The rest is history....

We are back from the beach and I have to say, my feet are killing me!

We have walked everywhere today! Let me finish with what we did last night though. We got to the car and Carly and I went for a 2 hour walk all the way down to Waikiki beach and back to our hotel. It was amazingly beautiful! The sunset was perfect, the weather was amazing, everything was just so picturesque! I love paradise! :)

When we got back from our walk, mom, dad, car, and I all went to Red Lobster and I got Clam Chowder and Coconut Prawns with this amazing Pina Coloda dipping sauce!! ;) It was really good! (Sorry I talk about food so much....that is just something my family does a lot)

13 Nov 10

Today was so amazing!! I woke up at 6am and just chilled in the hotel room, and got ready to go to the beach!

First though, we went to breakfast at the most AMAZING place! It's called: Marimoto (yes for those of you who watch Iron Chef, this is his restaurant) Mom and I split the eggs benedict! I kept thinking I would get immune to the amazing taste going into my mouth, but every single bite was just as good or better than the one before! haha!

After breakfast we walked down to the beach and staked out a place and Carly and I went on this little Aqua-Cycle, it was SO fun! I loved it! :) Here's some pictures

After we spent a half an hour or so out in the ocean on this Aqua-Cycle, we went down to Waikiki and walked around the International Market. After that we just came back and chilled at the pool, while we were there, we watched a photoshoot go on...We figured out the girl that was getting shot was the first Victoria off of Twilight! Cool huh?!

Anyway, Enough of my boring stories! I am so happy to be here in Hawaii right now! Tomorrow is my 20th birthday, and I cannot believe I am not going to be a teenager anymore! :) YAY!

Next time we talk I will be 20 :) xoxo

The EDITION

Yesterday was crazy, to say the least! I woke up at 3am and went to work at 330...I worked from 415am to 10pm. Right at 10pm I met my family and we went upstairs to get on our flight to Honolulu Hawaii! :) Fast forward to landing time......We finally landed in HI after 6 hours of flight time, then we had to wait 30 minutes to retrieve our luggage. After getting our luggage we had to wait in line to get a taxi to come to our hotel!

Let me tell you...It was the funniest taxi ride I have ever taken in my entire life! Our taxi drivers name was Kim Lam and she was Vietnamese, these are some of the funny conversations we had in the car: Kim "Where are you guys going today" Dad: "The Editon Hotel on Waikiki" Kim "The diditon?" Dad "No, the Edition" Kim "oh! The additon" Dad and Mom: " no, no, no the Edition" Kim "oh, oh, okay, the traditon" this conversation went on and on until Mom finally told Dad to just look up the address and give it to her.

Meanwhile...I had a conversation with her that went like this...Me: "so you're Vietnamese, do you drink Boba Tea?" Kim: "Robot Tea?" Me and Carly (laughing our heads off at this point)

While all of these funny conversations were going on she was trying to make her way into Waikiki in Friday rush hour traffic. Randomly she would just burst out in laughter and say "quick, quick, quick, quick, quick..." I guess she was in a hurry? haha

The funniest part of the whole thing though was that she had the most contagious laugh I have ever heard in my life, and she would laugh over anything that we said. It was so funny! I loved it! After a 40 minute taxi ride, we finally made it to the hotel and were greeted by some very handsome belhops in white button down shirts and grey sweaters! So cute! Here's a look at the Lobby of the hotel:

Then while Dad was checking us in to the room, this beautiful male brought us cold hand towelletes and Lemonade, with Cilantro in it. (which was amazingly refreshing) After that we went up to the room and were amazed at the beauty of it all! (This hotel just opened 5 weeks ago, so it's very modern and beautiful!) Here's a look at the room!

Beautiful huh?

Anyway, I have to go to the beach, so I will write later about what all happened that night....Talk to you later! xoxo

"Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to Delta flt 1105 service to PARADISE" :)

At this very moment I am on a airplane flying to Honolulu, Hawaii! :) I am so happy with my life right now, I can't even explain....wow.

Right this second I am sitting on the plane next to 3 of my best friends, including my best friend Carly :) Watching Eclipse and drinking Cran/Orange Juice! ;) haha! That's all for now...I will write more when we land! xoxo

Fog

This past month i've been in sort of a fog...I don't really know how to explain. . .

Define: In a Fog, Preoccupied, not paying attention; also, at a loss, confused.

It's basically just like I've been walking through life,
but not really soaking in what's been going on around me.

