Nothing Beats A Canadian Christmas!!

Usually my christmas with my family is PACKED FULL with tradition! but i feel like.. none of those traditions I had growing up were successfully executed this season....
I brought Jordan with me to experience an Easthope Christmas! But i feel like things were unorganized and monotonous....  Due to the nature of my eldest sister's marriage my niece and nephew were only able to spend time with me for a couple hours Friday night when Jordan and I arrived. And usually they would have spent the night and I would have seen then for the 3 days I was there.
Next my family plays an INSANE amount of games together.. and we played one... Sunday night... that's it.. one game... and it was kind of a game like Apple to Apples.. yeah, i hate that game....
And then my stepmom's nephew spent christmas with us... I mean... whaa? really? It was just weirdo-towne the whole time!
The Christmas breakfast was.. well it wasn't a complete mess that was prepared by everyone with everyone trying to squish at the table.. it was.. well.. buffet style and most of it was prepared the night before.... ick.... i have always loved the chaos of my house on christmas day... but .. there was none..... NONE!!!!! wthfrank!
And my gifts seemed.. not to be greedy but they seemed less important and less thoughtful... i usually would get stuff I'd tear open and play with immediately.. but i didn't get anything that i could be like"oh yeah! *rip* entertainment till christmas dinner!"
instead i had to watch everyone pla with their new ipods.... lol
and while that took place dinner was prepared in a conductive manner.. and everything was just so chill... and lame... and diner for some reason took like 3 hours to get ready! i mean really? Its probably because my dad wasn't in there the whoel time. HE"S A MAGICIAN IN THE KITCHEN! But ever since he got re-married... he isn't in the kitchen a whole lot.. and truth be told, i miss my dad's cooking.... :(
So it was FANTASTIC being home with my family...
but... we didn't do a whole lot together. I can almost honestly say that christmas at my mom's was better than at my dad's.. and that never happens.. but... there was more of that Special CHRISTMAS CHAOS that i love!!
The only real TRADITION that went ok was the dogpiling in the bed... where before we open stockings we all go cuddle up in one bed! Well there was 10 of us instead of the normal 5 so it was a challenge and i missed out on the first 15 minutes of it and it only last for 20 minutes (it usually lasts much longer..but we were on a schedule i suppose) and i missed it cause my boyfriend wouldn't get up and join.. so i sat next to him in his bed trying to get him to get up and come... i should have told him how important it was to me maybe he would have moved faster... no probably not... so i should have just left him in that bed of his.. but then i would have felt bad for not having him be part of that ONE tradiition.... mehh.... Next christmas.. no boyfriends... seriously though.... its much easier... especially when your boyfriend is kind of needy.....
So again i repeat the phrase I have been for last few/couple years that my dad has been re-married for,
"Mixed Families Shouldn't Do Holidays....."
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year

One Month Blogger

Apparently I have become a ONE MONTH BLOGGER......... I really should update more often; but my 2 jobs keep sme busy. And one doesn't have a computer that I can play on.. so that hinders my computer access. It also doesn't help that my new place has no internet yet, and that I left my laptop in Canada.. I have almost gone a month without it! EGAAHHH! Good thing my phone can browse or i'd go crazy!!!!!!!
And I have recently found I love following people on Twitter more than I like Tweeting.....
Why write music when you can just listen to a song right?
So yeah... basically this last couple weeks I have been kicked out of 2 houses, got a new place with 5 boys as roommates! Got a raise at one job. Went 2 days without water cause then city forgot to turn the water on! (Went through a lot of water bottles!)
Pulled over and questioned by police over the topic of a DRESSER.. omhllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
and broke my phone. I am a genius!
Phone has insurance so i just need the screen fixed.
And besides that things are well. Now just have to get my next paycheque so i can finish Christmas shopping before Christmas! then i need to find a cheap way home for the holidays!
hmm so much to do!

the 7 steps: Gain, Do, Regret, Change, Fail, Lose, Repeat...

Have you ever NOT been yourself? I'm not talking about, "i'm just not feeling like myself today." I mean REALLY for a LONG time... you just haven't been you. And you can see and feel parts of you dying off and falling away. And when you're not yourself, you do things you would NEVER do. You think ways you'd NEVER think. You can't seem to fight off the same DEMONS you could have before. Before you lost .. YOU.

IF you lose a pet, you often replace it quickly and learn to love it the same as the old. 

IF you lose your cellphone, you instantly race down to the store and either get the same one or a new one. And then you have to reset it to your life once again.Which can often take awhile.

