twenty three.

twenty three...

23, michael jordan's jersey number.

(i also believe it was tashie's basketball number. correct me if i'm wrong.)

The date that the Titanic sank, 4/15/1912, 4+1+5+1+9+1+2=23.
The date the Twin Towers were hit, 9/11/2001, 9+11+2+1=23.
It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body.
The tilt of Earth’s axis is roughly 23 degrees.
A human baby receives 23 chromosomes from each parent.

august 23, the day of my dad's, aunt tina's, and uncle trent's birthdays.

23

is ALSO the number of

freaking pieces of JUNKMAIL i have recieved in my mailbox

since turning in my design portfolio, as i have been ever so patiently waiting

for either an acceptance, or a rejection letter

from the interior design department.

finally...

today my letter came.

i am officially a member

of

Utah State University's Interior Design Program. :]

it was well worth the wait.

birthday weekend.

well i'm officially the whopping 19 now.

i feel incredibly old, yet young.

it's kind of a weird feeling to be honest with you.

but anyways, i had quite possibly the best

birthday weekend ever. i don't even know where to begin.

it was a weekend filled with:

food.

family.

friends.

food.

laughing.

more food.

more laughing.

and plenty of pictures.

cristy and misty were home from colorado.

chelsey, lance, and baby carson were home from kaysville.

me, tash, and shalee were all home from college.

and

we were ever so pleased to have

DAN, TAMMY,SAWYER,TANNER,TAYZIA, & JAMARI with us also.

it's been quite awhile since the harmans have all been together, so we enjoyed every last second of it.

saturday night: after the priesthood session, all the adults, including myself, made a good ole' visit to shon hing for our bi-annual conference dinner. it was fantastic. finally, haha i am old enough to attend this event. and i tell you what, being there is alot better than babysitting your siblings til 11 and praying your parents would bring you home leftovers. (haha, i've been doing this since i was 8) so this was a night i had been looking forward to for a long time. haha anyways, the food was so delicious. i think all in attendence had a good time. there's never a dull moment with those harmans around. from their laughs, to their stories, it just never gets old. uncle ryn even got to make a call to the police because of some "gang action" happening outside.

sunday got even better: dan, tammy & their finally showed up

and that's when the real party got started.

we ate, in fact we ate alot. we had it all. turkey, ham, rolls, aunt terisa's delicious potato salad, green salad, chips and dip, fresh fruit, (freak my stomach just growls thinking about it.) and aunt tina brought all sorts of delicious desserts. pretty sure i packed on the pounds this weekend.

after lunch, we took some family pictures.

we have all changed quite a bit since our last one, almost 12 years ago.

crazy how time flies.

anyways after that we played the most hilarious game.

it's called boxers or briefs.

we learned quite a few secrets...

haha and i'll leave it at that. :]

all in all it was a fantastic weekend, and i couldn't think of a better way to spend my birthday than with family.

happy birthday mason. :]

so as most of you know, april is the happenin' month in the harman house.

mine, mason, and greggor's birthdays all fall in april. so it's a month we all look forward to, which is why i was a little surprised when i recieved a rather funny phone call last night.

it was mason....

"hey lish, do you know how many days are in march?"

i reply, "there are 31 days in march mason, and YES i know your birthday is on wednesday."

"well i was just making sure you didn't forget about me!"

then the phone clicked.

i couldn't help but chuckle.

haha this little guy never ceases to make me laugh.

i was 4 days from being 9 when this little kiddo was born.

april fool's day of 1999.

i thought my dad was kidding when he called to tell me that i had a

new little brother.

i even took the little guy to mrs. bradley's class for "show-and-tell."

it's crazy to think that he's now the

BIG TEN YEARS OLD.

mason and i get along entirely too well for being siblings.

which is not a bad thing at all.

mason is one of the most honest kids you'll ever meet.

he's not afraid to say it like it is.

he has the softest heart and has an unconditional love for just about

anyone and anything.

