What a HOLE!

We just got a new camera, so I am finally able to download pictures. I just thought I'd share this with you. In case it's not self-explanatory, it's the right side of the inside of my mouth about a day after I got my wisdom teeth out. Now my holes are significantly smaller, but what a beauty!
Megnoggins

Weird Dream

Okay Marta, so I had a really weird dream about us last night. And I thought I should put it on the blog for the whole universe to read. :) We were riding downhill in a shopping cart, with you in the basket, and me pushing. Then we went through this gauntlet of people - they were all wearing red and a lot of them were grandparents and they were cheering us because some world record about the number of children of something (this part of the dream is a little hazy). So we flew through them, then later I was walking you wheelbarrow style down a hill and we "walked" past a guy in his house who looked at you. I said, "That guy just checked out your butt!" Then you said, "I know!" That's all I remember, but I thought I'd share it with you.
Happy Holidays,
Megan
p.s. You're hote!

Merry Christmas

I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to you all. I hope you all have a great holiday season.
Love,
Phyllis

The Point of No Return

I am done this semester! I have no more exams or assignments for the rest of my college career! I student teach at a junior high in Provo next year, so I am almost on my way to real life. Scary. Also, today we fly out to Chicago - Christmas with the in-laws. I am trying to think if I have any funny stories from this past little while. I talked to my English Professor (who is a middle-aged man) about the Centovulation Party and Book of Comforts. He thought it was a great idea and gave me such good ideas on how to get it published. It is one of my New Year's resolutions (which I hardly ever make) to work on that so it can get published. Anyway, I gotta go, the shower is available at my sister-in-laws house and I must seize the opportunity! I shall write more later.
Lots of love for all of you during this wonderful Christmas season and a Happy New Year. Oh, I forgot some news: CJB is back! Marshall talked to her the other day!
Lots of love, Megan

It's My Life

First person to correctly name the singer of the song title in my subject line wins a prize. (and I did follow through with the last contest prize, Megan can vouch)

Well it has been a while... Between two jobs, two callings, training for a marathon, and an assortment of pathetic young single adult activities, my life is fairly packed. I do have an almost apartment-worthy story from today. I had to run to the store to pick up a few necessary items (sorry boys, here it comes) such as tampons. While there I decided to finally bit the bullet and buy a new razor, and I picked up a box of Milk Duds as well. So here I am at the checkout with tampons, a pink razor, and a box of milk duds. Of course the one open checkout lane is a sixteen year old boy. Geez. I slowly walked towards him, looking down at my purchases, and then had to suppress laughter for the next minute and a half. He handled the situation well. I almost felt like tipping him. I thought it was pretty funny.

Then later tonight I was eating some milk duds and I thought I pulled a Jr. Mint out of the box. I was so excited. But it was a milk dud. That's about it for now.

Meredith and her new hubby

Yes, I am alive

Hello everyone! Dr. Lis here. It's been a while since I've written on here, I keep waiting to see if I have something cool to report but alas, I'm very boring. It's that time of year again so I'm writing to you from work. Yep, I'm starting to live at Allen's Camera again. Helga is doing okay. She sends her love. Her defroster just broke, so we're trying to deal with that. I've been corresponding with my brothers friend who is in Iraq. It's interesting because I've never met the guy. That's pretty much my life though. Sorry it's not cool. I hope you are all doing fantastic! Love you all!!!!
Phyllis

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! After weeks of hot, sunny weather, we finally have a day in the 40's. I'm a happy girl today. : )
Love,
Dr. Nanny

What happened to McStevay?

Moving on to McMerry I suppose...

Nostalgia

What could be better than farting on a first date

this is Tops everyone. I haven't been on the blog recently so it was nice to catch up on how everyone is doing. So a couple weeks ago I got set up on a blind date with my co-workers boyfriends brother. I know hard to keep track, the important part is that it was a blind date, never met the kid before. I was getting off work late and as I was leaving work I got a bloody nose, I could not believe it, I only had fifteen minutes to drive home and get ready and I had to spend it cleaning up blood, so I was in a serious hurry to say the least. This date was the saturday after I got back from vacation so I had no clean clothes but I had set aside a nice shirt to wear so that I would have it for the date. It is pink and it wraps around and ties in the front. Well in my panic to get ready I went to the bathroom and as I went to wipe (sorry for the graphic detail) I relized that the string was in the toilet and I had peed on my only shirt! I didn't know what to do, so on my first date with this stranger I decided to wear a t-shirt that I had already worn and was dirty. But my tactic worked because since then we have been out two more times. So let it be a lesson to those of you that are dating, just pee on your shirt then wear a dirty shirt. And does the picture of Steve mean he is our new mascot? I like it either way.

