Pop Rocks on the Ice

My day started out with playing games, watching bald eagles and napping. Nothing mch happened until the afternoon. I let myself sleep in after a late night last night. I got cleaned up and got my stuff together. Laura and the rest went swimming, so i was the last to leave. I decided to not eat anything before I left. I headed to the store to get some Take 5 candy bars for my custom cake from Coldstone Creamery. Harmon's didn't have any though, so i decided to go with Baby Ruth instead. I bought 3 king size and one normal sized candy bar for the cake because they don't have Baby Ruth at Coldstone. I walked around the store for a little bit before waiting for the bus. When I got to the mall I headed straight for where Cinnabon and Cold Stone are. I got things done pretty quick. I ordered a yellow cake with peanut butter cookie ice cream, buttercream frosting, Baby Ruth candy bar cut up and custom writing. I grabbed a raspberry blended lemonade before I went for a late lunch.

I knew what I wanted, and that was italian food from Villa Italian Kitchen in the mall food court. i decided to get spaghetti instead of pizza. It came with one of the amazing bread sticks, so it was more than worth it. After I ate I decided to do a bit of walking around town.

I listened to some of my stations on Pandora and walked around the mall a little before going to Michael's craft store Best Buy and Barne's and Noble. I didn't look at anything inparticular at Michael's, but I did look at laptops at Best Buy and I hung out at Barnes and Noble. I really want to get a new laptop and their prices aren't bad. As for the bookstore, I didn't do much besides look at some educational books and do some stuff on my phone because they have wifi and I wanted to see how the Bald Eagles were doing.

I went back to the mall where I noticed a new snow cone / shaved ice place called "Snowie". I got half mango and half cherry. Their stuff is pretty good and they got so many flavors! They even added Pop Rocks on top for free! Not long after this I was picked up by Laura and we went home.

Rain Shower

Today when it rained I just stood out in it for a fe minutes and let myself get soaked. It has been a long tie since I have done that. I remember times when I would go outside with my friends and we would do it together. There was numerous times when we would play in deep puddles and even one time hen we had one up to our knees close to what used to be the canal. Some people might say playing there was dangerous, but we were right below it 25 or 30 feet from the canal at the bottom of a hill. It was a blast when the cars would come and splash us. I love memories like that. There was 15 or 20 of us and we had so much fun.

Before it rained I was outside walking again and the storm came so fast. I actually did a live stream of me walking, but I don't think I'll post it here. It started out as just dark clouds on the side, but they came over fast and then the wind suddenly kicked in and decided on lap 3 that it was a perfect time to live stream. It was also getting dusty, so the mountains looked really neat. I don't like windy rain very much when it is cold, but when it's hot it is really fun. It didn't start raining until I was on my way back to the house though. It was just a sprinkle until a couple of minutes after I got inside the house.  I was back outside within 10 or 15 minutes and that is hen I stood out in the rain.

This rain felt especially great to me today because I walked to the store earlier to get a Fiji water. I got the 1.5 quart one and drank it in 10 minutes. I was so parched and really wanted that. I am not going to start buying ti every day obviously, but once a week doesn't seem to hurt. I might buy a couple of cases when I got o school again and drink them every other day, but not for a while. I actually stuck it in the ice cream freezers when I was at the store because I wanted to make it colder. It worked pretty well, but it made me laugh seeing a Fiji water with all the ice cream. I also looked at all the other water at the store. There is quite a lot of it and I want to try a few more. Before I understood that all water isn't the same I would never never done this, but it's so fun now.

We had chef salad for dinner tonight.

I've also been playing around with cam toy tonight.

I should probably mention that I went to Pottermore and got sorted into my Ilvermorny house. I am so glad that J.K. Rowling is expanding the Harry Potter universe. I sorted myself latelast night when I couldn't sleep. Turns out I'm in Thunderbird house. I might as well remind everyone that I'm also in Ravenclaw at Hogwarts, so it seems perfect. I love Harry Potter so much.

