Hello blog friends.

If there are any of you still following this blog I am sorry I have not posted in almost a year. I am not really great at being a consistent writer. But I do have some stories to tell, 2014 was a crazy year and probably the biggest thing I did was move to St. George. I decided that it was time for a change and asked Grandma and Grandpa if I could live with them while I went to cosmetology school. They very kindly accepted, so I quit my job, packed up my stuff and Mom and the kids helped me make the move. I moved into the spare room on August 22, 2014. It was very hard to leave my family and friends in Orem, probably the most stressful part for me was not having a job to replace the one I had left behind. However my family here were all very helpful and loving, they tolerate my craziness and have all been very generous with their time and resources.

This picture was taken about a month after I moved in. 

Due to problems with my financial aide I was not able to start school right away. I eventually found a job with the help of my cousin Ashley. I am now happily working and saving money for school which I hope to start in September of 2015. 

The next biggest event that happened was the marriage of my best friend Kayla. She met her husband in March of 2014 and they were married in August, and I was the maid of honor. She is now expecting her first son and I am so excited for her and her husband. 

Kayla and I on her wedding day. 

I have also made several steps in becoming a real life adult like person. I am currently living in my very own studio apartment. I was fortunate enough to be able to move into the apartment behind my grandparents home with the help of my wonderful family. They all helped me paint and move all my junk. I also have purchased my very first car! With the help of Christina and Ryan I picked out my wonderful Red VW Bug who we named Louie. I have always wanted a bug and Christina and Ryan put in a lot of time to help me purchase my dream car. I can never thank them enough!! They are both so sweet and a true blessing in my life.  They also got the wonderful job of teaching my how to drive a manual. There were some bumps along the way but we all made it.  They were both very patient and awesome teachers!!

Louie and I 

So life has changed a lot but it has changed for the better. I am happy to be living on my own as an independent women, and am very excited to start school. I hope that I can post more frequently but no promises. :)  I love you all so much, thank you for all your love and support. 

Music

Over the past few weeks I have been listening to a lot of music. It all started when I put together a list to play at the Lady's wedding reception. Music is a very funny thing, it is similar to smell in the way that a certain song can remind you of a moment in time or person. Today I am listening to the CD that I received at my Aunt Sarah's bridal shower, much of the music that I love was actually introduced to me by her. She has a  fabulous taste in music. I remember one year on my birthday she gave me several mix CDs of her favorites which I treasured greatly. So as I listen to Ben Folds and Lisa Loeb today I am thinking of you Aunt Sarah. I love you!

Why?

Too short, too expensive, ugly, ill fitting, and annoying.
There are no skirts or dresses for me out there.
I am pretty sure that not everyone wants a mini skirt.
Also fat people can be tall too just saying.
Any plus size readers have suggestions? Where do you buy your skirts?
If you have any suggestions please SHARE THE LOVE!!!!!!!!

Seriously I'm desperate!
Love Krystal

The march post

I needed a post in March. Did you know that if you plug a phone into your land line even if it is a different phone it will still be the same number. You did? Well I do now too. Sometimes I act like i have no brain it's excellent.

Search on

I feel like blogging but I really have nothing exciting to share.
It is a problem.
My life is pretty boring actually, also there are a lot of other more interesting things out there to read. I have been enjoying the blogs of others and felt greedy, I take joy from their musings and yet I have no joy to return.

Once again we are back to the problem, nothing to really talk about. :O
Oh dear.

Here is food for thought, soon I will have reached the ripe old age of nineteen. NINETEEN!!!!!!!!
It seems unbelievable to me, but I have always felt older than I am. Even as a child I would often sit and listen to the adults stories instead of running around. I always would rather listen then talk, write instead of speak, and observe instead of experience. I feel I indeed have an old soul.

Not many people truly know me, and I can't really say I know a lot of people. The saying you have to give to receive applies here. I do not let people in easily and so i can not expect them to do the same for me. I am a social person and like to be around people but I am a listener not a talker. I like to observe and have a pretty good memory for faces and personalities.

I am not exceptionally funny my humor is dry and far between. I dislike the way my laugh sounds and the way my teeth look when I am laughing. Getting older makes you think about the person you are, the person you want to be, and the person other people think you are.

This post feels melancholy.
If you were searching for joy, search on.

The doldrums

I have been caught up in the doldrums, this weekend has turned me into a Lethargarian.
For those who don't know what I am talking about please refer to the Phantom Tollbooth.
It seems the only thing I want to do is nothing.
I need the watchdog to come and save me.

Happy Days

Happiness is when a show ends! Footloose is finally over! Thanksgiving is just around the corner and life is good. Sorry about the "I" post, not sure how that happened.

I

Um what the heck Peter?!