My Creased Boob

Well yesterday my first class was at noon. So I got dressed minutes before, stuffed all my crap into my backpack and dashed off to class, getting there just a couple minutes late. About halfway through the class I happened to look down and what did I see? A strange protuberance of my right boobie. Guess what? I was wearing my tan bra, which happens to be the most used, and the cup had folded in on itself. So I had a creased boob. I tried to indiscreetly (right!) fix it during class, but I had to wait until class was over and people were moving and wouldn't pay as much attention to me handling myself. Gross. Funny story. Thought of you all immediately and I even wrote it on my hand to tell you.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Love, Megan

Nice pic Stevay.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!

Okay, now that I work in a real-life hospital, I have some comments I would like to make. A few of my 'Grey's Anatomy' illusions have been shattered, however, one was redeemed yesterday. Let me share:

*It's been two weeks now since I started, and I ride in elevators probably 6-8 times a day. I have yet to have a McDreamy moment though. A great disappointment. I'm usually the ONLY one in the elevator, and never have I seen more than 3 people in at a time. (Remember the Grey's episode when Meredith and McDreamy both tell someone billing is in the basement? that was a lot of people on that elevator!) However, yesterday, finally, I did ride in the elevator with a dark handsome man, a med student actually, but I smiled as I thought of telling you all I finally rode with a hottie. Oh and once I stood at the back holding the hand rail things like Meredith does in the menu screen, and I did it on purpose.

*I actually work for the respiratory department, so part of my training I had to learn about all the supplies. Yeah, it was actually pretty gross. I got to see all the breathing bag things, intubation tools, tracheotomy stuff, face masks, gowns, EVERYTHING.

My mom just came in and started talking to me, and I lost my train of thought. I'll have to come back to this at a later time. But just to share the exciting news with you all, I'm applying to a clinical psychology PhD program. I know it sounds like I'm joking, but I'm not. I'm really excited about it. I haven't actually taken a psychology class, which may be a problem, but we'll see. So say a prayer for me!

Funny Phobias

I read this book, What Are You Afraid Of?, for an English class. It's a book of short stories about people with phobias. I am now writing my response paper to the book and I found some phobias I wanted to share with you. Let's be grateful we don't have these:
Menophobia- Fear of menstruation.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Cibophobia- Fear of food.
Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation.
Luiphobia- Fear of lues, syphillis. (okay, so we don't want an STD, but I thought of you guys knowing, like I did, that the people of Grey's Anatomy do NOT have this phobia).
Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia- Fear of hair. (maybe after living with THIGHS)
Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture. (thank you, you guys)
Soceraphobia- Fear of parents-in-law. (maybe?????? not yet anyway. :) )

