Julie Bug

So in my 100 list, I said that when I was young my dad promised to buy me a bug.

Well... nothing's changed unfortunately. BUT today I got the chance to go out and drive around Rexburg with Brooke and Garret in Garret's killer old-school Bug and we had a little photo shoot! sometimes living in a town in the middle of nowhere pays off, especially in these pictures!!

100 More

About a year ago, I came out with a list of 100 things about me. Well, it's been awhile since i've updated and i'm sure all of my many fans have just been itching to learn more useless and somewhat embarassing tidbits about me. Well readers, the wait is over! Hold onto your hats because this list is pretty great and i'm sure you'll be able to use all of this information in your day to day life.

>p.s. it really is 100 things, however blogger decided to be difficult and made me re-do this list about 50 times. I am going to be so happy when it's done with.

enjoy!!

I never turn in library books in on time

My favorite color is yellow. I love yellow everything. It’s a sick obsession

I want to start an umbrella collection. They are my favorite accessory.

I packed 2-50lb bags, a 25lb bag and a very heavy carry-on filled with clothes, shoes and accessories, and still manage to steal my roommates clothes at least 3 times a week.

I change my outfit at least 3 times a day

A day without laughter is a waste

I am the worst dieter ever

I aspire to one day open a bakery and call it Puddle Duck’s

I like snow for about 5 minutes. Then I start to miss the sun

I haven’t been sledding in about 3 years

Sewing Machines intimidate me

I feel naked without earrings

Every bathing suit I own is black and white

I want a redheaded child

If I could wear a sundress or a skirt every day of my life I would be one very happy camper

I can’t tan no matter how long I lay out

I love my freckles

I hate the cold, but I go to school in Idaho—and I am loving it

I’ve only really been camping once in my life

I love editing pictures

I can’t whistle

I used to have a gap in my teeth so big, I could drink through a straw with my teeth clamped shut.

I make faces when I read dialogue

I can either be really loud or really quiet

If I could, I would have fresh flowers in my kitchen every morning

I only drink oreo mikeshakes

I love honey mustard

If you tie a ribbon around it, it is instantly cuter

I am in the beginning stages of an adorable apron collection

I hate being late

Sometimes, I just like to lay down and look at cute baking blogs

I used to have magenta Sketchers platforms that I wore everywhere. I even wore them to Kings Dominion so I would be tall enough to ride the big kid rides, but refused to go on any of them

I love “man food”

I love to watch Man vs. Wild and think “It’s a good thing I know this stuff in case I get stranded in the rainforest while on safari in the Congo… oh wait…”

I love naps

I can’t play sports, so to compensate I scream my butt off at the games and lose my voice every time, without fail.

I have never been to the west coast

I plan to live in one of the Carolinas when I grow up. No if’s and’s or but’s

I have many strengths. Cleanliness is not one of them

If I ever get to meet the Prophet, I don’t want an autograph or a picture. I want a hug.

I wrote a scholarship application about how I would love to have dinner with Lucille Ball. I got the scholarship, but didn’t end up going to that school.

One of the deciding factors for me going to BYU-I was because it didn’t smell like turkey farms

I am taking my first cooking class this semester and I LOVE it! I’m so excited for the other 7 I’ve got to get under my belt before graduation!

I want to just sit and watch the sunrise

It is one of my dreams to go to Greece

I love and hate my laugh at the same time

Brooke and I are throwing a party the day I turn my claddagh ring around

My favorite karaoke song to sing is It’s In His Kiss by Aretha Franklin—I even sang it for my music final last semester. Guess who aced the class?

I own so many Vera Bradley accessories, but still don’t have a purse

I love grocery shopping, I find it so relaxing

I’ve made a detailed list of qualities I want in my future husband. This guy is basically going to be the opposite of me.

I love monogrammed things, and REALLY want a monogrammed ring

I own more headbands than there are days in a month

I love everything about Georgetown, including the drive there down George Washington Pike

I want to try different kinds of meat. So far I’ve only had the normal ones and buffalo, but I’ve got years ahead of me and the possibilities are endless

I really want to go shooting this semester

I can’t pluck my own eyebrows

I could eat cereal every meal

I make really good deviled eggs, but I don’t even like them that much

I named my Expedition Hercules

I hate the feeling of dirt on my hands

I’m part deaf in my right ear, and sometimes I use it as an excuse for just not listening to people

My wedding colors will be navy and yellow

I love everything nautical

My favorite coat is my red Gap pea coat that I got in 7^th grade. It’s a little snug now, but I refuse to get rid of it until I find the exact same one (or at least as close as I can get)

I love wearing pashminas. I think I own about 10

I hate when people write suppose to rather than supposed to

I always doodle the same thing

I love coloring books. I brought one on the plane with me for the flight to Utah and the other passengers looked at me like I was a crazy person

I love taking day trips to New York City

I have met countless Broadway stars but maybe 2 “real” celebrities

I love silver jewelry

When I was young, my dad promised me he would buy me a VW Bug. I’m still waiting on him to own up to that promise.

