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So for those of you who might not know I have been out of commission this past week recovering from back surgery.
So since I have to either be standing or laying down for most of the time I have been enjoying  watching movies, having Sarah read books to me (it's just more fun that way,) and well... pinning, you know...on Pinterest.
I have decided that I enjoy it way to much, I probably have about 4 people's weddings planned (not mine though, that won't be happening anytime soon,) I have about 1,000 recipes that I will most likely never make, and loads of places that I would love to visit but by no means will I ever get there.
On the other hand, I now have many more jokes to laugh at, secrets to Disney, and a fair number of "hacks" to use for my life.
Brilliant huh?
I suppose it does have an upside...if any of you need a wedding planner, I've got the whole thing in my plam.

your life can change in a moment

crazy how that happens.
but true.
Yesterday on Facebook I used this quote:

“Don’t give up. Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead—a lot of it...You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come." -Elder Holland

and it was just a quote that I liked.
However, today it is a new motto for me.
Same words different meaning.
Just like this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx0knuEQh94
I was learning it for a friend's farewell and now I have a totally new take on it.

How grateful I am for moments that can build my testimony and that although my life may change that I have a Heavenly Father who will never change. Not ever. And I have a friend who is constantly there for me who knows the hardships that I have gone through, that I am going through, and that I will go through.

One of my favorite sections in Doctrine and Covenants is section 122. Here are just a few wonderful verses:

 7 And if thou shouldst be cast into the ^apit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the ^bdeep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to ^chedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of ^dhell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee^eexperience, and shall be for thy good.

 8 The ^aSon of Man hath ^bdescended below them all. Art thou greater than he?

 9 Therefore, ^ahold on thy way, and the priesthood shall ^bremain with thee; for their ^cbounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy ^ddaysare known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore,^efear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever.

(Read the whole thing though.)
Oh P.S. I'm not dying I promise, things are going to be alright, I know it.
             Hurray for opposition in all things(:
Also, this is not supposed to be a "pity post" , no siry. It is to remind everyone that even in hard times there someone is always there for you. Always.

when one story ends, another begins

Well my career at Pleasant Grove High School is...over.
It's kind of a scary thought just having the comfort of a thing that can't change much was a wonderful part about high school. Now everything is changing, people are saying their "goodbyes" everywhere I turn and I just can't handle it anymore! I mean, some of the kids I graduated with on Thursday went to public school with me since the 2nd grade, and now we are all going our separate ways. Crazy.
One of my best friends is leaving on his Mission THIS WEDNESDAY. I can't fully comprehend it.
Yet, I am excited. I get to go out into the world and meet new people and make new dreams, and still I can hold fast to those who mean dearly to me. I will not say "goodbye" to the friends who mean the most to me, I won't allow myself to, I have a feeling that if I try we can remain friends for a really long time(:

Week of Tears

It's really kind of hard to see high school come to a close for me. 

The people I've met and the experiences I've had have changed me so much.

Especially the people and experiences from choir.

PG Choir has changed my life and having our last Choir Concert on Wednesday

threw me into a crying funk. Really, I probably started crying seven times that night.

The next morning in Chamber Choir same thing happened. 

Singing: "God Be With You Til We Meet Again" is not the best idea when it comes with

a group of your best friends. 

I really will always be grateful that I was part of PGHS Choirs.

Then in Young Women's yesterday I cried realizing it was my last Young Women's 

ever with my ward. It is so hard to say goodbye to them, they have been some of

my greatest supporters. I love them.

And this week will probably be the same. Lot's of crying. But I won't say goodbye.

I won't. 

Because everyone I know will always be a part of me.

four things that make me smile

1) this song:

mmm, yeah. pretty much I love it a lot, and you know I'm a teenage girl so my mind wanders.. anyway love it!

2) My crazy family. I just adore them in every way possible.



3) When people tell me that my smile brightens the room.



4) People who smile at me--leading to me smiling, which leads to number three.

when you wish upon a star

"Anything your heart desires, will come to you."


6 days, only six!!!
Choir Tour is less than a week away and I am dying from waiting.