Love you guys. Have a safe and phobia free day!
Love, Nog

From the THIGHS

Sam sent me a letter thanking us for her birthday package. She wanted me to post her responses on the blog, so here goes!
My Beloved Roommates:
Thanks so much for the Awesome B-day notes. It made me feel loved. You guys are the best!
Sarahtops: I laughed so much at your story about the guy and his nipple. You always have the best stories. I'm happy to hear you're watching out for your boobs! I told your story to my companions and they were horrified -they didn't laugh at all this made ME horrified! I was disappointed I thought I'd trained them better in the 2 months we were together.
Megnog: I'm very disappointed to hear that you joined the ranks of the evil Elms management. Try not to let the cleaning checks get you down. And remember you're a member of WOFYB Academy-you can POO in ANY TOILET YOU WANT!
Phyllis: Thanks goodness you're out of the clutches of those 18 year olds. Stay social, even though you're living at home and you and I will have to have an Austen marathon when I get back. If it has your stamp of approval then we'll add "Becoming Jane" to the list. By the way did you get the letter I sent you in the MTC? Oh, and I saw your brother. He was at one of the Fireside's. I didn't know Barbara's dad was the MTC mission president! It was pretty awesome for me because this one ELder likes to joke that he and President Boone are best friends because he spoke to him while getting lunch in the cafeteria. So we like to brag that we're even better friends with the Boone's because Sister Boone recognized us in the hall. It really clinched it whenI could brag that I'd attended their daughter's wedding reception! I'm glad I ran into Arid (she started, then crossed out Aar). I hope he told you I love you, cause that's the message I gave him to pass along.
Annie: Your stories were hilarious. I hope everything goes well with the ice cream, let me know if "you two" hit if off. :) I have higher hopes for the Gold medalist.
Face! So one of the other sister missionaries in our zone recognized me her 1st day as having lived in the Elms when she did. Her name is Caitlin Ritter and she lived right across from us with Maggie and Marissa and them. She remembered my 1st name and everything-and I didn't remember her at all. I still don't actually. I've kind of tried to block that ward from my memory. I thought you might appreciate my success.
Love you all, miss you all,
Hermana Thighs

Sam's in the field now, her address is:
Hermana "Manthighs" Williams
California Fresno Mission
1814 North Echo Ave.
Fresno, CA 93704

to answer that . . .

BECCA GARDNER:
Born in Bellevue Washington in 1990, Becca was raised in Lake Tahoe, California, where she moved with her family at age 2. She began acting at age four in Musicals with the Missoula Childrens Theatre Group, which toured through Lake Tahoe. After experience in regional theatre productions ranging from "Scrooge" to "Midsummer Nights Dream" she started commuting from Lake Tahoe to LA for auditions, Classes, student and Independent films. Becca's career was launched with a role in "An Unfinished Life". She continues to live in Lake Tahoe with her mother, father, brother and 2 sisters.

A He/She?

So the episode of Grey's Anatomy in the second season where there's the kid who starts out the episode as a girl and then ends it as a boy- is the actor/ress a girl or a boy?

Colon Deprivation

I was in the Bookstore the other day and I saw a book titled "Artemis Foul: The Lost Colon." Upon looking closer, I realized it was "The Lost Colony." I was very disappointed. Ah, the good ol' days of the colon.
-Megan

A Man Thighs Moment

About 10 o'clock tonight I took a shower. So after I'm sitting in my room on the couch, in my bathrobe, glasses on, combing my hair, all while watching Grey's Anatomy. I realized that I was Man Thighs minus a big plate of noodles. It made me strangely happy.
Miss you all.
Shenanny

22 Year Old Thighs

By the way, I sent a package from all of us to ManThighs on her birthday. Her presents consisted of: floss, that painted picture from Weston for when people are sick, some candy, inflatable hammers, Indian magazine headlines, Refreshment raffle tickets, a Canada pencil, our group letter, and other random stuff. I got an e-mail back from her thanking us. She said that she got a package from her family, but what she really wanted was a package from her roommates. And then she got it! Yay for us!
-Noggins

McDreamy Mt. Brook

So you know how in high school they come up with dumb phrases/things you do to defeat the weekly rival? Well my high school came up with McDreamy Mountain Brook. Pretty sweet. My little sister found this picture on the ground and picked up for us. She brought it home and was so excited to give it to me, almost as excited as I was to receive it. : ) I had to share.
Love,
Dr. Nanny

I Spy

There are TWO people you should recognize in this pic. Whoever finds and comments on them first wins a prize. Best of luck to you all.

What a day!!

Hello All.

So I posted some exciting stories in the letter to Man Thighs. I want you all to read them, but don't want to take up the space by posting them twice. I trust that you all have the muscular abilities to scroll down on the page and find them. It's the most recent addition to the letter. And I want you to do that NOW. Because I'm actually going to post the entire ridiculous email, but you need to read the letter to understand what the email is. So please go now.

