Happiness is...

Happiness is...
Taking a dive and getting really comfortable and peeing in the pool.
Taking not one, but TWO naps on Sunday.
Finding that one sock you couldn't find.
Remembering you have yummy leftovers in the fridge still :D
Donought Fridays.
Meeting new people.
Realizing your on the same page as someone when you thought you weren't.
Talkin to your parents on Sunday nights.
Free food.
Sleeping in, which never happens any more.
Finding money in your pockets on laundry day.
Cancelled classes.
Spongebob Shapes Mac N Cheese.
Rain.
Teal Blue.
Rabid Kitten Milk haha
Summer 2012.
Peacocks.
My spot in Pima.
Turning your phone off for the day.
Realizing he wasn't that great after all, your right, you DID tell me so!
Acing a test you didn't study for.
Going to the Temple.
Candy.
Perry the Platypus.
Chiricuaha Leopard Frogs.
Dreaming.
Applejuice. :D
Having a best friend.
When the guy you like just happens to kinda like you back ;)
Life.
EP

She is for Display Only

What the freak! Really?! Honestly?! I am not sure how I go to even get into this "Zoo" but I am like the coy pond, there are so many little fish who look just like me that its fun for all the visitors to just fatten me up and keep going to look at the other attractions, but then out of the blue comes the Male Mallard in all his colorful wonderful glory...and what does he do?! Goes swimming! Why! You were in the mist of Peacocks and beautiful Giraffes, tigers and even the freakin camel is cute! Why ON EARTH would you swim in the pond, or even attempt to put a beautiful webbed toe int eh pond! Are you dumb?! Were you dropped one too many times from the nest?! Its a FREAKIN COY POND! On that note, I love that you did go swimming, I'm the happiest Coy anyone has ever seen.True Story. Honk.
EP

Applejuice!

So I will start by saying that of all the Juices on this earth I have finally been introduced to one that appeals to me greatly.Applejuice.
I like applejuice, alot. And to be perfectly honest I am more than extatic to know that Applejuice just happens to like me :D

On another note Life is great! I am going to school and keeping up with stuff! I got Montie pictures the other day and he looks and sounds SO FANTASTIC! Ah! So happy to hear from a good friend :D
Dance is going well, its hard and pointe is amazing, I am so blessed that my hip is cooperating well enough for me to do what I love and need!
This weekend is a game! So was last week I am very excited and I know it will go well, I jsut hope my enthusiam rubs off on others who are less willing to continue with what they signed up for. I really wish that some individuals would see that their attitude has affect on those around them, and they need to realize that their team mates look up to them, whether they realize it or not! If only I could say these things without people getting offended, its called constructive critism and our team could benefit from it greatly! :P
I'm going picknicking tomorrow with Chipipher! We are going to take a radio and listen to conferance on our picknick :D Should be bueno :D
Other than that life is awesome! I finally got my energy back after being sick for almost two weeks and it feels AWESOME! I got a great compliment the other day, someone told me that I was the most enthusiastic person they had ever met, that just makes me extatic :D I would love that if that is how peopel knew me :D Someday!
Have an awesome week and smile, it tends to rub off on thsoe who need it :D
EP

Babling

Hmmm...Well as in the tradition of the past I am going to try to be more open but not enough so that you ACTUALLY know what I'm talking about.This won't make sense to you...or it might. Just venting. And other happy randomosity :D Enjoy :D

I really like how people say how excited they are to hear from you and they talk to you all day, then you don't here from them for months.

I really love hypocrits or people who think its ok to say one thing and mean another. Or how they like to rationilize their behavior.Your a player...but your too self righteous to jsut say it, cause heaven forbid, YOUR NOT PERFECT AFTERALL! *gasp*

I do actaully like freinds who will lsiten to you and help you to realize that the things that you worry about are legitimate.

I wish that some people would understand that growing up isn't a movie, and that sometimes your frog prince is covered in mud, don't overlook him, he is STILL a frog, just not as happy and green as you were hoping.

In a perfect world Lance Armstrong and Jack Johnson are best friends.

Fear is a falasy. You only live once. Live it up. Balls Out.

Do what your supposed to do, and be where your supposed to be and the Lord will take care of the rest.

The name Lisa makes me think of the word Rice.

Kings of Leon take me to Philly in the Fall with the rain, the teal blue, the bib and the chandalear. Thank you Caleb Followill.

I LOVE SNOWCONES.