Oh how much I need to be in Disneyland and just have some simply
splendid moments like:

Seeing the Daper Dans sing
Going to Fantasmic
Spending non-stop days with my closest friends
Seeing World of Color
Rocking the Music in the Parks Festival again (hopefully)
Just feeling like a little kid and feeling though anything is possible.
Having something absolutely magical happen.

 I need some childhood magic in my life. I'm craving it.

how can you say this place isn't magical? it totally is(:

is it obvious that I'm excited?

milestone of Chamber Choir

I remember Sophomore year when I was kidnapped for the Chamber breakfast.
I remember the thrill of last year being with some of the greatest kids I knew. My second family.
I remember kidnapping last year's recruits and how excited I was to get to be in Chamber with so many of my friends.
I remember the adventures we've had this year.

and then this morning we kidnapped next years group. and the sadness hit. no Chamber Choir for me next year. the adventure is almost over. I want to cry.

a series of unfortunate events

it all started yesterday.
I received a text from a girl in my ward asking me to take her place to perform at a stake dance.
Not wanting to I asked that she try a few others and if no one else could I would.
Well I thought it was over but, this afternoon I was called by the Stake so I was stuck.
I went through my day and had a good time at BYU looking at housing, got back to find out
my best friend and I probably won't be rooming together (tear)
Tonight, I headed over to a friend's house to hang out before I was supposed to go to the Stake Dance.
While in the middle of making Muddie Buddies one friend dropped a glass bowl in which it broke and a projectile flew towards a vein in my hand. Woot. Now I am only typing with one hand,
It has been quite eventful 24 hours.

there's always tomorrow

breathe Katy. breathe.

Sometimes life is hard.

scratch that.

"Sometimes life is hard."

 It's really hard.

Usually the ups outnumber the downs (♪ but not in Nottingham ♪) 

{hehehe} but really usually the good is more than the bad but

sometimes big things happen that make you sad right?

But being who I am I just try to tough it out.

That doesn't always work though.

Luckily, I always have a new chance each day to just start over and have a great day. 

"tomorrow, tomorrow, there's ALWAYS tomorrow. It's only a day away.

      tomorrow, tomorrow, I LOVE ya' tomorrow. You're always a day away/"

you may call me....

"Egg Lady"
....
just kidding, please don't.

Yes, that is the part I will be playing in "Beauty and The Beast" this school year.
And I'm happy with it.
Basically, I think that means I will be saying the line: "I need six eggs!!!!"
It has been a stressful past few days with splitting headaches and a pit in my stomach. And yes, it's sometimes sad not to see my name by the part I wanted to play, but I am happy right now.

I'm sorry to those who aren't happy with how things went, but things work out, I promise.

For those of you interested in seeing the rest of the list here you go:

(leads)

 (Ensemble)

It will be a wonderful cast this year, everyone is extremely talented.

So I feel like this about it:

look. I'm an Egg Lady

(hehehe.)

i guess i just had faith

I just had faith that the American people would have educated themselves a little more.

I thought that maybe they would remember all the suffering we've gone through as a nation these past 4 years.

I know everyone says, "Just remember The Lord has a plan and this is part of it." But this wasn't all the way in the Lord's hands. We have our agency. As my wonderful mother reminded me yesterday, "He gives us just enough rope to pull us up, but with that same amount of rope we can also hang ourselves."

(Thanks for hanging me Ohio and Colorado.)

And yes. The sun came up (well actually, it's cloudy.) and The Lord is on our side, and how grateful I am that He is.

Thanks Mitt for trying to help us pull ourselves up. You would've been the best one to do it.

for something to happen

I know most of you are probably really sick'n'tired of me posting videos but I like em'.
Lately I've been very scared to do something my friend showed me this, and I was a bit more confident (really it was only a bit because I was terrified, but I did it! partially.... anyway.)

best bud

my little brother is my best bud.
I love my whole family but with only one brother he is my only bud.
And he makes me laugh the most

Example from this morning:

"I'm part girl"
no you are all boy
"Then why am I not YY"
Because you get a X chromosome from mommy and a Y from daddy.
"Then why don't you get a Y?" (pause for a second) "Oh! Because you get your other X from daddy!"