Okay, now that you're back (or cheating you loser) here's it is. Read it and scoff.
Annie and Sean,

I am sending this note of introduction so that you two can meet. Annie, I heard through the Harrison grapevine that you were back home in first ward from BYU, and I know it's thrilling to have spent some time there, and comforting to be home. I know your mom and Bishop Tindall are happy to have you back. Sean is a friend of mine here in the Hoover ward, and since I know the two of you would appreciate having another friend, I'm sending your e-mail addresses to each other. Sean is home from school for a while, and he served a mission in the quaint little town of Las Vegas.

Please do me a favor, you two, and let me know how it goes. Is it still warm enough to meet for ice cream???

Sis. Elliott

We love our Sister Tops.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH-TOPS!!!!!

Missing Movie

The other night I tried to watch my Benny and Joon DVD only to realize that I had the case, but not the DVD. It occured to me that the DVD may have been placed in some other case beloning to one of you. If any of you notice that you have the stray DVD please let me know. Thanks.
~Face

WOFYB Literally

A work story for you all because I know that you miss them. I have a scab on my face from falling on my longboard, and a customer at work asked me what happened, I told him I fell on my longboard and he said, well you are lucky that you still have you nipples. It was a little disturbing hearing this coming from a 40 year old man. he the proceeded to tell me about how he had his nipple rubbed off in a longboarding accident when he was younger. The differenct between me and his is that I Watch out for my boobs! wofyb too.
-tops

For Hermana Thighs

Okay, so this is for our own Sam from Sammammish. Write and add on by editing this post, not by commenting on it. We'll say the end deadline is . . . Thursday? I will take on the duty of printing it out on Friday and sending it to Sam that day. We should also send her a package? Any ideas? Also, should we sign our names in the letter - like who wrote what?


Dearest ___________,
So Season 3 of Grey's came out today. Just thought you might want to know. (Nog)

I don't know if I'm doing this right but here I go. Sam, you probably don't even speak english anymore so I hope you understand this. School is crazy, you're lucky you don't have to go. Also I have a scab on my face from falling on my longboard, and a customer at work asked me what happened, I told him I fell on my longboard and he said, well you are lucky that you still have you nipples. It was a little disturbing hearing this coming from a 40 year old man. he the proceeded to tell me about how he had his nipple rubbed off in a longboarding accident when he was younger. The differenct between me and his is that I Watch out for my boobs!(WOFYB) Hope all is well. Have fun keeping a regular sleep schedule.
-Tops

Hello Sammie. So I'm writing this from the office of the Elms. I'm not sure if I told you, but Jared and I work here! The apartment we got (which is the upstairs of a house) comes with this job and our pay is deducted from our rent. We come in on Saturdays and I smile thinking that you and Face once walked where I now walk. And I guess you can think of it like this: your rent now pays for my work hours which make it possible for me to pay money for the postage required to send you this letter. Do you feel completion? :) So today Jared and I start cleaning checks, meaning WE check them. I never thought I'd become one of these people, but alas, we have crossed over to the other side. See where marriage takes you? I kind of want to do the cleaning checks like Yang and Karev did their daily rounds. I bet I would beat Jared. Cristina rocks! :) I love you Sam and I miss you, but I am so happy for you and for the lucky people who get to be taught by the hottest missionary ever who takes the best care of her boobs. :) Love, Dr. Nog
Okay, I have another story. So Jared and I did cleaning checks the other day. It took FOREVER and I hate doing cleaning checks. I was on my last apartment, and no one was home, so I had to use my master key to get in. As I was doing the check, I really had to go to the bathroom. I can hold it, I thought, just one more apartment. Well, I was wrong. I couldn't hold it, so I ended up dropping my shorts and going poo in this random apartment's bathroom. At least it was clean! And they'll never know. Bwahaha! So beware cleaning checks. :) Stick it to the man.