New Beginnings at Work

Today is the first official day we have a new manager at Cinnabon. Trever also works at Cold Stone so I alraedy know him. It's going to be interesting to see how he improves things. We got a new lemonade machine last week. I will miss Jan, but she has to move. I'm not afraid of embracing change, but it will be sad to see both of the people that hired me leave the job. Maddie has already left and now Jan is going.
I had to wake up early to get ready for the meeting. I chose not to have breakfast because I knew that we would have Jamba Juice at our meeting. Instead of waking Laura up I decided to just take the bus to the mall as usual. I made it just in time and clocked in. We get paid for going to the meetings. We all sat at tables and were handed a list of things we were going to talk about. I won't give too many details because I don't know how Steve, the owner would feel about it. I'd guess there was about 16 or 17 of us there including a new employee. I think his name is Marco, but I forgot so I might be way off there. When we got started we talked about the new sample shift, dress code, what to do with $100 bills, cleaning, and other basic functions of the store and how we can improve sales. There is a contest going on now to see how many packs we can sell this next month. The person who sells the most will get a bonus onn their pay or a gift card or something, I forgot exactly.  During the meeting Steve went and got our Jamba Juice orders. I got Panut Butter Chocolate Love. The funny thing was that most people got mango. I usually get mango too, but wanted something a little different this time.

After the meeting I hung around and looked at the cake book near the entrance. My birthday is in six days so now was the perfect time. I'm getting a large round cake that is made with yellow cake, peanut butter cookie dough ice cream, Take 5 Candy bar, and I haven't decided on the frosting or what coloring I want the Happy Birthday Liahna to be.I know that I will have it decided by later this week when I order it.

Sincethe mall isn't open yet after our meetings I headed to Barnes & Noble. Out meetings are from 8 to 9:30 usually and the mall opens at t10:00am. I looked at some coloring books and this artist tile sketchbook that I want along with it's tile album. It's basically what it sounds like, squares you sketch and color on. They are about 4 inches long and wide. There are a few different things in the sketch book, but I'll show it to you when  I get it in the future.

I went to Starbucks next and got a Passion Tango herbal tea lemonade with mango flavoring and an orange and cranberry scone. These items are probably my favorite on the menu right now. To be honest, i think the scone is more like a muffin in taste and texture but it's still great!

Instead of leaving after I got my order I stayed and used their wifi to watch some Bald Eagles. I am waiting until the eaglet I am watching fledges before I do an actual post about them.

After this I walked around the mall, went to Michael's craft store and walked around, and started looking around at laptops. I looked at R.C. Willey, Best buy, and even went on a lon walk south from the mall to PC Laptops. If I had a lot of Money I'd probably have PC laptops customize a laptop for me, but as things are now I think I will settle for a regular but sturdy 15 or 17 inch laptop from Best Buy. I did keep the card of the guy I talked to at PC laptops just in case though. It was a short visit, and a hot walk to and from, but I'm glad I went there anyway. I actually found one there I like, it's a 17 inch and is only $1200 dollars. I really want to get something like that after I pay off my cello and phone. my computer is really important for school and other various things. The one I am typing from right now is old and the battery is irreplaceable so I can't even bring it anywhere without a plug. This is annoying at school since I like sitting in the front middle of every class.

When I got back home I saw that J.K Rowling has revealed more about the North American school Ilvermorny. It's the north american school of witchcraft and wizardry. I am a huge Potter nut as most of you know so I love learning new things about that universe. Other than this I played Tetris, watched more eagles, random stuff on Netflix and had tacos for dinner. I actually nearly missed out on the tacos because I took a long nap and slept through dinner. I ended up making 2 in the end not to long ago.  Anyway, that's all.

(video) Why I Celebrate My Birthday Twice

Mini Panther

Today was a pretty normal Sunday. I actually don't feel any need to post what I did so I will just post A picture of Toast, out outdoor black cat. She is awesome. I'll get more pictures some other time. I took this picture right after i got home from church, we had our fourth Sunday feast after church today. We had chicken alfredo, fruit and really great strawberry lemonade.

Chemical Burns

I slept in again today until the early afternoon. I know I should stop it, but I also feel like I sometimes push myself too hard. I know I can't do this forever, but I feel like for now resting is the right thing to do. I will most likely pick up my activity again soon. I think I' going to start with my eating habits though.