Biology and Dance make me happy and I am going to stay at EA to get both my Forestry and WIldlife Biology Degrees. I am still trying to accept that. I will officailly be an old lady when I leave here. 20. Gross.

I need to let some things go, shoulders are for brushing off and shrugging not bearing of harsh feeling EP, get it go.

I am happy and I deserve it gosh dang it :D

EP

Mlogging Folly

So it's almost 2 in the morning and I am still awake, which isn' t the unusual part, but somehow sleep just does not seem appealing right now, thats the unusual part. I'm a Payne it is in my DNA to want sleep haha
I am in the beautiful 505 for a few days visiting family, I would like to give a shout out to Mr.Bret Jensen, thanks for the break, I appreciate it and took your advice to heart, the rest of the trip to ABQ was more than uneventful. I owe you!
So I have internet here at home and was cruisin the FB and decided to check an old friends profile. I haven't seen or spoken to this person in MONTHS but just felt compelled to see how they were doing. They are alive, which is good. I think. jk No, it looked like they were just groovin' on with life as usual. Which I suppose is good cause I am as well, in fact life is awesome for me right now! But I was hoping for some piece of evidence that they maybe in anyway possible know that I existed and perhaps in some strange paralell universe, miss me. Terd and D this is not who you think it is, promise. Anyways, no sign what so ever, but at the same time, if there WAS some even miniscule piece of evidence of me in their life I would run far far far away, so why do I hope that I'm present there?
I think I want to know that they think of me just as much as I think of them, which is decreasing as a matter of fact, but still pops up occassionally, that is unavoidable. I can deal with it, and I finally have someone to talk to about it, but at the same time, no one can fully understand and empathize so I still feel like its my load to carry.Sing it Alanis, you know my life! Life goes on and I'm sure in another year this will be obsolete, of course I'm not that lucky haha, but one can always hope! Wow this sounds way more serious than it is. I'm just spittin' game here haha makin my brain some room to breathe is all :P
I read O's blog and got inspired,your brave girl, love ya! I should be more open with what I write, this is MY blog afterall! I plan on trying to blog more, writing makes me happy, and I ALWAYS have something to write about. Good times.
On another note, Mont si doing well and still writing, he has been gone for almost 4 months! Shoot! Joe and I are still close and hangin as usual with Dave, Scoggs, and the crew. School starts in another week and I will be busy but in completly in bliss, 26 credits boo ya! :P
Ok I feel better. Don't ask who I'm talkin about, cause if I wanted yout o know, I would tell ya! :D
EP

Walk it Out.

So I started my aerobics class yesterday...lets just say the couple of women in my class have at least a good 50 years on me...each. Haha they were cute though! It was funny to watch them "brisk walk" whatever that is, and the teacher, well she is probably in her 40's and kicked that football tracks TRASH! I kept up with her the whole time, which made me feel good, but passing all the other ladies made my night eventful. I heard all sorts of great conversations everything from who was at the Temple that evening, to who kept their last names after the divorce (Scandal!), but I think the funniest was the flashbacks, "I haven't done this since 1960!" Oh my word! That was 30 years before I was even born haha But it was fun, it made me feel in shape thats for sure and they were all very nice...we did bleachers, and by we I mean the teacher and myself, the rest all had knee issues so they stuck to the track. Made my day. It truly was one of those times when you wish you were with a friend to totally crack up with. Oh! And the power music! Ha! The teacher, I think her name is Debbie, she had music which she had in the back ground in order to "Keep us movin!", yeah well little did the sweet sisters of the Mt.Graham Nearly Dead Ward know that that entailed Fergalicious, Grillz, and In Da Club amongst others hahaha that truly just did me in, I could not help but laugh as they looked at each other in complete despair and concern... "What is coming into my ears?!"
Tune in Tuesday for Class #2, hopefully it is just as entertaining!
-EP

The Llama in all of us...well maybe it's just me.