My Dearest Sister Thighs,
So my life is pretty boring and nothing has really changed too much. I'm still going to school, attempting to get into the nursing program. (I find out in november if I made it or not) I moved home for a little while. I couldn't handle the 18 year olds and their boyfriends over in there rooms....all night long..... so I got out of there! I saw Becoming Jane and when I was walking out of the theatre I thought "I need to talk to Sam about this!" I hope the language is going well. You're smart so I bet you're an expert already. Send us some pictures if you can. I love you Man Thighs!!!
Love,
Phyllis

Miss Manly Thighs! How art thou? It is late, but today has been such a day of adventures, I feel I cannot wait a moment longer to share them with you. (I won't wait, but I'm guessing it might be a while before you get this anyway) So this morning I went to work (at the gym for disabled people) and I got hit on by a pretty cool guy. This in and of itself isn't that significant, happens all the time. But this particular guy, see he holds a world record. Pretty freaking sweet! My family all made fun of me when I told them this, because they all assumed it was some old man in a wheelchair. Granted he is in a wheelchair, but he's only 23 and he's pretty attractive! He holds the world record for the paralympic discuss throw. That's one more world record than I hold, so far. I'm pretty stoked about it though.
Good story number two. I was at the gym putting my stuff in a locker before my workout when a young girl of say 11 or so started talking to me. Again, doesn't sound very exciting. But get this - she was completely NAKED. She's just standing there, casually conversing with me about the local baseball team with absolutely no shame over her nakedness. I was pretty darn uncomfortable. Then she started putting her clothes on, which only made things worse because suddenly her face was getting lower and lower, making it even more difficult to avoid looking at her nakedness. I was so torn between feeling rude for not looking at her while conversing, and feeling rude for looking at her while she was naked. It was pretty weird. I pretty much hustled out of there once my business was complete. Some people.
Good story number three. I came home from the nakedness and happened to have an email waiting for me. The email is from a lady I basically just know by name- she lives in the neighboring stake. The email was addressed to me and man named Sean, and discussed who we both are and how she thinks we would both like to have a friend. So she's introducing us to each other through this ridiculous email. The last few sentences are just too good to paraphrase, so here they are:
"Please do me a favor, you two, and let me know how it goes. Is it still warm enough to meet for ice cream???"
YOU TWO! How can you say that about people who have never even met!? Ah, it's ridiculous. My brother-in-law was the only one home when I saw this, I yelled until he came into the room so someone else could scoff with me at the ridiculousness of it all. I don't even know what to make of it all.
So anyway, that is my excitingness for the day. I hope you are doing super and kicking tons of MTC booty! Love you!
Love,
Shenanny

Dear Sister Thighs,
Too bad your name tag probably doesn't say Hermana Thighs on it. I really haven't
got too much to say. Life is the same as usual with work and school. I'm taking a computer programming class and Anthony is my TA. I try to avoid getting help when I'm working because he ends up talking to me very loudly and keeps calling me Face. His calling me Face in and of itself isn't bad, it's just that I think the only reason he uses it is to get the attention of the other's in the lab. He's also asked about you and calls you Man Thighs for similar reasons. It feels like a terrible desecration of our wonderful nicknames. Oh, and he's engaged. He's getting married in December.
I'm pretty excited about Halloween coming up. I'm going to make sugar cookies and frost them. Steve and I won't have to worry about decorating the apartment as there are already lots of spiders and spider webs. Steve saw a spider outside of our window that was literally about the size of my little toe. Thank goodness it was outside. Other than that the aparment is alright. The landlords live just above us and they're nice. They have a dog that comes down to visit us every now and then so it's almost like having a pet only I don't have to take care of it:)
I just thought of a story to tell you. This morning I went to say bye to Steve. He had his back towards me so I just peeked my head around the corner and stared at him until he turned around. When he finally did he literally jumped and yelled. I've never seen him so scared in my life! I laughed about it all the way up to school.
I'm taking a physics lab. During the fourth or fifth week of this class I finally realized that Alaskan Eric is in the class as well. He has seen the light and decided to be a physics major.
So that's my incredibly exciting life. Hope all is well for you.
Love, Face

Update on the life of Sister Nanny...literally!

So I've had some recent life changes I desire to share with you all. First off, I started a new job this past week. I'm a nanny! (again) I just pick up two girls from school and hang out/supervise them until their mom gets home from work. (Their mom is also hiring me at the hospital she works at, but I won't start for a few more weeks) Anyway, the girls are super cute, and act like little adults, thus making my job quite easy. I'm loving it though, so yay! Here's a picture of them - thank goodness the dog doesn't live there as well.

