I'm trying to get rid of some of my stuff, see i'm going to be moving out soon, and i have to take everything with me. Because my parents are storing a lot of my sisters stuff so there is no room left in the house, so if i go, my stuff (aka crap) goes with me... classic.
i really hate having "stuff" because it's those little things that you just simply have in a box that you never think about till you go through that box and say, "aww, i remember this!" such good memories!
suck me sideways, i hate it! but i can't get rid of it!
because i really do forget! i forget everything, and i'm to lazy to write it all down so i can get rid of the stuff and hold just hold on to the memories! you would think after watching Clean House i would get that by now! i'm just going to have to hope that in the next world i remember all these little moments that are embodied in my "stuff" so that i can just let go and move on!
i hope that i'm not the only one like this!

the best thanksgiving ever!

... I hate thanksgiving...
it's sad but true, most people associate the smell of turkey with love and family and good eats, i think of fighting and screaming and swear words. so, i have to admit that there is nothing but a feeling of dread when it comes to thanksgiving.
but last year was amazing! We had this Recent Convert that we had spent a lot of time with, and we were still working with her Mother and Husband. her Name was Blanca, her husband was named Jorge. Now Jorge, he didn't really like us that much, to say that we were "teaching" him was a bit of a long shot. it wasn't against us, he just didn't want to be a member. but he did really want to be American. so for thanksgiving Hermana Burkhart and I made them a thanksgiving feast! with a turkey, stuffing, potatoes, jello, pies and sorts. We... or I showed them how to make a real American meal, Blanca was amazed by my ability to use a can opener and crack an egg with only one hand. she kept saying, "la Hermana Fulk ya sabe como!" when is was time to eat all gathered around but Jorge, turns out he wanted to be American but didn't like our food! but we begged and whimpered till he caved. he was so cute, because he really liked it in the end! he kept saying to Blanca, "make sure you have these recipes!"
we all really enjoyed ourselves, we had them all say something that they were thankful for, when it got to Blanca, she said that she was the most thankful for the fact that she was Baptized a member of the church. I said that i was thankful that i was able to say so in Spanish.
this year i am thankful that i have a temple that i can go to when i need help, i am thankful that i have a father in Heaven that loves me. i am thankful that i have beautiful people in my life, though at times they complicate life, it is so worth it in the end. i am thankful for music, i am thankful for goals and the ability we have to reach them. i am thankful for the missionaries. i am thankful for dreams and hope. i am thankful for those little quite moments to myself. i am thankful for life itself no matter how hard and relentless it can be. and i am still grateful that i can say all that is Spanish!
i hope that, even though i hate thanksgiving, everyone can find a reason to be grateful tomorrow, and that you all have a wonderful thanksgiving day!

THE BIG 5k!!

Today i ran my first 5k... well, i've been doing them by myself in training for the past like 6 weeks. BUT, today i ran my first "5k" if you know what i mean. and by doing so i learned a few things about running...
1) Go the the bathroom before hand.
2) Don't go dancing till 2:00am the night before (btw a stranger full on pinched my butt, i should be totally appalled and i was when he did it, but frankly i'm rather flattered that my butt is so pinchable that he just had to have it!)
3) Get up on time (hint: if you do #2, then #3 won't be as hard)
4) Run with a friend (i had Inga my dog slash "the turd")
5) If it's cold, buy one of those fancy running mouth thingies Kim had.. i always wondered what those things where for!
6) Don't get to excited when running down a hill, because that only means you have to run back up it later!... (hee... haw... hee... haw... shout out to Nicole and you know why!)
7) Run for yourself but cheer on your friends
8) OH! don't eat before hand! (stomach cramps suck!)
9) If the friend you have picked is a cute little brown dog in a pink coat, don't be surprised or hurt if people cheer her on more then you!
10) Music, music, MUSIC! (with that i'd like to thank the Killers! you fill my soul)
11) Give yourself ONE goal to do while running and stick to it.
12) if you don't think that you can run anymore, start making a list of "things learned" in your head to post on your blog later!! something worth living for i guess! :o)
...Now, for the most important thing of all i learned today....
13) I can do it! even if others didn't think i could, or if i don't look the part because i do it with mascara, i can and i did! I ROCK ALL YA'LLS DIRTY OL' SOCKS OFF!
Side Note #1:
i'm walking back to my car victoriously when i see a VERY old family friend who works at the temple on Saturdays. when i greeted up and asked how he was, he replied... "i'm writing a note to this JERK who is taking up two parking spots! two people can park where this moron put his car!!
it was horrible... it was my car... so i got in mumbling something about being late for the run and hoping that this wasn't going to be a subject of talk amongst the temple workers. i can see it now... "did you know the Fulk girl is back from her mission? yeah shes a jerk, did you see how she parked her car?"
you see, because i ignored "thing learned" #2, i slept in and only just barely made it to the run on time (hence why i didn't pee before hand! no time!) so i really wasn't paying attention when i parked and not only did i take up two spots but i parked crooked so i was kinda hang in the driving area as well... oh to shame!
Side Note #2:
some jerk at the begging of the race took one look and Inga and said... "i give her one mile!" little did he know that she'd been training with me! she sure showed that guy by taking... 1st place... in the dog category!
Side Note #3:
Jen and i were super close the whole race and the whole time i was thinking! "oh i really hope that she catches up so we can run in together!" so i was rooting her on when i could. Meanwhile, Jen was thinking, "i've got to beat Amanda! i can do that! i secretly want to beat her!" and i think that that is the funniest thing IN THE WORLD! Jen that is why i love your guts to bits!
El FIN...............