I knew I was going to swimming after work for a ward party, so i dawned my new swim suit underneath my work clothes. I only had to work two hours today, so I got to the pool party just in time. NOthing really interesting went on at work, so I'll skip explanations. it was rather slow and I didn't have much to do. The one thing I will tell you is that I think my skin reacted to the new sanitizer in combination with the hand soap we use and the chlorine in the pool later. When I got to the house that the party was at I naturally went straight for the pool. In fact I was actually the first one in. there were some pretty cool floaties. I'm going to post a video at the bottom. There was a pretzel, a giant smarties, a whale, a donut some noodles, and a few others. There was a lot of people at the party and we all had a blast. I am glad that I got to go tonight. We had hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, potato salad, and Shasta. I didn't drink the Shasta because it had splenda in it. We mostly just stayed outside, went on the slide, I sun bathed a bit (more like standing), and other stuff I don't have to explain. I prefer not to over explain things.

Near the end we made cotton candy and I ate four of them. I love cottonn candy, especially when it's free. I had to have a limit however. You can see it below, it's cool. 

Now, to the main subject of this blog. Like I said above the chlorine from the pool, the hand soap and the dish sanitizer from work started a bad skin reaction. At the pool my hands felt extra dry and they started to burn a little in the pool. I knew at that point there wasn't much I could do, so I just went ahead and kept swimming. I was going to stay at the party for a movie, but my hands felt really uncomfortable. They were burning and dry and I didn't feel like staying outside to watch a movie anymore. I went home and put some lotion on them, but this was a huge mistake. The lotion also reacted and my hands felt like I got a really bad sunburn. Washing off the lotion was excruciating. I had to clean up to make sure all the chemicals were off of my skin and then mom told me to put aloe gel on my hands. Mom pretty much confirmed I had chemical burns. The aren't super terrible, but they are uncomfortable. When I put the gel on it burns though. the gel makes them feel pretty good when it dries. Anyway, I've just been taking it easy tonight.

Dark Waltz

Chocolate Chip Waffles

Today was pretty laid back. I started officially working on my math. This is something I'm going to be doing all summer. One of the things I am happy about is that it looks like I'm starting to comprehend fractions a lot more now. I still have to be careful to have a cool head. There isn't much to tell today besides this actually. I did make chocolate chip waffles however. I have started playing around with the basic recipe I got off the internet from Allrecipes.com

The Deck is Complete!

Today I finally got my missing math book! I was missing the fourth one that I'll post below. I think the math books I have are cool because they have cards printed on the front. I think UVU was very clever when they thought that up for their special ones. It cost me over $100 dollars to get the book, but I want to be able to get to Math 1010 or higher without going through the classes. I am by no means done collecting all the math books UVU has, but I do have the ones that will help get me out of the lower math classes. Everything below Math 1010 doesn't count towards core credit. I was going to also fix my FAFSA (financial aid for school) so I could get it again, but I forgot to apply for it. Naturally I'm going to do that immediately so I can get it straightened out. Vocational Rehab has been paying for school, but they want me to at least try and get financial aid from the school again. I am glad I went to One Stop at school and asked then what I needed to do or I probably wouldn't have remembered I needed to apply again. For pictures of the books there will be some near the bottom.

So I got the book and decided to go walk around Walmart for a while for fun. I like to do this when I am around because they have a lot of interesting stuff. I've always loved walking around stores as you can guess from my usual high activity at the mall. I didn't eat anything before I left, so I looked at the food and even thought about getting a Fiji water when I was there, but decided against it because I felt like I'd like something at the mall or around that area more.

I ended up going to Cinnabon after walking a bit around town deciding what i was going to eat. I wanted to get a blended lemonade. It's basically a lemonade slushy. They put lemonade and ice in a blender. It's simple and amazing. I did end up getting Italian at the food court. I have fallen in love with Villa Italian kitchen. I got a bread stick and a Stromboli from there. The Stromboli was chipotle chicken and I got an alfredo dipping sauce. Everything was great. 

When I got home I removed the 5th book from the binder that it was in with number 3 and I put number 4 in. I still have to get a new binder for number 5 now. Here are the pictures.

I put book five in book four's plastic wrapping until I can get a new binder. For the rest of the night I've been just playing games like tetris, watching bald eagles, and listening to audio books. It was definitely an awesome day today.

Feeling Fancy

Today was pretty simple. I slept in and went to the store. I don't know what it is, but lately I haven't felt like doing a whole lot. I needed to get more shampoo and deodorant and so I went to the store. I hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch yet, so I decided to get some salmon and pesto pasta. It was so great, totally worth the investment all the way. I also got some Fiji water which by the way I love a lot now. Mom posted something yesterday about how the silica in the water can help purge your system of aluminum. I've never had a reason to drink expensive water until now. Apparently the PH of most bottled waters sucks as well. Fiji is actually one of the best and definitely better than Disani and Aquafina. I think they actually add salt to their water so you'll be more thirsty. The whole business is pretty dirty in my opinion.