Second, I just got a new calling. It's kind of crazy though, I'm the secretary in the stake young women's presidency. I feel very young and underqualified for the job, but am excited to do it. The other ladies in the presidency are really fun - and we pretty much cover all age generations. So I think it'll be way fun, and have no doubt that I will be learning tons.

Three, just want to pass along a little advice. If you're ever in a serious relationship, and you feel it needs to end, don't be hesitant to do the dirty work of ending it, just be clean and quick. Rip the freaking band-aid off. Trust me.

I think that covers the time consuming aspects of my life. I just beat my parents, sister, bro-in-law, and Kay Dawn in a game of trivial pursuit. Yep, college grad, right here. : ) I miss you all, and can't imagine what life in Provo would be like without you all. Sometimes I don't think being far away is that bad after all. But I do miss you and wish I could see you more. Oh yeah, I have accepted two marriage proposals recently. In trying to get rid of a certain someone, I agreed to getting married if we're both still single at 40. Then Nick and I agreed to get married if we're both still single at 39. Heh...yeah. Okay. Love you all. I'll attach another sweet picture of some of the coolest people you'll ever know.
Love,
Sista Nanny

Babies Everywhere!

So we went to a Married Ward today. WEIRD. Sacrament was kind of strange because people sat in twos, but the other classes were alright. There were a lot more babies than I would have expected though. Ha, expected, get it? I don't get it. Anyway, I miss you all. Hey, we should all write Sam a massive letter. What do you think?
Love, Megan

Missing you all...

Hey everyone, it's Phyllis here. I moved back home for a while (can't complain about mom's home cooking) and the only thing that sucks is that I don't have internet. I can only check the wofyb academy when i'm at work (which is twice a week). So I apologize for my absence. I got a calling in my new ward this week. I'm FHE Cochair. And when he asked me if I would accept I had a hard time keeping a straight face because all I could think was "I better not forget to wear a bra!" I hope you are all doing well. Love you all!
Phyllis

Lucha Libre!

Jared and Megan bought Laura and I something I couldn't of even imagined in my dreams. We got a luchador mask!

So we are back in Provo ready to be forgotten with all the other married couples. I dont think we have any pictures from the wedding, but I will post a picture of Laura in her wedding dress at the reception and one of Mexico.

Steven

Naked

So I have new roommates, and one of them is a ballerina. She is very graceful and nice but I just haven't been able to look at her the same after I walked by her open window one night and saw her entire body completely naked! It was a scarring memory of mine that I think about only when I see her. But I've been seeing a shrink for the problem and It is almost resolved.
-Tops

STICK IT!

Okay, sorry to dominate so much, but everything in life leads me back to all of you. Cheesy sounding, but seemingly true. Has anyone else looked at the visiting teaching message for September yet? Probably not, I am pretty freaking holy. Anyway, it's "Become an Instrument in the Hands of God by Being of One Heart and One Mind." DONE. (hint: unity ad)

Congratulations Addison!

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Young.

Wanted: STACE

This an official Eagle Call for Stace. Where are you? Your recent disappearance is troubling me, and I feel it is time for you to return. And with pictures.

Miss and Love you all.
Shenanny

more NAKED!

This is for Roomie Sarah: you should post about your ballerina roommate. If you don't, I feel it my duty to do so.
-Roomie Megan

Tired

I don't really have anything to say, but nobody had written on the blog for a while, and I felt the need to correct the situation. Jared and I just got back from a Walton family reunion up in Idaho. Woohoo. It was a lot of fun actually. And bonus, I got to meet Jared's sister Melissa. So now I know the whole clan.
Love you all,
Dr. Nog

She said Buttocks!

I'm at work right now, definitely shouldn't be doing this. But I just had to. My boss (who is SUPER loud, especially on the phone) is conducting a pain survey with someone on the phone right now. I just heard her ask the lady if she's had any pain in her buttocks in the last month. I almost cracked up and immediately thought of you all, and HAD to share. : )
Love,
Sista Nanny

Mr. and Mrs. Merrill

Greetings from Calgary

Hello all. Sista Nanny here. I'm sitting at a computer in the High home, all alone and feeling neglected. : ) Just kidding. Kind of. I mean I am sitting here alone, but I don't feel neglected. The future Merrill couple just went to pick up the Merrill support group from the airport. So I'm left here with a whole bunch of the people that look like MegNog. They are all nice people though, so don't worry about my safety. I just thought I would pass along a few words from this foreign country I'm in. (I found that I actually picked up the language remarkably fast. What can I say, I'm bright!)