Dear Peter Pan,
I did not get my Hogwarts letter and the back of my wardrobe still will not open and take me to Narnia. As the chairman of staying young forever I have to say you are doing a lousy job! Seriously is there a key I am missing? Get with the program Mr. Pan! Time is wasting! I am after all eighteen and such. Maybe you should not have put the lost boys in charge of paperwork, and keys to Narnia must be awfully hard to carry if you are a fairy. Give Tinkerbell a break and just mail it to me.
Thank you muchly, please reply asap(seriously I should be top of the list!)
-Love Krystal :)

Retail

Today while standing in a line at Lowes, I was slightly irritated by the behavior of a fellow customer. I was probably the third person in line and there was probably two more people behind me. The girl at the register was looking a little overwhelmed and had already used the intercom to call another cashier to the front to help. Yes I know long lines are not fun, and yes sometimes you may be in a hurry. But sometimes you need to remember the rules of common courtesy, unfortunately the women behind me did not. We had been waiting for 3-4 minutes tops, and this women got out of line marched up to the poor cashier and demanded that she open another line immediately!!!!!!!!!!

Being a person who works in retail and has been in a situation where despite the fact that someone is being a complete jerk to you, you must apologize for the inconvenience, I felt for the poor girl. The women continued to sigh and glare at the girl until another person showed up to help.

Yes while there are situation where workers are acting lazy and rude, but we must always remember our manners and be as patient as possible. Everyone should have a job in retail at one point in their lives, only then can a person understand the long hours, the aching feet, and the desperate wishes that the problem customer will just leave.
So next time dear impatient Lowes women, please just wait and if you really need to have a sprinkler head by 6 o'clock then come earlier, if you don't, then leave and come back another time when you can be more patient.

New Blog Design

So I have been experimenting with the look of my blog, I cannot decide if I like it or not. Opinions anyone?

Pixie Sticks and Cheetos

Guess who has not been to bed yet?
I may or may not have just raised my hand... okay I did.
That's okay I will just sleep in the car. I am running on Pixie sticks and cheetos, don't worry I choose water instead of mountain dew. :) When and if i come down off sugar mountain i am sure there will be a major crash. But until then I will just keep listening to my crazy music and rock out in the office chair. I have the passion on the inside that Kristopher had during his numa numa dance I just keep it inside. PS if you have not seen his wicked awesome dance skills you should scroll down and check it out. It makes me laugh everytime!

I'm pretty sure that project playlist is the best thing ever, me being with out any type of mobile music player it really makes my day when I can listen to my music when I get home. I am currently listening to Grace Kelly by Mika. It is speaking to my hyper sugar crazed soul.

Hmm
I guess I should post some preference pictures.
That would be good right? Maybe? Maybe not?
Lately I have been thinking about the personal history I wrote in tenth grade, I guess it would probably be a good idea to update that..... Well I guess I just found a summer project.

Oh would you like to know something frusterating? You would? Oh good I kinda hoped that you did. Okay here goes... I HAVE NO PANTS like none. And finding jeans for me is not so easy or fun. I am reduced to wearing too short jeans that make me look like a big fat dork! Bleh I hate it! So if you see me in this lovely fashion statement, fear not the flood is not coming, no you don't need to build an ark, I just really like my ankles okay!
I hate shopping for pants! I suppose it is just a neccesary evil.

Kimberly kind of slammed me down the other day, I felt burned but proud.
Me: Timmy your a brat
(sometimes i call her timmy or tim don't ask me why)
Kimberly: No i'm not
Me: yes you are.
Kimberly: No I'm not, my feet stay on when I take my shoes off.
In case you are not familiar with the BRATZ dolls, when you take their shoes off they have no feet, not sure why... it's really weird actually. Anyways i thought that was some pretty quick thinking for a ten year old. Although since Kims has never owned a BRATZ doll I'm not sure how she knows this.

Did you make it to the end of the random maze that is my brain? YOU DID!!!! Well good for you!!! You win a gold star and you should also probably sing the Dora song to yourself or out loud what ever works. You know the one that she sings at the end? "WE DID IT! WE DID IT! WE DID IT! HURRAY! Something in spanish, WE DID IT! Etc, Etc,
Don't ask me why I have saved space in my mind for the Dora song, seems like I could use that space for alot more useful things.... like produce codes.... 4011 Bannanas right?