Danielle and Ashely: a tribute

so today, or yesterday i don't remember, i was thinking to myself, "self, i don't know why you write these BLOG thingies! Patrick is the only one that reads them" and though i love and adore Patrick and want to entertain him all day long with my blogs, it made me feel a little sad that no one else reads my blog. because if only Patrick read it i could just e-mail him, right? well, tonight i was at Colver's with Danielle, Ashely, Chad, Will, Nathan and Shelly when i start to tell them about my ticket, when Danielle says "oh wait i read that... in YOUR BLOG..."
HECK YEAH BABY, YEAH!
so it turns out not only do they read my blog, but they enjoy it and wish that i would post more because they like to read peoples blogs to kill time! so now i am feeling so special! i know that at least 3 people read my blog! so I'm going to have to put some more effort in this little thing, i have audience to entertain here!
but it got me to thinking, "who else reads these, but doesn't ever post comments?" so I'm going to need you all to give me a holler comment if you read this, just so i can see if there is one more out there! and if i don't know you but you read this just for fun, let me know, that would be so cool! so give me a holler, even if you are mentioned in this here post, because let's just face it, you could be the only three people that read my blog.
And one more thing, Danielle and Ashley, i thought I'd suggest some of the blogs that i follow to you guys, because they are really cool and they would be supper fun for you to read in case you want to kill some more time! (hope you all don't mind if i share your Blogs with others because I'm gonna)
i like:
Patrick's blog: because he post good pictures, has a good play list and has a random pillow fight on it, a must see, i tell you that much... carlosflynn.blogspot.com
Carolyn's blog: she is in Germany right now so she writes about all of her cool trips to cool places and pizza in Rome with pictures and all, makes me feel like i'm there!... thisiscaroland.blogspot.com
now, i follow a few more, but i think you'll enjoy these the most! so have fun ladies and try not to let the man flirting get to you to much! and i will work on moving out of my comfort zone...

the Nicest guy ever!

ok, so i went to Kinko's to make copies of myresume, i asked the man behind the counter for some help, not only did he help me pick out agood paper to print it out on, when i asked him for 20 copies,then changed my mind to 15, he still gave me the 20 not changing me for the extra five! then he gave me an extra 10 that "didn't copy as well" for free! THEN he pulled out a stack of the paper we had picked out and gave it to me for free so that i could make some more copies at home!! Nicest guy EVER! it made me super happy to know that there are still good people out there that want to make other people smile. i felt i needed to comment on that because i just watched "The other Boleyn sister" and it was so depressing, to think that people could really act that way to other human beings! so it made me think how grateful i am that i have good people in my life, and that there are nice random guys at coping stores willing to help out some poor little old people like me! :o)

Dealing with Dealerships

OK, so i am looking for a car right now.., i don't really like making decisions at all. but i know i need to do this. i hate it because they all seem to question my intelligence, one dealer (who felt greasy) tried convincing me a 1990 Jaguar was an "investment in my future", HA! really?
So anyway, my father sends me to a dealership where i could get some good deals. Now, my list of what i want it really rather small; I want a stick and i DO NOT want a silver car.

so, i get there, i tell them what i want, and the conversation goes like this....
"well Amanda, we have this one that is silver, BUT it's an automatic! nice, eh?"
"um... no"
"OK, OK, we have one that is an automatic in sliver, you'll love it!"
"well, i really don't want it in sliver... or an automatic"
"right, right i understand! look, we've got a PT cruiser..."
"i hate PT cruisers..."
"And it's a silver automatic PT cruiser! IT"S PERFECT FOR YOU!"
at this point i wonder about these people...

needless to say, i did not buy with this dealer. even though they seemed like rather inteligent indiviuals. :o) God bless them for they are his children.

the world is just so unfair!

Soooo...
on October the 12th, i was closing up the evening after hanging out with Patrick, he drove me back to the church where my car was and dropped me off there, i left from one entrance and him the other, bothgoing the opposite way on Woodward. for once in my life i was being a law abiding citizen, wasn't doing anything! but a cop pulls up behind me and pulls me over.
i'm sitting in car wondering why he had done this, when he tells me...
"well miss, we pulled you over because we pulled over your friend. (i.e. Patrick) could i see you bla bla bla..."
well, i by mistake handed him the wrong insurance card. IT WAS DARK! the one that i gave him had expired.
I said, "oh let me get the right one..." but the cop mentioned that it was ok, so i'm thinking that he just plain old believed me. he goes back to the car and comes back with a ticket for not having proof of insurance! JERK! i was a little pissed, but said to myself, "Self, no big deal, you are totally in the right, you'll just fight the ticket!"
so life went on, and I FORGOT TO CALL!! I HATE MYSELF! and it turns out if you don't call they just make you a little ol' court date, and DON'T tell you about it. so now i have a fine for not having the insurance (that i had) $25, then a $30 fee for being late AND a $100 fee for missing my court date that i didn't know about!! AHHHHHH!!!
but that's not all, they told me if i don't go down there and post a bond on the $155 soon, i'll get more fees. AND if i don't get this case dismissed, the State is going to fee me $400 more!!!!!!!!!!
so right now i'm looking at a fee of $555.00 for a car that isn't even mine "not" having insurance, and they pulled me over all because someone i knew got pulled over!!!!!!!!!!!
does any of this make sense to anyone else? how is this fair?? i know i should have called, but i think that it is really crazy how all of this just kinda snowballed in to the land-o-crap!
stupid people, dumb fines......... i'm a little upset now. ;O(