There is a long list of people who want to OK my future husband before we get married—look out future hubby

I vow to never own a pet fish

All of my pajama pants are pink

I wish I owned more hoodies

I wish I had an accent

I rarely wear my retainer

I don’t know the proper color of my eyes

I’ve been highlighting my hair since 6^th grade

I have been taking Zumba classes this semester with the hopes that I will get a better sense of rhythm. So far… I’m about the same

I wish I had a cool nickname

I stole a pair of my brother’s old boxers and wear them for pajamas because they were my favorite colors—don’t worry, they were clean

I find new bruises developing on my body on a daily basis. I swear I have some ghost beating me in the middle of the night

I love it when I say something funny and I think it’s REALLY funny and no one else does. I still laugh and thrive on the awkwardness.

If I could, I would have pizza at least once a week and dessert every night

I wish I loved running. At this point, I only run if I am being chased

I never really appreciated my Mom’s homemade wheat bread until I came to college and went without it for 13 weeks

Brooke and I should have our own TV show because people need to witness some of the things that happen to us

I can’t focus when there is music playing and someone is trying to tell me something

Cookie dough is 100 times better than the actual cookie

I hate it when people wear headbands wrong. It is one of my biggest pet peeves ever. They are meant to go behind your ears and ON TOP OF your head. I don’t get it when people wear them across their foreheads- what are they holding back with it? Their skin? Get it right people. It’s only cutting off circulation to your brain.

I get really excited when my txt message alert goes off, but then I look and it’s facebook. What a downer

I want to have a pet Bull Dog and name it cinnamon

Grilled cheese and grits and eggs fill holes in my heart better than chocolate could ever do

I used to think Virginia was north of Maryland. Let’s just say geography isn’t exactly my strong suit

I hate the sound of the hair dryer and the vacuum cleaner

I’ve only gotten 2 pedicures in my life because I’m ticklish and I’m afraid I’ll kick the poor lady in the face. This is also why I have never gotten a massage. I couldn’t relax and I would be laughing the entire time

I am currently living off of frozen grapes

how much is a picture worth

Ok so I know you're not supposed to have two posts a day because i'm supposed to have a real life and everything but I just couldn't help myself. I have literally done nothing today except take a test (and got an 88% with about 15 minutes of studying... don't ask me how that happened) and did a bit of homework. So naturally, I was facebooking, looking at wedding dresses I wish I could wear, doing some online window shopping, and looking at everyones blogs. While I was sifting through hundreds of images on Flickr (new obsession- you can find amazing pictures of ANYTHING on there) I came across this one photographer that I am absolutely in LOVE with. Her company name is Florabella-- just a discalimer, once you go onto her website you won't be able to pull away from it for a good hour-- and her pictures are just mesmerizing.

I love the filters that she uses and all of the colors. Her pictures all have this great vintage beachy feel to them and they just make me happy, especially because her pictures are mostly of two of my favorite things: flowers and children, especially children bedazzled with tutus and loads of jewelry!

Good luck not falling in love with at least one of these amazing pictures!

I Love Colleen Johnson

So last night, we all went to support Brooke at her team's very first lacrosse game. Being in Idaho, we managd to freeze our butts off! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera right before we left for the game, so I couldn't take a bunch of really cool pictures, so they're going to have to wait till the next game. I DID, however get one great picture.

This is Colleen Johnson and she's basically the coolest thing since sliced bread. I only met her last semester through her younger brother Barrett, but since then she's been putting up with me since then. I promised her that if she came to the game, I would get a super sweet picture of her to put on my blog, and since my camera was MIA, she had to settle for my cell phone. I hope this makes it up to you Colleen!!

Oh The People You Meet...

College. a place of learning, a place of socialization, a place of...some really weird fashion choices?

Ok, ok, so I know I may not be the best dressed person ever, and I'm not exactly at the cutting edge of fashion, but I have an idea of what looks good and what doesn't most of the time. What I'm about to show you... well there's no better way to describe it other than hot mess.