Hello to all!
I write from the beautiful and oh so kinda cluttered office of the parental units! I'm in the 505 this week! Woot Woot!
Not just for kicks and giggles, but to have DUN DUN DUN! Oral Surgery!
Never fret however, all went well, except for the part where one quarter of my lips are numb for the next 6-8 weeks, but who's complaining right?! Right?!
Well anyways, I am now without four not so helpful Wisdom teeth, and I now have two chains running from two of my bottom teeth to the wire that connects all of my braces, lucky me! It feels like it is keeping all my jaw together, when in reality it's just causing problems.
Oh well its over with, and the after math has ensued, the not being able to chew, the crazy dreams I get while on meds (Hello Circus Life!), the llama face. That's right, the llama face. I do not look like your average post surgery fury tailed varmint (i.e. chipmunk, squirrel, other puffy cheeked oddity), I look like, a LLAMA!
Have you ever seen a llama when it has food in it's mouth?! They create these HUGE cheeks to hold everything! And I do not blame them one bit either, MAN are they attractive, let me just tell you!
Well all is well that ends well, hopefully I will be back to my not llama self soon, in the mean time, re-runs of the Emperor's New Groove will be playing intermittently at my house if you feel so inclined.
Hope everyone has an awesome and week! Remember to smile! Cause I know I can't....yet ;)
-EP

Word of the Day!

The word of the day for this fine and amazing Thursday, is-

HIPPOCAMPUS!-a gland in your brain which helps memory.
-when there is a hippo on campus.

Either one, I like them both :) Even if one isn't valid :D
-EP

My name is Post, and I am new.

DISCLAIMER!!!!
This is for Buck, and Baby Boo.

My week! Well it's been eventful to say the least, where to start?! How about Sunday! A very good place to start!
I went to Jesus school, and then came home and slept on my absent roommates bed, my other roommate was putting away clothes, and the girl who is supposed to be in my room with me has decided that she no longer needs to live in our house, (long story), anyways I am TIRED of sleeping in my room all alone, when I go to sleep I like to chat with friends, being a female ( if you are one) you should know the universal need to talk before sleeping. Well I needed that. So I went in Sandra's room and slept on Alyssa's bed, and talked to Sandra until I happily fell into a lovely slumber. Ahhh happy Sunday naps :)
After such nap, which was after Jesus school, I went to Institute Graduation, where I received an award for being a good Mormon and going to Institute classes on a (somewhat) regular basis :D
Then I got an ice cream treat form Big Will, thank you kind sir, consider this your shout out. :)
Then I went to J's and we had a good 3 hour chat about everything life like. It was refreshing to just talk, enough of this multi-tasking crap. I want to just do one thing at a time and be considered doing a good job, that is a good point my sister in law Keri brought up this week. I agree Keri, one thing at a time is PLENTY. Trust me you do two at once, you wind up tripping on flat ground while walking slowly, not that that particular situation has ever happened to me. But no really, watch those flat surfaces, their a killer.
Monday i went to class...spare me. After wards I drove to Lordsburg picked up the Parental Units and drove to ABQ and studied (If you can call it that), then Tuesday I went to a Internship Interview in Santa Fe, Hippie Capitol of NM, and it all went very well.
They asked lots of questions, told me lots of facts about them, asked what I wanted in life and so on, then me and Mom got Taco Bell! Yeah!
I will find out about the job on Monday, if I get it, I will move to the 505 and work there from June1-August 27. But it pays well and it would be great experience,if not I'm going to stay in Thatch Town and go to school and (continue) to look for hell, I mean a job. :D
Anyways after that on Tuesday, I went home packed and we all left for LL and saw Carla and her fam for literally about 5 minutes, then drove to Lordsburg and I got my car, drove to Safford, and went straight to the library and studied for an hour before they closed, and went home and prayed that the little studying I had got accomplished would help pull me through a wreck of a bio test.
I took that test today, oh good grief. Screwed is Emilee.
For one of the answers I legitly put "I like Grape" I didn't know the answer at ALL, and I thought maybe if I could make the teacher laugh he would give me the point. We shall see. Needless to say that test was a little bit like Elton John, GAY.
No offense love his music, hated that test.
Anyways other than that today was AWESOME! I went grocery shopping, which to a college student is the highlight of their week, and I know I don't speak for myself on that!
Anywho, looks like a promising week and I should be getting a letter from a beloved Missionary this week, Elder Montie! I hear he is already a zone leader in the MTC and his roomies love him so all is well!
Hope everyone is doing well! Much love, and smile, there really is no reason not to :)
-EP

Oh...So you ARE the Voice of Reason, well NOW we know!