Okay I think I'm done... hopefully :)

From the mess to the masses

I love music, from the Killers to Nickel Creek.
But the one song that has been stuck in my head lately is Lisztomania by Phoenix. I 'm not sure why but it makes me want to dance!
Moving on....
I am so bored this summer :(
I have been doing massive amounts of laundry lately. Bleh! I HATE LAUNDRY!!!!!!!!!
The weather is so hot, and having no air conditioner in the house is painful. Some days I feel as if I could just melt right into the floor.
It also makes me want to go up to the canyon and sit in the trees, good thing we are going to Brian Head this weekend! I am so excited.
I watched the little rascals today, it made me laugh. Alot. :) Yay for five dollar movies at Walmart!
The roses in our front yard our blooming and they are so pretty! I love roses. I have made a mental note to put some in a vase tomorrow as soon as possible. Has any one seen Leap Year?
It is so cute and funny, it made me want to move to Ireland or Scotland.
Perhaps I will meet a lovely foreign boy and he will take me to visit his home there.
(Just Kidding...Mostly)
For now I will just sit on my front porch and hope that it rains.

The Run-Around

Yesterday I attempted to see the school counselor. Attempted being the key word there. A new term had started and so a new set of classes came along with it. Only to my surprise I was taken out of my math class and my science class and given a full schedule of electives which I did not choose and did not want to take. So I decided to do the logical thing and email my counselor to set up an appointment to correct their error. I see my mistake now, why would I do the logical thing in the school that will never work! Oh silly me.
So the counselor emailed me back and said " oh just come to my office and we can fix it." So following the instructions given to me off I went to the counseling center. I asked the secretary if I could please set up an appointment to talk to the counselor. The women looked at me like I had just asked her to climb Everest. "what do you need to talk to her about" she asked me. My schedule I replied. She then proceeded to tell me that no schedule changes were allowed since the semester had already started. I explained my situation and told her that the counselor had asked to meet with me. Oh what an inconvenience I am! She went to see if the counselor was free. I waited patiently slightly annoyed, little did I know that the annoyance would not end there. When the secretary returned I was told that the counselor told her to tell me that I had to see an administrator. So not only did I not fix my schedule the counselor would not even see me.

The saga continued today. So I set up an appointment with an administrator. But I the only reason I even got to talk to her was because Agnes told her that she needed to talk to me. The administrator then proceeded to tell me that she could not change my schedule and that I would have to see a counselor. I told her that the counselor had sent me to her. She sent me back to the counseling office.

Round Three
I went back to the counseling office... NO ONE WAS THERE!!! They must have seen me coming.
So I went back to the main office and asked them if they knew where all of the counselors were. I was told that they were in a meeting and would not be done until eleven or twelve. So since I did not know what class I was supposed to be in I went home.
I went back at eleven-thirty and asked for an appointment. The counselor was doing and seop and would not be done for quite some time, or so I was told be the secretary. So I asked if I could meet with her at noon tomorrow. Sure she said, regarding what? My schedule I replied, Well you have to have a note from the administrator, she said. So I explained to her that I had just gone to see an administrator and that they had sent me here. "Well why didn't you say that in the first place?" she asked. Why indeed! So I still have no schedule and have not actually seen the counselor. Apparently it was "let's see how confusing and frustrating we can make Krystal's life day"
Hopefully be tomorrow this can all be resolved if not I might go in to the counseling office and toilet paper all of their desks.

Senior Pictures

These are my senior pictures/headshots. Let me know if you want one.

Funnies

A funny moment from Kimberly

Mom: Kimberly you can not wear this to school it looks terrible
Kimberly: That's not fair! Krystal gets to wear ugly clothes to school all the time!!!!

Kincade's moment

From his all about me book, This summer my dad took me fishing and I caught a cat fish as big as my arm.
He has a good imagination!
He also wrote that we have ten people in our family including the dogs Hidi and Loosey.(exact spelling)

A text conversation between me and Kaitlyn on Halloween

Me: what are you doing?
Kaitlyn: hanging a barn.
Me: don't let it fall on you or you will lose your ruby slippers!
Kaitlyn: Real cute. Thanks alot.

Mom's call at work from Dad

Dad: Um Kaleb stabbed himself in the kitchen
Mom: What were they doing? Having a gang fight?

And the best of all
On the air unaware Kristopher
One day while I was listening to my playlist and Kristopher thought I could not see him dancing in the doorway to the song. Everytime I turned around he would duck out of sight, but as luck would have it my camera was sitting right next to me and I caught this little video.

