it, Kim does.

There isn't anything she can't do!

Day in and day out she keeps at it no matter how hard it is!!!

(I have 2 other AMAZING sisters. But they'll come in a different post.)

I love these girls SO much!

I'm so blessed to have them in my life!

So I guess there may be some point to this day afterall......

Yes I'm Lame

Yeah I know.

Two posts within ten minutes of each other.

But you know what??

I don't care!

Yay!

Anywho.

The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. There's a small catch though...Post this same thing on your own blog and then come back and leave a comment telling me you're in. Fun, huh? Remember, only the first 3 comments receive the gift!

Too Bitter for Words

My intense HATRED for Valentine's Day has increased ten fold, I'll most likely get on my soap box about it tomorrow since it is the BLASTED day! So in the mean time, go take a gander at

This giveaway.

And for your viewing pleasure:

Some random pictures!

The Men in My Life

In Honor of

The Most Pointless Holiday of the Year.

Aka Valentines Day

I thought I'd show you some of the boys (and men) that I love!

(Thanks to AnnMarie for the idea.)

Zaccy Poo!

DO I EVEN NEED TO SAY ANYTHING??

I THOUGHT NOT!

John Krasinski

AKA

Jim Halpert

Oh, how much Joy can one man bring into a girl's life?

Between his pranks on Dwight and his Love for Pam.......

Immeasurable.

A.C. Slater

Nuff' Said

Zack Morris

Did I mention that I LOVE Saved By the Bell??

Matt freakin Damon

Only this man, could make a crazy assasin look

HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mathew Fox

AkA

Dr. Jack Shephard

I don't care if you take too many pills,

I don't care that you're doing what Ben The Crazy tells you to do,

I always have and always will love you.

Josh Holloway

AkA

James Sawyer

Did someone just turn the heat up in here?

Oh wait.

That's him.

Yes, you are a scoundrel.

But you're beautiful.

And brave.

And strong.

The End.

George Clooney

The man is Timeless!

He looks just as good now as he did twenty years ago!

Oh David Archuleta

I fasted and prayed for you to win AI last season.

Well actually I didn't.

I should have.

Anywho.

Love you,

Love your voice,

Love that your speaking voice is higher than mine.

NameLessHunkofHotttness!

Now, this wouldn't be a post about the best men ever if I didn't include these guys!

The Handsome Specimen on the left is my big brother Brent.

He's one of the funniest, most thoughtful and hard working guys I've ever met.

When I was 8 and he was 16, he Baptized me into the Church.
While serving his mission in Brazil, he sent me the greatest letters that truly inspired me!

With his wit, charm and hard work he can accomplish anything!

Now the guy on the right.

That's my daddy.

I'd call him Super Dad but that would be the understatement of the year!

There isn't anything this man can't do!

As if being the father of 7 wasn't enough, he's also always serving in the Church and is the BEST Papo

(grandpa in Hawaiian) Ever to his 3 (almost 4) beautiful grandchildren!

There isn't anything my Dad wouldn't do for his family!
He's always there to give love, counsel and advice even when its been a long hard day.

So Zac and all them may be cute,

But they've got nothin on the men in my life!

I'm Baaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So my hiatus wasn't very long at all.

You're welcome.

I'm sure you were all just pining away.

Now to explain this post.

One of my most favourite hobbies is analyzing people.

Deciding what they would be, if they weren't themselves.

For example: If I were a utensil, I'd be a butter knife.
Why?

Because I can be useful, dull, and good looking all at the same time.

It's a gift.

So anywho.....

The people who commented on that post are going to get themselves analyzed by yours truly.

So first we have.......................

Molly!!!!

Oh how I love this woman!

She makes me feel so good when I read her comments that ARE ALWAYS THERE!

And her daughter is precious.

Ok.

If Molly were an animal I think she'd be a: Cardinal.

If Molly were a color she'd be: Red.

Doesn't take a genius to figure that one out.

If Molly were a food she'd be: Hot TaMollys

Hahahahaha I'm so punny!


Next we have..............

Geneva

Big big fan of hers.

Not only because her blog is thoroughly entertaining,

But she also teaches science.

I'm horrid at science.

So I have alot of respect for anyone who can do it.

If Geneva were a color: She'd be aqua blue.

If Geneva were a day of the week: I think she'd be Wednesday.

I don't know why.

If Geneva were an adejective: She'd be Brave.

Why?

Becuase she teaches Jr. High!

Jr. High is HORRID.

Jr. High kids are HORRID!

You have to be tough to deal with that kind of torture!

Next on our line up of FABULOUS people is..........

Bekah

Aka my twin that happens to be 11 years older than I am.

Well we may look alike, but I'd be giving myself a huge compliment if I said that we acted alike.

I look up to her more than I can tell you.

There's nothing that this woman can't do.

So if Bekah were a superhero

(which she already is Super Mom)

She'd be: WONDERWOMAN!

If Bekah were a day of the week she'd be Saturday.

She's a doer.

And if Bekah was a Greek Goddess she would most definently be

Athena

"Goddess of wisdom, warfare, handicrafts and reason."

So basically the Queen of Everything!

I hope you haven't dozed off on me yet, we only have two more!
Holly Janeen
This girl is so talented!

Voice of a song bird!

So if Holly were an animal: She'd be a Lark.

If Holly were a plant she'd be a....wait for it....yes.

Holly would be a holly plant.

Yes I'm so original I know.

And if Holly Janeen was an article of clothing:

She'd be a scarf.

And last but DEFINENTLY NOT LEAST we have.....

Yes folks,

That's right,

We have the Nancy Face.

If you haven't read NancysNonsenseofNothingness you need to go repent.

Now.

So anywho...

If Nancy was a character from Twilight, she'd be a nutty version of Esme.

Yes I know what you're thinking.

Huh?

No she wouldn't!

But just think about it, Esme loves to renovate and design and make things beautiful

and have you SEEN all the projects Nancys done for Lauren's house?

Also, Esme loves passionately and would do anything for her family, and if you can't tell that the same can be said of Nancy, then you're stupid.

Well actually you just need your eyes checked.

And your brain.

But that's besides the point.

So Yeah just add some major Nuttiness and you've got NancEsme.

Genius.

Also if I were to rename Nancy, I would christen her: Bathilda.

If Nancy were a body part she'd be a face.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

This Is Not Abandonment

It's "Natalie's having 'One of THOSE Weeks'" and so she is taking a brief hiatus.

My sincerest apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

The reason for this post at all?

The author of my

FavoriteBlogofAllTime

once advised me to post freuently and regularly.

And since I will be doing neither for the time being I thought I'd let ya'll know so that I don't lose my few faithful readers!

So anywho,

Happy Trails,

May the Good Lord Bless You and Keep You

and so on

and so forth.

Trust Me

You are going to want to comment on this post.

I can't tell you why.

But trust me.

You want to.

So now I need your help.

I have to (get to) write a persausive essay for my english class.

What should I write about?

(Comment even if you don't have a suggestion.

Trust me.

You will know by Wednesday, I promise.

So comment.)

P.S.

This is not a scam to get comments.

I'm perfectly happy with the amount of commentage I get everyday.

This is FOR YOU!

So Just Do It!

The Top Five Things on My Happy List

1. This Picture: 2. What teenage girl doesn't ADORE chocolate??

3. BEST INVENTION SINCE TOILET PAPER

4. There are no words strong enough to describe my love for these books.

5. I think its impossible to be born and raised in Arizona and not love the rain!