So my good friend Montie Jay left for his Mission about a month or so ago!! He is serving in the Morristown New Jersey Mission! I am way excited for him, but more importantly I get to send him stuff!Excited! I'm excited to send ties, and candy, home made cookies, and all sorts of shenanigans. Other than yummy food though, I'm at a loss as to what to send... what do you give the boy who moves every few months, and has to keep his luggage to a minimum?! Food?! Well they do say the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach :) tehe

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, I intend on trying to send packages fairly regularly and I'm excited to see what everyone comes up with :) Your ideas are apprecaited! I'm not sure if my comments box is working, but if not, Facebook would be good too :) Oh, and if it just so happens that I am the only one who actaully reads this, I would not put it past myself to put up any new ideas on my facebook, just because I can :D

-EP

Things That Make Me Exponentially Happy :D

So this week is going to be good :) I have already decided, no matter what things are changing or making life less than convenient, this week will be grand! Life is too short to live otherwise!
Here are some of the things that make MY life happy :)
The Bark Park in ABQ, just the name itself implies utter Joy :D
The Color Orange exudes a aura of pleasantness!
Sitting on the kitchen floor in the morning, amidst the hub-ub, trying to wake up enough to figure out what everyone is up to.
Peacocks, God's proof that He loves me and wants me to be happy :D
From the "Baptist's At Our B-B-Q" Movie, When Tartan throws up on the floor after eating "funger" and Orvil says, "Wish I had a dog.". A simple solution to a less than pleasant problem! Gets me every time :)
I really can NOT get enough of the word "Pemberly", it rolls off the tongue so nicely!
There is nothing more inviting in this world then seeing a clear and still large body of Blue pristine water, especially on a hot day, your in your suit and the anticipatory tingles flood your senses as you image the split second before your nervous system realizes that your wet and OH SO HAPPY!
I love the sound of my Long board on gravel, so loud yet just dull enough to let my thoughts easily glide over it and proceed with whatever thought process, if not 7, I'm in the middle of.
The smell of Sulfur, the sting of it in your nose the split second after a firework has gone off, you can literally feel the waft enter your body and take over EVERY other smell in the vicinity. My dad made fireworks when I was younger so this takes me back to an ENTIRE scene at the old house, the "Dog House", his work shed, would be at eh end of the property and often the sun would be going down when I was sent to ever so politely ask him to come in for a phone call, "DAAAAAAAAAAADDD!!!!!!!!PHOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!!!!!!!!" Good job EP, you are a true helper ;)
Phillie's Baseball! Win or lose the look of the Verde grass, the crisp uniforms, the fans all clad in red and Philadelphia blue, nothin' like it, nothin' better!
The smell of animals, call me gross but that, "Fresh from the barn" smell makes me smile every time!
Shapes Mac N' Cheese, there is something to the geometry of the shape that seems to hold more cheese flavoring, it WILL be proven to be THE cheesiest someday I'm sure of it!
Ferris Bueller.Need I say more? I didn't think so.
Weezer, all of it.
Post Secret Sunday's, there is power in knowing others secrets, even if you don't know them at all.
Tie Dye ANYTHING, it's EP's National Color!
Knowing that someday I will be in Ireland.
My best friends :) You know who you are :)
Dancing, the thing I do when I don't know HOW else to function.
Crying, whether you admit it or not, its a release.
Laughing, whether you know it or not, it Always helps.
I love Elizabeth and Darci's relationship, in an odd way it is completely dysfunctional, and I totally understand it.
Sleeping on my tummy. Makes me happy.
Making up my own words, I said it, you got it, it's a word! Webster ain't got nothin' on me!
Mi familia. They have to love me :) (they kinda like it too...shhh don't tell ;) )
Cloudy Days, they make me warm and fuzzy inside.
Gossip Girl.Don't judge.
Inside jokes, there are WAY too many to count haha
A book that takes me away.

This could go on forever, but I will leave you with that for now :)
-EP
P.S. I love you Gramsy!

Two Steps Forward, PUNCHED IN THE FACE!

Just when I think that I am doing awesome, I say, or do, or think something completely off base! Why is that this always QUITE literally RIGHT after I have a whole thought process about how awesome I am doing?! Because I need too be humbled I would venture! I think it has something to do with the notion that the Lord will continue to try you with something until you have shown that it is no longer something that you struggle with. There is wisdom in that, however it is quite hard to be able to get up on your feet when the bully is punching your face WHILE your standing up, rough right?!

So my question is how do I outsmart the bully BEFORE he punches me, and the usuals don't count. Praying and reading my scriptures are a definite help, I see them as the buffer that keeps me from being completely clobbered at every waking moment, however I feel the need for more! Don't read this wrong please! I LOVE my life , but I know we all struggle with things and mine seems to be getting kicked while I'm still trying to get up. Whew, trying and tiring let me just say!