IF you lost your legs, they give you a wheelchair, or prosthetic legs. An adjustment you have to make.

*FOR any LOSS we have to LEARN how to COPE and to DEAL. To ADJUST*.

So, if you lost your sense of security... What would you do? How would you adjust?

A) Continue being afraid

or

B) Deaden the fear / choose to feel no fear

What if because you chose (A), along with it killed: trust, honesty

What if because you chose (B) and killed the fear, along with it killed: guilt, remorse

Now what kind of person would you become if you chose .. BOTH?

First (A), then (B)?

How long could this person last:

 in a relationship?

in a bad situation?

in a lie?

Just a little something I've been trying to process....
*The best way not to get your heart broken is to pretend like you don't have one.*

I Wuv My Daddy And The Alberta Gov !!!!

First off.. America... you frikken suck!!! 100.00's of TAX off my Paycheque?!!!! I'm already getting paid SHIZZ now you have to take my SHIZZ away from me?!!!!! PFFFFHHHH!
Alberta frikken PAID ME! My dad just called and told me he deposited a cheque from the Alberta Gov into my bank account of 90.00 !! (Albert must have heard I was getting RAPED by USA TAX and tried to do what they could for me)
THANK YOU CANADA!!!!
Another reason I love you above all other countries!!!
Free HealthCare and Free MONEY! ;)
*Not to mention Tax was only 25.00 -30.00 !!
And I'm thinking that he and Alberta had a chat about me, cause he also seemed to know that US was molesting my wallet, and asked if he needed to put more money in my account, if I was doing okay.
AWWWW!! Thanks daddy! <3
I didn't have him put more in, but it was nice of him to offer and to make sure his lil princess is okay!!
(My dad calls me Princess , my mom calls be Baby Girl... no laughing.. and if you do.. all i can see is, at least My parents Love me :P  )

Me n My Daddy!

Love You Dad <3

Kathryn, Me and My Dad

When You Can't Get to Canada, Buy Boots!!! BAM!!

So, my trip to Canada this week has disppeared from sight... Found I don't have the funds to put gas in my Jeep so... me and my friends (Bless Their Souls) Amy and Maddy are going to go to Canada during their Fall Break!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!! I need a good road trip and my Dad's Sunday Dinner!!!
 OH AND TIM HORTON'S!!!!!!!!!!!!! Freakin heck... Starbucks is nice but Tim Horton's wins BY FAR!
So since I had a week off work.. i tried to spend the first couple free days catching up on things.. got the coil springs on the jeep replaced, paid the bills, went to a class with Jord at his school (very cool class), and went apartment hunting... also... I went SHOPPING!!!! YES!! I haven't spent a DIME, no, a PENNY on clothes or shoes since... well before I moved down here!! Most of my moey has been spent on food, gas, and dogs! And now thanks to an expensive iPhone and Blackberry Data plan, the phone bill (Thank you Verzion...... bleh)
I needed new winter-ish boots (aka, UGGS or knock-off Uggs), and a new pair of jens and maybe a new shirt. So bam, just went ahead and bought a pair of UGG boots, from Journeys Kids **** HANDY TIP **** If your Shoe size is between 6-8, JOURNEYS IDS has your shoe size!! But Since its in the KIDS store, you save money!!! My UGGS were only 100.00 !!! BAM! I just saved 50.00 -even 70.00 bucks!!!! I am so smart!!!*************
After that STEAL, I went to the next shoe store, Forever 21. Though they never have anything my ize. You know how your shoe size ranges from store to brand  blah blah blah.. well my size there is a 5.1/2... and they never have it... but BAM!! There were these boots.. that I normally would not try. but i tried them... and well, BAM!! I had found my BOOTS! I have been wanting a pair of classy boots to wear with jeans or a skirt for 2 years!! My first years of University i wanted to dress like the ig kids.. so i looked for boots... never found any since my legs are both skinny and short... knee boots on most people are like THIGH boots on me... it's so ridiculous! but now!!!  I have found my boots!!!! So then I had to go on a hunt for the perfect skinny jeans to wear with my boots!... it was a long hunt........... long hunt.... but in the end i found 2 pairs at Nordstroms :) yay!! Today I went back to the mall to find shirts/tops to go with my boots, with much success! I am so excited to actually feel completely pretty again!!
I now have my new hair, new nails, new tan and new clothes!! BAM!! Perfection!!!!!

MY BOOTS

(Now i need my new body! Currently staying with Jordan's mom is NOT good for my waistline... she is a wonderful cook!!)