I did go for a walk, but it was only four laps around the track because it was so hot today. I love the heat, but if I don't have the right clothes on it can get miserable. It was more bearable today because of the water.

Drinking the Ocaen

It was a hot start to this week. I just mostly went for walks today and drank a lot of water. I'd guess over a gallon today, it was crazy. That's what happens when you love going outside like I do. I forsee a lot of sunburns in my future probably, or at least a lot of tanning. I am already pretty tan. I love the heat. i used to hate to tan, but I hate sunscreen so I've given up on staying like a porcelain doll. That was pretty wise of me I guess. I don't miss the days when I was depressed and inside all the time. Even if it means I sometimes feel like I could drink the ocean I feel like going outside is a big part of me now.

The Big Three

Today Sam (my nephew) turned three! We had coconut cream pie, and chocolate strawberry mini cupcakes. Sam opened presents like pay doh, a play cleanup set, and other things. It was pretty fun and Sam was so cute. Other than this I took a nap and went to church. I honestly don't really feel like writing today, so I'll just leave it like this. I have a busy week ahead of me. Oh yeah, the desserts were made by Kayla (Sam's mom). I knw that can be a bit confusing because my niece is also named Kayla. Otherwise i wouldn't bother emphasizing that.

Chaos at Cinnabon

Today when I worked it was chaos the first 3 hours. I work four hours, so that is nearly the entire time. I guess the person that had the morning shift didn't get a lot of things done so that left a lot for us. First off it was a big mess when Rachel, Heidi and I all got in at 3. There was nothing in the roll proofer, none of the cut up centers of the roll were made, and there were no cinnastix for a start. Oh yes, there was some minions on the hot plate, so at least we had those to give our customers. Rachel basically rolled the entire time and Heidi and I took care of everything else. The cleanup was a team effort and Rachel had to go down to our storage closet near the food court to get some supplies we were missing. Probably the hardest thing I did today was pull frosting.That gives you a real workout because the frosting bag weighs like 30 or 40 pounds. You have to turn it upside down over a bucket and pull up so the frosting comes out of the bag and into the bucket. I easily got 5 minutes of cardio doing that, it is really had, but kind of fun. I love working out, so that makes sense for me. I loved the challenge. Things calmed down at work around the 4th hour, but we went through so much. After work i got a cake batter ice cream with Kit Kat and butterfinger.  I love how I got along with everyone really well this week, it has been great. When mom picked me up we went to Toys R Us to get a present for Sam's 3rd birthday (my nephew). Tomorrow we are going to Kayla's house and celebrating. Anyway, this is all I'm going to write today. :)

Visually Impaired People

I spent most of the day searching for visually impaired  people on YouTube. I have found some pretty great ones. I want to post some videos by them today.

Molly Burke

Fashioneyesta

KCfan7989

Chloelli

I will post more people some other time. For now let's just start with these.

I Love Clupons

So the last time I went to Farr's I got a coupon for my first 3 ounces free. Today since I don't have my debit card yet, I decided to go get some cash. I also wanted to get some kind of treat, because I love doing that at least once a week. I decided to have mom drop me off at Farr's Fresh and I got some ice cream. It was only around $2.50 or so with the coupon. I had a lot of trouble deciding what i wanted just like last time so i got a bunch of different flavors. I got pistachio and coconut swirled, then a little bit of marshmallow and a little bit of cotton candy with a couple of pretzels.

I looked around the mall, Best Buy, Michael's, and Shoe Carnival for a while. I didn't look for anything in particular, except for when I went to Best buy and looked at TV's for fun. I love the big fancy ones, and so do my eyes for some reason. I'll have to get a picture of my favorite one sometime. Oh, and I also got a chillata from Cinnabon for some reason after I got ice cream. I know it was weird, but I just felt like one for some reason. I think I got the Oreo Strawberry one. Anyway, so when I decided that I was done I called mom when I was at Shoe Carnival around 2 hours later and I went back to Best Buy. Mom needed to get something from Best Buy, but turned out that she didn't really need it so we left. I don't think I need to talk about the rest of the day, so I'll just leave it like this. I am glad I got to go out and have some fun. I've been kind of a homebody lately.