I know when you go out to school you meet an array of people from all walks of life and everything, but there's this girl in my Doctrine and Covenants class who has made some bold fashion statements this week. One in two different colors to be exact. I have never seen anything like it. What is it, may you ask?

answer: a tail. I don't know why, and i don't know how she even got her hands on one, but it was the only thing I could focus on in class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. I'm hoping this is for some sort of social experiment... but you never know.

Day 1: A nice light brown

Day 2: A darker side, with a more muted black tail

I can hardly wait to see what next week will bring

Recent Obsessions

As i'm sitting in my living room listening to classical music (don't worry, it's for a homework assignment) it dawned on me that I haven't done one of those stereotypical posts on things what i'm fawning over as of late. Well, since I have to listen to about 5 10-minute orchestra pieces, it gives me ample time to bore whoever reads this (maybe 3 people...) and tell them all about the things i'm dying to have.After class today, I came home and on a whim, went to the Vineyard Vines site. Bad choice. All I did for about 40 straight minutes was swoon over all of the wonderfully overpriced springwear my little heart could take. I mean, some of the prices on stuff from this store makes J. Crew look like Marshalls.

I love love love this dress, and maybe if i had the $195 to dish out, i would consider it, but being a poor college student and everything sort of puts a damper on this imaginary shopping spree.

Next up? This one has no price tag, don't worry mom. But it may cost me a few inches around my waistline if I were to make any of these beautiful creations. One totally dorky thing I love to do when I'm bored at home is look at cute little baking blogs. One that I really love is called Joy the Baker. She makes the cutest little cupcake creations and it makes me want to eat one so bad!

In the spirit of springtime, I just can't get enough of adorable flower arrangements. For my roommate Diana's birthday on saturday, her parents sent her this beautiful boquet of flowers! I just love how they brighten up a room so effortlessly. When I have a house, I want to have fresh flowers on the table in the kitchen year round. It's just one of those simple little things that makes me so happy. In order to save a little money, though, we went to the dollar tree and made ourselves an artificial little flower arrangement for our bedrooms. And of course, mine had to include my favorites, dasies.

There are so many more things that I know I could put on here if my brain worked this late at night, but things happen. Maybe i'll have a recent obsessions part deux.

...or maybe not. it depends on how creative I feel like being. But tataa for now

What's Cookin?

I made dinner for the apartment tonight along with some other guests, Ben, Adam, Max, Joel, and Colleen. I made some Jambalaya, spicy potatoes, and a sad attempt at snickerdoodles. Everyone seemed to enjoy the food even though it wasn't exactly my best.

I got a little distracted with dinner and forgot about the first batch of cookies, though and they didn't turn out too pretty. And in proper Julie Carver style, managed to burn my thumb while attempting to save the cookies. Otherwise everything went great!! It was nice to have a little taste of home while i'm out at school in Idaho!

Be happy

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

-James M. Barrie

For My Mamma

Happy mother's day to the best mom I know!!! Love you Mom!!

I'm going there someday...

Today I went to the Rexburg temple with Brooke Brittan and Whitney. I haven't been in a while and it felt so nice to finally make it there after so long. It's a blessing to have one on campus here. I love it!

Roomies

*side note- saturday night brought out our inner child and we watched a movie under this sweet fort!

I love my Roommates so much! I don't know how I got so lucky!!

The perfect man

Years ago in young womens, our leaders had us come up with lists of what we looked for in our ideal spouses. I got to thinking about it on Sunday, and realized that I hadn't really updated that mental list for quite awhile. So, I got out a pad of paper and a pen and went to work. This is the finished product that is now hanging in my bedroom.

kind

good sense of humor

doesn't take himself too seriously

taller than me in heels

good smile

easygoing

steady and sure in gospel

RM

well dressed

Has a firm testimony

thoughtful

protective

fun

creative

well-liked by all

good manners

hardworking

dedicated

open to compromise

happy

brave

can pick me up

athletic

clean

has a strong family relationship

loves his mother

helpful

gentle

gives good hugs

trustworthy

atractive

charitable

likes to cuddle

attends church regularly

not too skinny

good driver

likes/wants kids

good listener

humble

a good friend

always trying to better himself

decisive

knows how to fix things

outgoing

adventurous

talkative

Spotless

So it's pretty basic knowledge that i'm not exactly the neatest person out there.

...in fact, i'm pretty darn sloppy.

But this semester i'm trying to make a change. It doesn't hurt that my roomie is really neat either. So, i'm trying to break this habit and clean up every once in a while. I never knew how therapudic cleaning your room was!