Dear Maceys Shoppers

Dear Maceys shoppers,
As your bagger or checker I feel it is my duty to tell you that sometimes I want to kick you out of the store. When I ask you if you would like paper of plastic please wait until I am finished saying it before you respond. For those of you that use WIC I cannot give you something that we are out of or that is not on the WIC list and No i don't care that you have gotten it here a million times before we still cannot give it to you!!!! The person that gave it you was probably just sick of you complaining and wanted to get rid of you. When you come in at midnight with a 300 dollar order please don't complain that you are still here and that the person bagging your order is so slow. We would like to be in bed too. Please keep your children under control WE ARE NOT BABYSITTERS!!!!!!!!!! For example do not send your children over to play at Maceys while you get you hair cut. Please do not try and run me over while I am doing carts. Please do not stand in line while your husband runs around the store collecting items that your forgot. Don't complain that the ATM will not work when you have no money to take out and then try to go to the pharmacy because you think it's a bank and try and get money. The express line is 10 items or less not 75. Please do not try to pay a 50 dollar order in coins. If you do not want an item please give it to us and we will take care of it. Do not hide 5 half gallon containers of ice cream underneath the end of the check stand where we can not see it so it melts all over and makes a huge mess.
Thank you
- your Maceys checkers and baggers

Disneyworld 2009 post #1

The Disneyworld post! Well the first one at least. Yay finally! Anways so in Febuary I went with my drama program to Disneyworld! On this trip I discovered that I hate planes! I think I hate them because I feel like I am not in control of where I sit or whom I sit with, also not being able to check on my own stuff really stresses me out. I'm the type of person who goes through there purse several time while on an outing to make sure I have not lost anything. Also airports are filled with weird people, which I experienced first hand. After my mom dropped Kayla, Vienna, and I of at the airport we sat in front of the baggage check to wait for the rest of our group. Three more people showed up and we were having a conversation, when we heard an argument. We turned around and saw a Korean man and women fighting over a purse. The man would not let go of the purse so the women told the lady at the luggage counter that she did not know the man and that he would not let go of her purse. The woman spoke English the man did not. So while they waited for security to come the man sat down on a suitcase still holding on to the purse mind you. He began to talk on a cell phone in Korean. When security showed up a few minutes later the guard asked the man to let go of the purse, he refused. So the officer asked the women to let go of the purse which she did. With a triumphant yell the man clutched the purse to his chest then the police officer knocked his legs out from under him and two more officers fell on top of him. They stood the man up and led him away, then an officer on a bike came pedaling into the airport and leaves a huge tire mark on the floor as he jumps of his bike. The bike officer then approached us and asked us to fill out a witness report. It was very frightening for me. Crazy airport people.

Spirit Bowl

Today at my school is the 2009 spirit bowl! It is a huge competition between the classes and there are two awards, the spirit bowl, and the spirit title. The spirit bowl means that you did the best all year, the spirit bowl means you did the best at the actual spirit bowl activity. Last year the seniors won the spirit bowl, and the sophomores won the spirit title for the first time in Timpanogos history! I am hoping that we can win it again this year. So for spirit bowl everyone decks out in their class colors. So today I am wearing alot of blue. We also have a modified schedule spirit bowl takes about two hours out of our schedule so each of our classes are a little under an hour, plus a 30 minute lunch. I am so excited! Right now I am actually in a class but the teacher did not prepare anything for us to do so I thought I would share my enthusiasm and also update my blog! Spirit Bowl is the best!

Anyways so this week has gone by super slowly probably because I am looking forward to spring break. I love spring break I just wish that we had spring weather! Who wants snow in April? NOT ME! and I only have to work one day next week so that is definitely a plus.

On a different topic, has any one else heard the taser party advertisements on the radio? If you have not I will explain it to you. People want to have taser party to earn extra cash. A taser party?! I guess it's kind of like a Tupperware party but with tasers. I think that is the weirdest thing ever! Don't you have to have a license to carry a taser? How many people are walking around with tasers? Apparently it's a common thing because they are having parties to sell them. I also think it's a little scary... how many people are being tasered by overprotective moms and paranoid college students? Weird...

Okay well I hope you all have enjoyed this post. Maybe you laughed or just thought "oh my goodness this girl is out of her mind!" either way I hope you enjoyed it! I will post some pictures from the spirit bowl later. And my next post is going to be about my Disney World trip so be on the look out for that one. I love you all!

Hello, please leave a message after the beep

Okay so right now I am sitting at the computer and the stupid answering machine is beeping. It is so obnoxious!!!!! My brother who is sitting right next to it won't push the button and make it stop because he is obnoxious so the obnoxious beeping does not bother him they speak the same language. Anyways so another thing that bothers me about answering machines is when people do personal greetings, such as "Hello you have reached Kayla Cannon please leave me a message and I will call you back". Well obviously I have not reached this person because I am talking to their answering machine! What it should say is hello you have reached Kayla Cannon's voice mail which I never check anyway so you should probably just hang up now! Kayla Cannon is my best friend and that is the greeting on her phone. She never checks her voice mail and it drives me crazy!
Anyways so Kristopher buttoned his own shirt today, twenty minutes later he tied one of his own shoes. It made me laugh so hard! At least he does not have to have a special ed helper button and unbutton his pants so he can go to the bathroom. He will get his hard cast on Monday so he should be able to manage a little bit better.