december. the last one.

* my history class * the beach boys christmas album * Pride and Prejudice * Michael Jackson Just Dance * How the Grinch Stole Christmas * good books * Sufjan Stevens * weird KPGR traditions * when my bangs are the perfect length * 2:15 pm on a friday * gingerbread cookies * orange juice * texting Ky * Kirsten * milk * good hot chocolate * Christmas Break * dance party music * sugar cookies * nerds (the candy kind) * playing in the snow * the new house smell * the nutcracker * Christmas eve * Christmas * Jesus * green gumdrops * new ukulele * my kitty cat * Tangled * Mr. Knightley *

I did it! I wrote down something I love or that makes me happy every single day of 2010! What a feat.

All 365 things are here. (in case you have 10 minutes you are trying to kill and/or want to learn a lot about me)

twenty ten

Since everyone else in the whole blogosphere is summing up 2010, I guess I will too. In my family, we fill out "personal summaries" at the end of the year, so here is mine:

What I have been doing this year at home, church, work, and/or school:

Junior/Senior at PG. Early morning seminary president Junior year. KPGR radio president senior year. Varsity golf, 30 on the ACT, cello. Laurels first counselor. Keeping a comfortably messy room. Making plenty of videos. Blogging.

Vacations I went on: Las Vegas, Salt Lake City for orchestra tour (ha! doesn't really count), Cedar City, St. George, Fish Lake, Fort Lauderdale Florida, Orlando Florida - Universal Studios Harry Potter World!

Favorite books and movies this year:

Books: Harry Potter (always), Life of Pi, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Movies: Inception, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter 7 pt 1, Iron Man 2, 500 Days of Summer, Tangled. also, I started watching Chuck, which is the greatest.

The best thing about this year was:

Harry Potter World! Aaah, that was unreal. The whole Florida vacation was the best. HP7 premiere. Starting to actually be good at golf. Being a senior=little or no homework.

The worst thing about this year was:

applying for college, AP calculus, not passing any AP tests, not winning the UCCU short film competition, bronchitis, taking the ACT a million times

Accomplishments, achievements, awards, new interests or hobbies:

Finally getting a good ACT score. Finally finishing online Financial Literacy.

Took a picture almost every day of summer vacation. Wrote down what made me happy every single day of the year.

Started playing the ukulele. Fell in love with Food Network.

New Years Resolution for 2011:

Make more videos. Graduate. Learn to cook things.

Bring on 2011. It sounds promising.

i do a lot of posts like this.

I hope the man I'm going to marry likes to play monopoly.

And is good at it, so he poses a real threat.

Tom Hardy, who plays Eames in Inception, is really handsome and has a hot accent.

(it's so cliche to love men with accents. oh well. swoon).

Aaand, he was the second choice to play Mr. Darcy, right behind Matthew MacFadyen.

He would have been phenomenal.

I feel like I'm ready to be done with high school,

but I don't feel ready to go on to college yet.

I need a year off.

I'm not sure why I'm so amused by this...

Have you seen Julie & Julia?

Some guy named Lawrence is watching that movie every day for a year and blogging about it.

Ha!

Here it is.

I just listened to Total Eclipse of the Heart about 8 times in a row.

MASH

This is my husband, Zachary Levi. He's a surgeon.

I'm a TV/film editor. It's a great job, and it allows me to be home with our 3 kids.

We went on our honeymoon to France. It was lovely.

We ride Razor scooters everywhere. Very eco-friendly.

We live in Virginia. This is our house. It's from the colonial era, but we've restored it.

And last but not least, this is our puppy.

We named him Chuck.

Thank you, MASH, for giving me a perfect life.

playing with a new app at in-n-out

I realized that I rarely post pictures of myself.. oops.

Well, that's what I look like.

My teeth are larger than average and those highlights are all natural.

And I think I should change that new profile picture.

It was brought to my attention that I look like a myspace floosie. Niice.

in real life

What is it? Is it frustrating that you can't be with this person? That there's something keeping you apart? That there's something about this person that you really connect with? And whenever you're near this person, you don't know what to say, and you say everything that's in your mind and in your heart, and you know that if you could just be together, this person would help you become the best possible version of yourself?

a little bit funny

You know Open Arms by Journey? Great song.

Try replacing the word "open" with "broken."

So now I come to you with broken arms,

Nothing to hide, believe what I say.

So here I am with broken arms,

Hoping you'll see what your love means to me.

Broken arms.

Bahaha. Imagining that in my mind is so much better now.

"the big jolly day"

Merry Christmas!

sisters + me visiting santa last year.

i think he's talking directly to me in the photo,

that's why i'm not facing the camera.

he's nice, but scary.

winter kid

Does it seem like people that are born in the winter seem to enjoy winter more? Whilst kids born in the summer seem to prefer that warmer time of year?

It's a weird hypothesis. Here is why I think this:

I am a January baby. I love winter. I look better and am more comfortable when I'm bundled up in a sweater and boots than I do in a sundress. Actually, I don't wear sundresses, but this is probably why. My sister Kirsten is also a December baby, and she looks really cute while she skis, etc.

My sister Kylie, on the other hand, was born in June. She doesn't look so good on the slopes (her words, not mine). But put her and my mom (also June) on the beach, and they are totally in their element.

Maybe this is a weird coincidence in my family. Maybe it's really true.

please toby, it's christmas

tree

Isn't this tree in our yard so cute?

I've always liked it.

And I especially like how it looks with snow on the branches.

One year I want to get a real Christmas tree.

It'll probably have to be when I have a house of my own.

these things go together

double-feature

I'll be watching these tonight.

I love Christmas Break!

the other night

I had a dream I was in a big room with little or no gravity.

I was doing flips and swimming through the air and having the time of my life.

It was one of the coolest dreams I have ever had.

I think it could have been my mind preparing to watch this again...

Love that movie.

And anti-gravity dreams.