The best way I can explain it is paralleling it to fog.

It moves in and out but never really sets into anything,
just floats along the surface.
I believe all of this is due to my lack of a social life.

My life consists of wonderful friends/coworkers, a wonderful family, a wonderful job, a beautiful house... from the outside my life looks amazing.

From the inside though, I feel all if something is missing.

I have considered many reasons for the diagnoses of my problem. The only thing that I can come up with is my lack of a social life. I got a taste of this "piece of something missing" the other day, it was amazing and fun and exhilarating, and spontaneous all at the same time.

I loved every minute of it. Now that it's gone now...I know what's missing and my body longs for that excitement again.

Here's to the start of a new day! xoxo

Let's go to the Beach! :)

Escape

Life, comes and goes...
people fade in and out, as the waves of the ocean...in and out, and in and out,
back and forth, and back and forth.

Sometimes life is amazing, and sometimes life just coasts right along like a subtle stream running smoothly over the many rocks at the bottom.

My life has been running as a stream smoothly and consistently for about 19 years...suddenly, it's time for me to make a change, time. to jump, time to fall off the water fall.

Where will I land?...

Where will I go? ...

Which path will I take? ...

What happens next? ..

Stop, think...take a breath, take a break from the world that surrounds me.

Escape from this place just for a second and then come back and face it.

Back and forth, back and forth.
Over and over, the cycle never ends.

Sometimes I get scared,
worried, and frightened at what might happen next.

But, then I stop and think....Everything will be okay,
everything is going to be okay,
everything is okay.

Take a break, take some time for yourself and get out of the world for just a few seconds...


you deserve it.

Escape.

Work

Sitting here
at a place that is almost like home to me.
Familiar faces, familiar sounds, familiar smells.

I feel as if I am in fishbowl
watching the whole world revolve around me,
{swimming} in, and out, and in, and out.
I watch as the world passes by,
so much commotion so many people passing by,
as I still just sit here in my fish bowl.

I see people embracing,
people crying, people who haven't seen their loved ones for a long while.
I remember being the people outside of this little fish bowl and I wonder
did they see me? Did they see our excited embrace, did they watch the tears?
And think the same things I now think when I see.

The cycle is never ending, keeps going in circles,
day by day, hour by hour, all the same stories,
the people start to blend in, different faces but somehow all the same.

I begin to forget the stories, forget the embraces, forget the yelling, and the screaming.

In one ear and out the other. Day by day, hour by hour.

It happens.

BrittanyRose

St. George

I love my life,
I love my family,
I know that God loves me!

I flew down to St. George for the weekend,
spent some time with my family,
met some new friends,
got my first sunburn of the season,
played with my lovely neice Sophia,
tried something new,
didn't like it,

purple flags and my new buddy Chris,
tears of joy, tears of sadness,
remembering good times,
bike rides in the dark,
Dear John,
I love my life and my family.
Thank you Jesus, I love you.


xoxo


BrittanyRose

The {endless} world of possibilities

Sometimes my mind starts to {wonder}.
Wonder what God has planned for me,
wonder what I will turn out to be,
wonder what I will be doing in my life 5 years from now....ten years from now?
I can't help but wonder.
I am happy.
I am happy how my life is right now,
but I can't help but wonder, what else is there?
What else to see!
I am so excited for the things I will see!
I cannot wait for those days to come,
when I will be seeing and doing things that I can't even imagine doing right now.
I am happy where I have come and where I have been so far.
Thank you Lord, Jesus, for guiding me through this journey.
I can't wait for the exciting road to come that I have yet to travel.
The possibilities are endless!
And I can't wait!


I know the road may be windy,
it may be smooth,
it may have some bumps,
it may even have some cracks {at times},
that I may think I will never get out of,
but, I know it will all work out in the end.

And,
I am ready for it!



"If you don't like the road you're walking,

start paving another one"

-Anonymous

Brittany Rose

Get me out of {HERE}

Longing: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.

Hoping: Desiring; being optimistic toward;

Wishing: A hope or desire for something

How I wish I could be on a plane right at this moment,

going somewhere besides {here},

anywhere but here.

Dear God,

please help me to get a vacation

sometime very,

very soon!

I talked to a man today from England...

He called all the way from England to talk to some one

about how to run his sprinkler timer.

I was the one fortunate enough to get to speak with him.

He made me want to travel to England! It sounds so exciting!

