Ahhh....Saturday

Aren't Saturdays fantastic?!  Especially when it's in the low 80's and mostly sunny and you're about ready to go lay out by the pool with your mom and read a magazine :)

Last night we ate at Buca's and it was so delicious.  I should only eat there once a year or else I'll be obese in about a month.  It was so fun though, the three of us girls :)  I love girl weekends.  I think my mom and grandma need to vow to do this at LEAST once a year.  It's just so much fun!

This morning we went out to breakfast at this cute little restaurant here in Aurora called Le Peeps.  I had french toast of course...mmmmmmmm.

After that we went to the grocery store...I ended up riding around in the electric scooter because my knee is starting to swell up again.  I think my steroids are wearing off and now it's flaring up.  Yay.  On Tuesday Josie and I are going to have a "Dianna is Finally Insured" party at our apartment.  If you're reading this blog and you live in the vicinity you are more than welcome to come on over!  I think my dad and my step-mom, Cheryl will be there so that will be nice to have them there :)

If you haven't heard...I've been having TONS of health problems the past month or so.  First I was having some digestive problems, so my uncle had me take a certain amount of pepto every day...that was awful.  Then a few days later my eyeball swelled up, most disgusting/scary thing I've ever seen in my life.  It wasn't only this skin around my eye - it was the actual eyeBALL.  The white part had swelled out past my iris and pupil and I was freaking out, it hurt so bad.  So I went into the doctor and he gave me some steroid eye drops and then prescribed me some steroids as well (Prednisone - it made me a little chubby).  A few days after that my entire knee swelled up and hurt so bad that I couldn't move it or walk on it.  So it was BACK to the doctor for me that night and they had to drain the fluid around my knee and put me on crutches and pain killers.

Now I've been done with my steroids for a week or two and my knee is starting to swell up again.  Lovely.  I'm just hoping I last until Tuesday before I go back to the doctor because then I'll be insured and I wont have to pay an arm and a leg to get help.  I'm just going to have them take an x-ray of my entire body to figure out what the heck is wrong with me!!! 

Enough complaining from me...I know I'll be fine...as long as I'm not dying anyways :)

Welp - I think it's time I head off to the pool!!  Sounds like a peaceful thing for me to do.  But before I go, I'd like to share some totally random and pointless facts with you that I learned today.

1)  A group of jellyfish is called a "smack".
2)  Charles Dickens would touch objects three times for good luck.
3)  The life span of a taste bud is about 10 days.  (That's the one I found to be the most interesting)
4)  A large river hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a four-foot child.  That means it can open it's mouth 4 feet wide.......

In-N-Out Burger. What's the big deal?

So.  The state of Utah is getting two new locations of In-N-Out Burger I believe.  Everyone is just SO excited about it!  People update their Facebook statuses over it, and talk about it all the time, and just wont shut up about it.  I've thought about it and wondered WHY is it such a big deal to people?  People don't freak out when a new Wendy's or McDonald's is built...is it just becaue In-N-Out is unique? 

I've done a little bit of research on the matter.  I read up on the history of In-N-Out Burger on their website.  There are two main reasons I've found that I think make In-N-Out Burger so different from any other fast food restaurant.  They were the first to do the intercom type thing in the drive through.  Everywhere else had the workers come out to the car to take the order and take it back into the building.  So that was a pretty big deal back then.  Another thing I found out was that it's still family owned.  Meaning they don't have any franchises, but they do have 20 restaurants, mostly in the California area.

So, I'll admit, there are a few reasons why In-N-Out Burger is a little bit neater than the average fast food restaurant.  I've eaten there, it was a neat experience, I'm not THRILLED about the new restaurants coming to Utah, but now I do have a better understanding of why it's special.

Maybe I'll buy a t-shirt to show my support.

Day Two!!

Oh My GOSH you guys!!!!!!  Thank you so much for all your support!  I love it!  And Cassie....your blog RAWKS!  I'm a new follower...we need to keep each other motivated!  This is going to be the best blogging relationship ever :)

So here I am in Denver...my grandma got in last night and she's so great.  We stayed up until about midnight last night just talking and getting to know each other a little more.  It means a lot to me because she's turning 80 this upcoming year and I want to have a very close relationship with both her and my grandma on my dad's side.  I wasn't all that close with either of my grandpa's and I want to make sure it's different with my grandma's :)

They're both such sweet ladies and there are so many things I can learn from both of them and what they have accomplished and experienced in their lives.  They're both such strong women and I love them both dearly. 

Tonight we're going to Buca de Beppo for dinner!  I can hardly wait!  I'm starving myself today so I have room in my stomach to eat there.  Hopefully I'll be good and take a lot of pictures this week so I can post them on here and you all can see all the fun things we did!

School starts Tuesday...AH!  I'm nervous!  But so excited about it at the same time.  I actually cut my own hair this morning - just to change it up a little bit - and it looks so good!  Hopefully that means I have a natural knack for what I'm going into.  If I'm not good at cutting hair and making people beautiful...I don't know what I'm good at then!  Ha...I think it will be fine though.  Everyone says cutting hair is easy...I hope they're right!

Alright everybody...I'm off to the grocery store with the fam.  Hopefully I'll have some pictures that I can put up tomorrow to show you all!  I love you all and please keep the comments and support going!  I love this!  This is so fun!

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First Post Ever...

OK, so I've attempted blogging about a thousand times but I really want to do something that's going to stick, and that people are going to READ!  Along with a lot of other people...I was re-inspired to blog by the movie Julie & Julia...very good - I highly recommend it.

Instead of cooking (because I'm horrible at it and I don't even want to try to be good) I'm going to be blogging about my adventures at cosmetology school!  I'm starting on September 8th, I've wanted to go for years but I just haven't had the perfect chance.  I don't know if it's "perfect" timing right now...but I'm doing it anyway.

I've got about $5,000 worth of debt, no money, no job, I'm pretty much a failure at life.  But once I'm done with school, I wont be!  That's my goal - in one year I want to be so much more ahead in life than I am right now.  Hopefully this blog will help me, and others, look back and see how different I am!

But don't worry, all you readers out there, I'm going to add exciting things on here too.  For instance, my roommate, and very good friend, Josie sent me this link today that I would like to share with all of you.

http://imgur.com/ORogZ.jpg

I can't figure out how to paste pictures in the middle of a post yet...but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.  If anyone knows how, let me know!

But isn't that hilarious?  I mean...sad...very sad, but soooo funny.  I DO feel bad for the guy though.

OMG.  I just looked at Facebook, where I announced my upcoming blog, and I already have TWO friends that are excited about it!  Steve Elsey, Kris Johnson, you both just made my day :) Thank You!!!!

I'm in Denver right now, and last night we literally had an earthquake.  It was the weirdest thing that's ever happened to me.  I was just sitting on the computer...downloading some music...and all of a sudden the entire desk started to shake!  Then my mom yelled from her bedroom asking me if I felt that and I freaked out and ran into her bed with her...it was the most bizarre thing I've ever felt in my life.  Then about ten minutes later it happened again.  I've never been through an earthquake before, but now I can say I have :)

I just looked to see if the news reported an earthquake last night...but they didn't.  You don't have to believe me if you don't want to.

Well - I think this will be it for my first post.  I've done enough rambling for one day.  You all need to keep me motivated to keep this thing going!  I want to make it as interesting as possible and I totally would appreciate feedback.  Remember - mainly stories from school - but I want to make it entertaining too.

One more thing - look up the band Owl City and The XX.