The Social Checklist

Let's see just how CYBER SAVY and SOCIAL i am :
*Facebook?---- CHECK
*Twitter?-------- -CHECK
*Blogspot?-------- -CHECK
*MySpace? ----------CHECK
*YouTube?  -----------CHECK
*Hotmail? ---------------CHECK
*Gmail? -------------------CHECK
*Yahoo? -------------------CHECK
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude, I even BANK ONLINE and got my PHONE BILL online!
*Verizon Account - CHECK
*PayPal Account - CHECK
*1st Choice Savings Account - CHECK
*Wells Fargo Account - CHECK

ALSO, i have an account with ChaCha! BAM--CHECK

Looks like I'm doing pretty well, not too shabby.
What do you got?
( I couldn't think of any other things, is there something i'm missing?)

Life is a Musical

I was pondering at work today (cause I have time to do just that) and came to a realization that usually when I hear a new song it has some connection to my present life and situation... anyone else what I'm talkin about? I heard two songs (in a row BTW) that I had never heard before and as i was listening I was like, HOLY CROW! THIS IS MY LIFE!!!!!!!
The Songs were:
Someone Like You - Adele
I'm Still Here - Cady Groves

They were just so perfectly matched with what had been going through my head and, quite frankly, my very soul at that time. But it's definitely not the first time! There was also
Taylor Swift's - Crazier,
and her acoustic version of
- Forever and Always....
They spoke to me!
So now, I have come to the conclusion that I probably could finally stop wishing to have my life as a musical... cause everyone else appears to be singing my life for me... Thanks for doing all the work guys!!
(Now i just need choreography and a really hot cast-mate!)
Cady Groves - I'm Still Here
Adele - Someone Like You
Taylor Swift - Crazier
Taylor Swift - Forever and Always (Acoustic)

NEW FRIENDS in a MAZE

I got home after work yesterday and there were 3 people at Jord's house that I am positive were not there this morning. Jord's cousin Tyler, who has been off the mission for 2 weeks now, and with him his 2 cousins, Gretchen-fresh outta High School, and Cody-also recently off the mission. They came to Utah to find their Grown-up selves... HA HA HA!! Every Born n Bred Utah person is so immature !!! The adults are worse than their children! So i laughed!! But its cute that they are trying :)
I met Tyler when he was going on his mission. He came to Jord's house on his way to MTC. He's a nice kid :)
Cody , i call him Chad (for no reason), is a quiet boy... keeps to himself...
Gretchen looks like she's full of life ! We're going to be great friends i am sure! I'm taking her tanning today. That should be fun :)
We took them all out to SMASHBURGER yesterday and wowed their tastebuds! ..oh man... now i want SMASHBURGER again.... friggen!
Later, me and my Canadian friends (plus some Utah ones too) are going to a Haunted Corn Maze in West Jordan. Sounds way fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So excited!!

Me and Kate in the Taber Corn Maze 2009 for my Birfday!

And speaking of CORN MAZES!! Kate Sugden is coming to Utah!! oh wait, Its Kate Fleming now. SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss her so much! And we LOVE Corn Mazes! So i am going again on Saturday with her! And we're going Shopping! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will LOVE Saturday! I also have to go visit my Mother and Brother in IDAHO. They came down to spend conference with my grandparents. So Probably Saturday night me n Jord will head to Idaho. After I am done playing with KATE!!!!!!!!!!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AMY AMY A FISH A FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!

My BFF Meg put a fish braid in my hair before leaving. HOW SWEET IS THAT!! I shall, i SHALL learn how to braid a friggin fish into my hair!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smJvLUl89ko&noredirect=1
HOW TO FISH BRAID

DMV-UGH!

This morning i woke up Early and i had a plan:
-Get ready
-Get Jordan
-Get Utah License
-Go Tanning
-Go Get Nails Done
-Go TO Work
But we went to the DMV and they sent me home to bring back MORE documentation! And then they said i had to take a WRITTEN test! and then they scheduled me more a ROAD test in NOVEMBER!! Freakin heck! Its not like i"m from EUROPE! I'm from CANADA! Driving is basically the same!
(except i am better at it cause i'm not from utah...)
So that took up like 3 hours of my life.. then I had to go to work. But i passed the written test. Got 88% correct! (means i only got 3 questions wrong) and it only took me 15 minutes..(if that , more like 10...) only opened by book twice but that was for kicks n giggles.... i am way too smart for this state lol!
So still no Utah License.. not that i really want to make it officially that i'm basically living here... but... yeah i just need it. Makes things easier....
One day one day i will get my nails done and my skin darker! lol.. just obviously, today, utah didn't want that to happen...