Please get me out of here.

The world has endless possibilities and my soul is

longing for them!

New Blog :)

I have started up a new inspirational blog for anyone who

would like to read it.

It's just mostly ispirational quotes and picutures

that I find daily for a little boost.

You are welcome to read it if you would like,

I will try to keep it updated daily!

xoxo

P.s. The url is: http://www.beinspiring2me.blogspot.com/

Rebate

All of you that didn't think you would EVER recieve a rebate from your mobile provider, you are wrong. (including my very own father)

I just got my Tmobile rebate card yesterday, and I was stoked!

$100 extra bucks for me! :)

Acrylic Nails

So, funny story. Yesterday I was sick and I called into work... I think I had food poisoning or something.

Anyway, in the late afternoon I started feeling a little bit better so I decided to go get my nails done at a local nail salon in Kaysville.

They are always very sweet to me there. I realized when I got there that it was not a very good idea. I was feeling a little bit nauseous already and the smell in there made it much worse!

I decided to try to just get through it, but about half way through the nice oriental lady was filing, filing, filing. With her electric filer. It seemed like it was lasting forever! I started to feel quite light headed and I asked the nice lady if I could go use the restroom. Of course she said yes.

I walked straight to the restroom and right as I entered the door I fell down. The next thing I remember is 3 nice Asian ladies standing around me asking me if I was okay. I said yes, yes, I am fine, don't worry about me.

One of the nice ladies asked me if I had eaten anything that day, and I just remembered at that moment that I hadn't eaten anything since the night before...oops...

Anyway, they were all speaking in their native tongue, I didn't really know what was going on.

Meanwhile one lady brought me a whole handfull of tootsie rolls, and made me eat them. Another lady brought me a bottle of water. Meanwhile, I just sat on the floor for the next ten minutes trying to catch my breath and soak in what had just happened.

I eventually got up with the help of these sweet little Asian ladies, she finished my nails and insisted on me calling someone to come pick me up. She was such a sweet lady.

Finally Dad and Mom came and picked me up and I went home. The moral of the story is: Don't forget to eat something during the day, don't go get your nails done if you are feeling nauseous and if you need some sugar, Asian ladies can always help :)

I am feeling much better today! I am actually writing this post here on break at work. I am so happy to be feeling better. Thank you Jesus, for letting me feel better today! xoxo

Brit

It's a Brand New day!

"It's a brand new day, the sun is shining. It's a brand new day!" :)

-Joshua Radin

Today is yet again another good day, I woke up to the sun shinning right in my face, the beginning of such a great, great day!

I am now sitting at 600 s. West Temple listening to Queen sing Bohemian

Rhapsody in a little Coffee House called RawBean.

It is a sweet little place.

I have become quite addicted to the smell of coffee and the atmosphere it provides.

Something about it encompasses me and I just love it. :)

I suppose it makes me feel as if I am home in my grandmothers house

on 92 High St. in Thomaston, Connecticut.

She always has a fresh pot of coffee brewing,

when we walk in, it just surrounds you

and you truly know you're home.

It also gives me the inspiration to write.

What is better than blogging in a cute little coffee

House listening to oldies and watching people discuss their lives,

drinking their cups of coffee and eating biscotti?

Nothing :)

Anyway, I best be off.

I am going to the Jake Garn Photography Workshop

today and I am SO SO excited! :)

I absolutely love my life!

Thank you to my Lord, and Saviour, Jesus Christ

for letting me live and enjoy my life here on earth

through His love and grace. Praise be to His name.

xoxo

Barnes and Noble bliss!

Tonight, was a great night. Actually, all day was a great day, a great, great day.

Beautiful sun, wonderful people, pay day, chick-fil-a, sweet-sweet perfume,

the smell of coffee and books at Barnes and Noble.

Today was a day I decided to celebrate my independence. I treated myself to some new

perfume from MAC :) I sat in Barnes and Noble and just read and read

magazines and books. Today was a great day. Thank you God for letting me have these days

to remind me how amazing this life can be. I love my life, and I love my family, I love my friends,

and last but not least I love my savior Jesus Christ. Thank you.

"Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty." George Bernard Shaw

Work, work, WORK, work, Work

I am blogging at work....I know i know, I'm bad.

I figured out how to change the font on my posts! :)

I was SO excited!

Does anyone know how to change the font of the blog title?! I want to change mine really bad!

Anyway, let me know. Better go back to work...xoxo!

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