Perhaps it is simply a test that will only happen for a while, endure EP, keep going! Eventually you will be able to rip the Bully's arm off and throw it at his head! I look forward to that day, and feel that it is coming upon me fast! :D

Well Why Don't You Just Decide For Me, Oh My Word!

So you make desicions and you move on with your life, you live on and forget that we even had a converstaion, yet your still deciding things for me. How does that work! I want my brain to be mine, not yours!
I am in control don't get me wrong, but occassionally those little after thoughts that generally mean nothing seem to sneak attack from my blind side, which also happens to be my weak side.
Then a small mess procedes, but no worries all is back in tip top condition after a little sleep and a phone call to a most beloved best friend. It just never ceases to amaze me how hopefull I am about some people changing there evident and very inconvient faults.
I once asked if I was really so stupid as to believe what had been laid out so beautifully before me, when a good friend of mine wisely replied, "Your not stupid, you are hopeful.".
Well hope our train has had an abrupt stop, sorry for the inconvience, but don't expect an apology, or even a friendly "Oh hello, I didnt' see your heart there.My bad.", cause as in the past tradition, its not coming.
Disclaimer: This IS about a boy, you guessed it. I don't talk to him anymore, I haven't in months. But he is still chasing down my sane thought process and slaughtering it in the streets of my mind. His predictable behavior has struck again and it caught me off guard. Don't be alarmed, I'm fine, just using my blog as an outlet. I actually feel alot better :) Yay for venting!

P.S. Her "amazingly beautiful" blue eyes, yeah they are contacts. Just a heads up.

Soul Sister!

Have you ever met someone who you aren't sure how you lived without?

That person who is so much like yourself that within a week of meeting you finish each others sentences and know their entire personality already?

Well I have many people in my life like that I am very blessed with.

One of them is Mallory McDougal.

She is always making me try to be better, always encouraging me to be my best self, no matter how impossible I feel that that is at the moment.

What would I do without her?!

I wish I could give my Heavenly Father something as spectacular and amazing as he had given me, a Best Friend who REALLY knows me, for all that I am, and Loves me anyways :)

What a blessing :)

I love you Mal Pal!

-EP

P.S. Clearless.

That's Right Folks...Not Only Does She Eat Alot...But She Cooks Too!

The Stuffed Mushroom Experience!

So being the Fantastic college student that I am, along with late night good grades and no money, comes the college life food staples!

Bananas- Have to get my fruit in Somewhere

Milk-Only 1% will do in this Blogger's Fridgeriter (That was for you Mom :) )

Mac N' Cheese- ONLY SHAPES WILL DO (It honestly does taste better than "original", ask a small child, they don't lie, usually)

Any sort of Sugar AT ALL

Mountain Dew- for those late nights...and they are plentiful...

Ham-Just Ham, no bread too much work.

And for the Finally!

Ramen! Because you can't actaully eat food for 30 cents a meal, I mean really?

Well this semester I decided that I was not too fond of the "Freshman 15". Gross. So I started cooking! Krogland and I made Biscuts and Gravy a few weeks back, and then cookies. Happy Tummy. And to add to this joyous Chef ala` Reseme`, tonight I made Stuffed Mushrooms!

They turned out looking pretty scrumtous :) And to add to my success, I already had all the ingredients :) Yay! So Mom, and the girls, I'M LEARNING! You have done well :)

Blog On!

-EP

Oh No, Someone Gave Her a Blog... *Sigh*

Hello!
As first blog excitement ensues, I will say this is all new too me!

*Disclaimer!*I had a blog once before, however it was like that cactus you got that one time you were feeling "green friendly", it now shriveled, sits in the corner, unattended to and very sadly will not be able to be revived ( That was my sad attempt at being witty).

May this new blog be blessed with stick-to-it-iveness that was lost before!

I will most likely call upon my most Amazing sister in law Keri to help me out with this. I must admit her blog is quite a chuckler, and often brings a much needed smile to me face :) Thanks Keri! Miss you!

Ok, so I know it was short but I will try to write as often as I feel necessary, (after all, it is my blog), and I feel that this will be a fun additive to my MANY notebooks and jots for which I scribble on a daily basis. Love me some Notebooks :)

This should be fun, and I'm excited to be a blogger! Have a wonderful day, cause I know I am :)

-EP