21. Milk a cow.... hmmm

The 21 Milk a cow was an auto-default-fill-in thing... i believe its from Amy's bucket list lol :) So lemme say this, dear Amy if you'd like to milk a cow come to canada with me and you can milk one!
My birthday yesterday had its upsNdowns.... I really just wanted to do nothing but pamper myself and deal with people and parties later. But after getting my super awesome hair from cherilyn! (thank you cherilyn!) Gina, Meg, and mike showed up with an ice cream cake, chocolate milk, capn' crunch, and a pinata, how could i NOT let them come play with me?!!!!! We ate the cake, hit the pinata and then me and jord and austin watched (of course) AVATAR!! So the GOOD of my birthday was a bit delayed but it all worked out tin the end :) And the fun aint done yet! Tonight we're going to go see Money Ball and eat at my favorite place SMASHBURGER! YUM! Then tomorrow i'm going with meg and G with a bunch of others to a Haunted Corn Maze in West Jordan. Sounds SUPER fun!!!!!! Amy and Maddy should come with... though amy will be working... LAME SAUCE! oh! And i need to shout out to Sydney, THANK YOU FOR MY COKE SHIRT! Syd got me a Coca-cola shirt so now me and her are twiners!! i love ya syd!!!!!!That shirt (aside from my hair) is like the best present i received yesterday!!! And i got SOOO many Happy birthdays from FaceBook!

My new LONG hair!!

I know that everyone hates getting those HB comments on FaceBook cause they are thinking," You only wrote me this cause you saw it on FB...NOT A REAL FRIEND!!" This is a retarded thought! I see those "Its So-n-so's birthday today! Say happy birthday?" and most times than not, i go "Oh good for them" and then go back to playing SIMS.. (seriously) And them saying Happy birthday on FB is just the same as if you were at school and the office announces that its your birthday. So i am just grateful that the people of FB-topia took the time to stop by my profile and acknowledge that they noticed it was my birthday And that they took time away from Farmville to wish me well!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!!!! And double thanks to those who Texted me AND Wrote on FB!! (Amy, Britt, Wendy) Thank you! DOUBLE-LY Awesome! I'll throw some pictures on her later of the birthday. Once my friends put them on FB... lol i rob people of their pictures! yes!!!!!!

An Average Sunday Afternoon

After church, of course, we head straight to the fridge and the TV. On Sunday we feed our addiction to Avatar, the last airbender. And no, not the stupid movie they made; the cartoon from Nickelodeon. SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIE! The story line and characters actually fit together! And when they bend their elements it actually looks cool!  IF you haven't seen the cartoon, i suggest you do! Its very well done, and you can watch it with the whole family!! YE-YEAH!

I Seriously Love my dog!!!

Cami at 4 months on camping trip!

Playing in the creek, 4 months

My silly puppies!! Always greeting me with their faces through the crack

Cami 1 yr 5mths, Odin 12 Weeks

Camille Wolsey Easthope-Hollingsworth

A GRAND STRONG NAME INDEED!

I got Cami a week after jord ran over my first golden, Ally. Ally was 6 months old :( 

DON"T WORRY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! IT WAS ALLY'S FAULT NOT JORD'S.

Cami has such a loving spirit and it makes me melt! She is so freaking adorable!! I always look forward to seeing her! Right now it's really hard to find a place to live because i have her... But I don't care how long it takes me to find a place to live or WHO i might have to live with; i freaking love my dog! I would never give her up! :)

I love you Cami!

This was a post that was gonna happen sooner or later... cause i'm addicted to my dog.... lol

This was Ally <3

The Other Kind of Relatives

Me, Chris, Gina, Kate, Meg

SaMeGina

Me and Risa at Grad

BEST FWEND K8

I love you Kate!

Besties at the Beach

Sam n G

SaMeg

Risa, Ray, Me

My beautiful Ris!