-It's a great moment when your brother learns more about genetics-

♫ I am 17 going on 18♫

and I won't be home to celebrate it.
It's not like I won't have a fun time with all those going to Shakespeare Festival, but sometimes you just want to spend the day with those you love most.

but it will be good.
I will update when I get back with all my many adventures and how it feels to be 18.

i'm still looking up

mmmm love? yes. 

this song has been on my mind a lot lately

why?

because of a boy, obviously.

what boy?

not telling. 

this is the world wide web after all.

any details for y'all?

no way.

my friends are too smart and will figure it out if I do.

*cough*  cassie *cough* melanie

lots of thoughts and concerns have been running constaintly through out my head about this certain young man.

this song comes on the radio right as I think about the situation.

and it won't leave. ever. you'd think I'd hate it but nope.

it relaxes me and reminds me that everything will turn out.

"i'm still looking up"

   (oh and just so we're clear,     

 I'm not sure how much I like this kid. 

I just wish things weren't so awkward.

Getting back to the friend stage would be nice.

but, it's complicated.)

my life is made of taylor swift songs

I would like to say "Thanks" to Taylor for making it easier to express my emotions than by just having to say them. Sometimes in the most dramatic phases in my life I feel like my life is a Taylor Swift song. Which one? All of them. Don't most girls though? Yeah... is that a problem?

Is it just me? Maybe I'm crazy but I really do think that most any girl you can talk to can relate in some way to a T. Swift song.

Me? Each song as a special meaning to me and is related to a person in which I know (all different people, at many different times of my life.)

you belong with me: every girl has a guy that they think of in this song... every girl.

stay beautiful- "his eyes are like a jungle, his smile is like a radio..."

enchanted- "my thoughts will echo your name until I see you again..." 
(how did she know I was feeling this way about a { insert name of person here }?!?! -most girls in the world)
fifteen- any girl want to go back and warn yourself of the pain you would feel from earlier decisions about boys (or anything in general) I know I wish I could.

mean- I just like this song. really. I can't think of anyone who was rude enough to me ever for this song to be about....

 the story of us- I've never been in a relationship with anyone as like the "B" word.. (*boyfriend* oops typed it!) But I have had this feeling with others in my life that this song relates extremely well to.

never getting back together- again I have never, NEVER, had a "Ex" that this song can be for. And when I first heard this song it wasn't my favorite... But with how my life has unfolded these past few weeks--with certain people--this song has really grown on me.

 

(I like this video more than the one with her in it)

I could name maaaaannnnnny more but I'll leave it at that.
So am I right? Taylor Swift is the story of every teenage girls life. (in some way or another...)

so cliché

The only reason I am writing this is to get it off my chest.

I don't care how many people read it,  or if anyone cares.

Hence why I am not posting it on Facebook

The End.

In "crushing" on young men I have had many who I've fallen head over heals for.

If you asked me who I "liked" I could probably tell you about many wonderful boys who I know but none of which I specifically "like."

Lately, however, there is a young man who I've, out of nowhere, started to notice.

When I say "out of nowhere" it means I've known him since 7th grade and never ONCE have thought of him as "cute" or "attractive" no matter how many of my friends have said it about him or asked me if I thought he was.

We'll call him....

Hercules

(Good lookin' man, plus he glows)

I saw him during the summer every once and a while, usually during Summernary, but that was it.
School started and I thought nothing of it; he's nice and cute and that's about it.
On Thursday I was sitting in class scanning the room (as I often do in classes) when I saw him and whipped my head back to the front of the room. Suddenly, it was as if a huge pile a bricks sturck me right on the heart, and I gasped, do I actually like this guy?

The thing is EVERYONE likes him.

And do I mean everyone.

(why? because he's: smart, nice, athletic, and extremely good looking.)

But, getting to the point of this post, it's cliché

so I feel like this:

(not saying I'm in love, because I'm really not)

 I guess I don't really feel like the song
just the line "It's too cliché."
And this is why it is hard for me to say that 
I might indeed have the smallest of a crush on this young man.