List of things to do before I die...:) :) :)

So!  I have been promising this for quite a while! :)

ANd guess what?!? I am working on it!! It's not quite done, but I am getting it all from my brain, to something a lil bit easier to manage--paper! <3

but..I can't just put it down if it's not good enough yet! So, i haven't decided if I'm going to create a new blog for my list, or just re-design this one.  We shall see, but something is of yet, going to happen.

Update on my real (dreamy) life:  hm...I'm in a show. which is good. I love prepping for my career as an actress, and using what I know to do now.  It's so crazy fun.  I get to have an english accent, and wear a pretty dress! what more could i ask for, right?

hm...gave tic tac boy his gifts!!  sadly the christmas gift I was talking about earlier has yet to arrive, and it's january.  so! Valentines gift? I think so. <3  There has been a confirmed sighting and it's definately on its way from Germany.  I can't wait to see his handsome lil face light up! :)

School is going well.  I need to get organized.

My bro is coming home from his mission in 2 months. wOo! <3 he will get to meet tic tac boy.  (my dream man).  He will also get to party like it's 2011!

So, hang tight while I finish creating my list of things to do before i die.  It will come.  I promise!  You will be hearing from me soon!

shout out to my girl nettie-lou, and my friend jonnnnna, for reading my blog. you guys=coolest.

toodles for now!
-yellow-makes-me-smile is over and out!

Lemonade follow-up

This is the song that brought my last post into life! ♥

Lyrics to Lemonade : (by Chris Rice)

So go ahead and ask her

For happy ever after

‘Cause nobody knows what’s coming

So why not take a chance on loving
Come on, pour the glass and tempt me
Either half-full or half-empty
‘Cause if it all comes down to flavor
The glass is tipping in my favor

Life gave me lemonade and I can’t imagine why
Born on a sunny day, beneath a tangerine sky
I live life without pretending

I’m a sucker for happy endings

Thanks for the lemonade!

Now take your time to answer me
For the beauty of romancing
Is to calm your trembling hand with mine
While begging love to fill your eyes
I can hardly breathe while waiting
To find out what your heart is saying
And as we’re swirling in this flavor
The world is tilting in our favor

Life gave me lemonade and I can’t imagine why
Born on a sunny day, beneath a tangerine sky
I live life without pretending
I’m a sucker for happy endings
Thanks for the lemonade!

I’ve got it made
Rest in the shade
And hold my love
While God above
Stirs wiith a spoon
We share the moon
Smile at the bees
More sugar please
He really loves us after all
We’re gonna need another straw!

Life gave me lemonade and I can’t imagine why
Born on a sunny day, beneath a tangerine sky
I live life without pretending
I’m a sucker for happy endings
Thanks for the lemonade!

I bet there's lemonade in heaven! ♥

Life can be so sweet sometimes. :)

So, it's no suprise that I love lemonade! (Well, at least not to those who know me, it's a pretty well known fact).  In fact, the song that narrates my life is called, "Lemonade" by Chris Rice, (my fav christian rock singer[who also sings normal songs]) 

Well, so lately i've been thinking of lemonade.  Don't ask me why.  But there are people who exist as the lemonade in the punch bowl of life.  I'm talking about sweethearts.  There are several people who have stuck out to me lately.

One of course, is my own sweetheart.  The Tic Tac Dream Man who is nameless in this blog ;) He takes my day and adds sugar, little by little.  And it's not the kind of sugar that's bad for you.  It's the good-for-your-whole-soul kind.  He is so real, and sincere.  When he says something, it's because he means it.  And I respect him more and more everyday.  He has a way of brightening a room when he enters it.  It's funny, because he is such a serious person, I am often suprised by his kind, warm demeaner.  I've never known anyone like him.  But, it's his happy enthusiasm, his thoughtful kindness that makes me proud to call him my own. ♥

Another is my little sister, ickle.  I will call her this so that I don't use her real name (and because that's what all of my friends called her througout highschool).  I haven't seen her as often lately, and I've been missing her.  I think about her all the time, and maybe should just kidnap her and do something.  She is one of the greatest examples in my life.  She is constant, and strong.  Though sometimes she chooses not to say much, her soul is full-to-bursting with wisdom and knowlege.  I think she was born older than me. When I moved out, it was one of the hardest things i'd ever done (being away from her) but she has continued to be my best friend, even though I don't see her much.  I guess there is something about 2 hearts which have been together so long, that just binds them.  She can read my mind.  And she always knows exactly what to say.  She is quite a bit of the sugar in my life. My lil ickle sweetie.

The last one I'll talk about is a friend from school.  We recently had a conversation about his good friend who had just died in a car accident. It reminded me of how short life is.  Of how much we need to grasp every minute of it.  Because at the end of the day, people are all we have got.  He has been a good friend since my first acting class in college.  I've always been grateful for his willingness to open up his heart to the world and pour out his inspiration.  Because that's what acting should be about. 