I'd have to say the best thing in life , for me, is my OTHER family; my friends. Megan Bennett has been my best friend since we were 3 -when I moved to Cardston from Calgary. She lived across the street from each other. Gina Primavera , who actually has had several different last names,has been my friend since we met in Senior Choir when she was in Grade 5 and Me Grade 4. Her and Meg had met in Grade 3, so it was easy for us to combine our friendships and become the indestructible 3!!!!!!!! We were the Shadow Cats, the Back Seat Midgets, just the greatest of friends. All of our parents went through a divorce. We've each had 2 Thanksgivings and 2 Christmas's. Since I moved from Calgary, the education system told me I had to repeat Kindergarten. So Meg and Gina were in a Grade above me. The friends I acquired in my own grade though I wouldn't trade for the stars! From Grade 1 -4 I didn't have constant friends.. just odds n ends. But in Grade 5 that changed, I met Kate Sugden (K8) we instantly became the greatest of friends and is who I truly treasure! We are such trouble together! Always laughing!!!! I Love her so much!

I also met Marisa Bevans! I entered into my fifth grade class and instantly heard my name from a crazy girl I never had met ;) "Sam sam your seat is here!" lol! I Love that girl! The next few years we shared many adventures from dying hair, to chasing cows, and racing on quads! She is a sweet spirit and a true friend. She'll tell you how it is and never hides the face of truth. i love her immensely! Later years me and Risa (Marisa) associated ourselves with a couple of real characters, Alix Isfeld and Rachael Anderson.And in Grade 8 were we blessed with the unique presence of Avril Lavigne, lol kidding! Chris Bunn! But she had just moved from Ontario and looked just like Avril :)We loved her all the same though! She is a real trooper! Also honest and trustworthy, and definitely a pal to laze around with. And that was our group. Our 'Herd'. We were stuck together like glue until High School... then something was forced between us.. It's a sad story indeed but.. one we can't rewrite. I still hear from Risa, Chris and very rarely Alix. Ray is kinda down a path I can't seem to follow.. doing her own thing. My life has had many twists and turns and i am sure , over time, i will share as many stories from memory that I can. But for now.. this will do :)

Family Life

Waiting for my Brother to come off the plane. The GIRLZ

The ladies of my family (Real and Step Siblings)

My mommy mocking me at my own seminary grad.. i just got my wisdom teeth out.. chipmunk sam!

This is a Miehe/Easthope girls night..

Practically the whole family. My mom and my Grandma are even there.

He finally came off the plane!

My BLOOD Family consists of: my Mom- Melanie Faye (Avery) Easthope,my Dad- Mark Randall Easthope, my Sister Aubrey Brianne (Easthope)Lanz, my sister Jillian Kiara Easthope, my Brother Thomas Randall Easthope, me, and my little Brother Lucas Mark Easthope. My home life is filled with sour and sweet memories. I remember spending a lot of time by myself outside playing. Mostly because I didn't want to be inside the war zone, aka, my house. When I was about to enter into Grade 9, my parents announced they were getting a divorce. That announcement brought along with it much pain, trials, broken hearts, and dark dreams... But we faced the ugly giant head on and have continuously been rebuilding our lives since then. My dad was 'secretly' remarried a year n a half later to Kathryn Miehe. She brought along with her 5 children of her own; now placing me in position 4 out of 10. Only 4 of her children moved in with us though. Her oldest Christopher Miehe, lived in Lethbridge with his 'interestingly traited 'father. Christopher is about a year and a half younger than I am. Then comes Stephen Miehe (pretty cool kid if I do say) , Kyrsti Miehe (loves her mom, opinionated, book smart),Meagan Miehe (rather would be reading a book, or on her Ipod more than anything, kinda a drama queen),and Jarom Miehe (time bomb.. literally, sometimes he can be sweet though). It has been an interesting experience living with these people, for they are definitely from a different side of the hood!

Some things don't change...

My crazy sister Jill !!!

My mom says I was a big cry baby, unless her or my sister Jillian were holding me. My mom also tells me that I used to speak the language of angels. I guess when i could talk no one could understand me, so my mom would say "in English please" and I'd translate it out for her. So she believes I still remembered the language of heaven for a while. I was a handful! I tortured my sisters barbies and dolls with markers and crayons, while refusing to go to kindergarten by running around my house away from my mom, underwear in hand. My imagination has always been a wild one, full of adventure and discovery. From pretending the group of trees in my back yard were members of my extended family to mixing mud and leaves for a magic potion, and then feeding it to those tree-family members. Just an all out free spirit. Though as crazy as I was, I was told to have the most sensitive heart out of the whole world! I could love anyone, forgive anyone, and find the good in everyone.

And I like to say I am still that way. I imagine the person i want to be and try to aim for that everyday. Sometimes putting myself through the mud and the dark to get there, but I am positive and hopeful every ripple in my life will reach a shoreline amongst the sky.

There is much I love, very little I hate and so much I want to experience! And those will all be shared somewhere along the way I am sure. :)