(including his 50 gallon tank of hermit crabs. haha.)

there's never a dull moment with mason.

from his "that's what she said" comments, to his random phone calls,

the kid is adorable.

happy birthday mason!

don't party too hard,

i'll see you bright and early saturday! :]

love you buddy!

i like today. :]

so tuesday we got our sketchbooks back.

i was a little disappointed when i recieved 48 out of 50 total points

on my sketches. so for the past 2 days i have been beating myself up.

(haha ok not literally, but you know what i mean.)

but anyways today when we got to class, my professor said he had a couple of show stopper sketches to show us. so he starts the slideshow. panic set into my body as he showed us the first sketch. it was AMAZING. some girl had gone all out and sketched this huge old building. she didn't miss a detail. i was seriously in awe by her talent. so in my head i was thinking,

"ok there is no way i can compete with this. if i keep watching this slideshow i'm just going to become depressed." so i just decided to not watch it as he continued with the second slide. then the girl next to me nudged me and said, "LISH THAT'S YOUR CHAIR!" i looked up, and sure enough MY CHAIR HAD MADE THE SHOW STOPPERS. bahhhhh i was soooooo excited. so i decided to keep watching. good thing i did because 4 more of my sketches made the show stoppers. so right now, 6 hours later, i'm sitting here STILL smiling. :] :] :] :]

haha i feel like i'm floating on a cloud? haha it just doesn't seem real that 5 of the 12 show stoppers were mine. hahha ahhh.. i love my life. and to make my day EVEN more better, uncle clark, aunt tina, zane, and jade came to logan today. they came to check out campus for zane next year, so i got to spend a little time with them. it was super fun. it was way good to see family. :] it made me happy.

it's been a tough week, but today made it ALL worth it. haha i like today. :]

spring is in the air... and so is smoke. haha :]

wow it's been quite some time since my last post.
so a few quick updates...
so i FINALLY finished my 20 sketches for my architecture & furnishings class.
as i turned in my sketchbook, it felt like a huge load had been lifted off my shoulders.
however, i am just about sick of chairs. haha. :]
(there's a slideshow of some of them on my previous post.)
anyways,
today was BEAUTIFUL.
it made me happy to see the sunshine.
in fact i even walked home from school today.
didn't even have to wear a coat.
but i think i'm going to invest in a bottle of pepperspray.
there were a few creepers on the way down to my apartment. haha.
spring is definitely in the air,
and i CAN'T wait for spring break.
nothing really new in my life,

except for the fact that i have officially

grounded myself from cooking.

don't even worry.
i didn't start my kitchen on fire.
every smoke alarm didn't go off.
there were no flames at all.
my neighbors didn't get mad.
i wasn't embarassed at all.
and i didn't spend hours cleaning our stove.
(haha i wish none of the above were true.)

please don't judge me: all i wanted was a nice bowl of pasta roni. :(
haha, but we live and we learn right?

sketchbook complete. :]

a week of adventure...

yayyyy. so this week was filled with

many adventures.

some fun, and some not so fun.

sunday started off with the lovely superbowl.

food, friends and football.

can life get any better?

me, aspen, and tashie, stayed true to our

steelers and it surely paid off.

great game i might add.

however, the lovely group of people i watched

the game with

tricked me into thinking that the

whole 4th quarter was going to be

played in 3D.

i watched the entire game thinking that,

and until yesterday i believed it.

ahhh, when will these blonde moments

stop happening?

anyways.

monday, me and aspen

didn't have school nor work.

so we set out and explored good ole logan.

we found some new places.

and we tooks some lovely pictures.

it was a freakin blast.

most of tuesday and wednesday was filled with

homework and studying.

so in a past post, i mentioned the sketching

class that has totally been kicking my butt.

but i have an update.

it's still kicking my butt, haha,

however, i think my "sketching skills" have

somewhat improved.

here's one of my latest.

it took me 3 freaking hours, but i must

say, i am proud.

i also tested out my new "architectual lettering" out

on the piece.

thursday night, aspen's dad was in town snowmobiling

so he took us out to eat at the all time favorite

FIREHOUSE GRILL. :]

sooo delicious.

friday night i worked worked worked.

saturday i worked worked worked.

but saturday night...

AGGIE BASKETBALL GAME BABYYYY!

so so much fun.

well it was quite the week.

wonder what this week shall bring... :]