Thank you to all the people who sweeten my life, for I could talk forever of the lemonade of my life.

♥ over and out,  

-yellow-makes-me-smile

TIs the Season!

 Guess what? It's almost Christmasss checklist time!! :)  I'm so excited to jump into:

• Snow-man building,   
• Snow-angel making,  
• Christmas caroling,
• Ice carving (DONE!)
• Christmas shopping
• Drinking Wassel (DONE!)
• Sitting on Santa -for the first time!

Waking home yesterday, I passed by J-dawgs and had to stop and smile.

The most darling little display was smiling back at me.
Who would have known that J-dawgs would be so adorable? It's generally a manly place, where they sell a better species of tasty hotdogs. But, Tis the season!

So, as you're walking home from school, work, play, or wherever, enjoy the Christmas joys! <3

Over and out!

Holiday Heaven with my hunk of a dream man

So. During the season my phone was de-activated because of my sad neglect. So. while i'm on the phone waiting for customer service to come through, I thought I'd just tell you of my happy week! :)

Remember my Tic Tac boyfriend from my earlier post? Well, this thanksgiving holiday I was blessed to be able to take a road trip with him. We went up to his family's home in Malad, Idaho and spent monday through sunday there. What. a. Blast! ♥

As starters, I took up with me Lemon-Honey tic tacs that i had found and shipped from Germany.  This was his Thanksgiving celebration gift.  It was crazy up there. We played games, watched movies, went black friday shopping, and played with adorable little children. :) Pretty much a cool time!

His family is extremely outgoing and it took some adjusting (to their constant gift-giving), but I adore that crazy bunch! His parents are happy and loving.  His brothers and sisters are witty and fun. 




He is my dream man. What more can I say about that?

So. 3 more weeks of school, and then: (la la la) Christmas break!!! ♥♥♥

In the middle of 2 of the "Most wonderful times of the year" is school. proficiencies. stress. hardship. Doesn't seem so bad sandwiched in with the beautiful blessed time of the holidays.

over and out,
-yellow.makes.me.smile

 p.s. I'm serious about writing the list of things to do before I die.  And Im adding one more thing to it.  Trains. I don't have to be the conductor, i just want to ride one. before I die. So. someday between now and ancient there is a train in my future. ♥ Soon to come = the list of things to do before I die. :)

Very Proud of Me

Hello lovely readers, whoever you are! ♥

This has been quite the last few days.  In my efforts to get caught up in school, become a better person, and do all of my homework possible before thanksgiving break, I am a worn-out, tired, scary-looking wreck.  But boy! Am I happy!!! There is nothing quite like the feeling of knowing that you just finished a big project.  That is today.  The day of productive-ness. Actually, that is the past 4 days.  I'm very proud of me.

So here's a big smile to living life well! (which includes a lot of hard work!)

Love. Love. Love! ♥♥♥

-yellow-makes-me-smile, signing out!

Don't take life too serious. You'll never escape it alive anyway.

As crazy as this quote is...it's not actually depressing at all.

On the flip side...Here's life.  So live it, right? I read a snippet today that said, "If we were given 84,600 dollars in a bank account every day, and the excess was disposed of each night...what would we do? Well, we'd withdraw it all and spend every last penny, right?" Guess what?  There are 84,600 seconds in a day.  Each one that we waste on feeling like we're "just not good enough" or "worried about this thing we can't control" or even just plain boring or unhappy, we WASTE our lives!!! There's a second you'll never get back..life is short, people! and the one thing that stood out most to me from BYU's production of Tuesdays with Morrie was, "We are ALL GOING TO DIE!"  So...on a lighter note...what do we do about this?

 The answer is simple. laugh. then laugh again. smile for no reason. count your blessings. then count them again, because in that second that you finished counting, there were more! jump in that big mud puddle! drink chocolate milk with a straw. actually. don't even drink it! Blow bubbles in the chocolate milk like you have wanted to your entire life! take a little risk. fill your life with good things. For goodness sakes, fall in love! Hold hands. Tell the people in your life how important they are. cause you know? they're gonna die too, someday.  And you don't wanna have to regret not loving them as much as humanly possible. compliment, compliment, compliment. People don't know how amazing they are, and if they do, they certainly won't admit it to themselves. paint a masterpiece.  do everything on your list of things to do before you die, and then add another one. pick dandelions. and LOVE. because that never dies.

This is the stuff that life is made of, this is what fills the spaces of life with air, breath, magic, beauty! life is beautiful, and the more we give of ourselves, the more we let ourselves love, the more beautiful it becomes. <3







this is me. signing out. still promising someday i will post my list of things to do before i die.