I actually have a few specific thoughts to share. They have to do with the male presence here on this blog. I have read Stevay's post, and have since discussed it with another original member. Personally, I think we should welcome both Stevay and Merry to our blog with open arms. I feel that they are a part of us, and should remain a part of us. With that said, I believe they should know before any official agreement, they may be subject to posts about underwear, male eye candy, female dr. appts, etc... I would like to know this won't be a problem. In addition, to join the circle of trust, I would like to be assured that none of the knowledge or pictures gained from this blog will be used in any ill form (blackmail, ward flyer's, etc.).

I welcome you all to voice your opinions/comments on this topic. I hope we can all come to an agreement on this issue, as it is of particular importance to two of us. Please be honest.

P.S. Calgary has been great so far. (I've only been here for a day and a half.) But I've seen Calgary, the Cardston temple, lots of sweet pictures of Megan, and I can confirm that yes the High's do know what good food is. Wish you ALL could be here. Oh and you all made the wedding slideshow, at least once. : ) LOVE YOU!

Goodbye!!!

I'm being set apart in about half an hour! In my last few minutes I just want to say I love you all, and I'll think of you often and you'd better write me so I don't miss out on your company. Don't be discouraged if you can't do it often, any letters are better then no letters. To further your writing me here are my addresses (MTC and Mission Home) I should be in the MTC for two months, After that I can always be reached at the mission home address. On the outside of the envelope you need to write my real name, but on the inside you can address me as whatever you like, ie Hermana Thighs!

Sister Samantha Williams
Provo MTC
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604

Sister Samantha Williams
California Fresno Mission
1814 N Echo Ave
Fresno, CA 93704

I'll be writing my family a mass email every week that my Dad will be forwarding on to peope, if you would like to get on the email list email my dad at terrywi@hotmail.com

Love to you all!!!
signing off for a year and a half,
your friend,
Hermana Samantha Hawley Williams

Cake

So Laura skipped town and I have been left a lone man in Provo. The closest I've ever been to social is making fun of people. Well that had nothing to do with anything.

I have this new roommate Jared W. He's a hip guy. Well he and I decided to have a roommate BBQ, which pretty much consisted of him and I going to his house. Somehow I began to sing "I wanna be where the people are" and he chimed in (obviously I am better though). We continued to sing in our off pitch squealing dying rat voice for a while and then decided to stop. We were so good. I complimented him and we did talk about it again.

Last night I was not being social but I was told there was cake in a girls apartment. My whole apartment ended up over there and I took my own fork (by the way it does now occur to me that I left that fork). Cake was as good as Nacho's life (almost anyways). As loud as Jared and I are, we shortly took over the party. Jared started to sing a song from the Goofy movie and I mentioned to everybody that he knows the words to "part of your world", so he broke out into singing that. When he stumbled I picked him up and belted out every word flawlessly off key and painful to listen to. In a sort of dramatic way I did the hand motions and they could all feel the pain of that poor little mermaid.

Then we broke out the slide show my roommate and I made entitled "top 10 reasons to date Jared W". Needless to say we may never be invited over for cake again.

Signing out Stevay

P.S. I bet you're all kind of ticked that I got your password. I just want to say that it's pretty easy to pump Laura for information

Speaking of Hair...

So hopefully this worked and you should have three beautiful pictures of my new haircut! and one before shot, in case you've forgotten what I looked like. A new me for a new life. Right now it's like when I died my hair, it feels like I'm wearing a wig. One of these days it'll sink in that it's really my hair. Make sure you comment and tell me how gorgeous I look.
Yours truly,
the beautiful Man thighs

Hairspray

Go and see Hairspray!!!! I loved it and I think all of you would too!!!
Phyllis

Future Plans

This is sister tops here! I've been watching a new show (nothing like Grey's Anatomy, i'd only watch that with my roomies) it is called Rob and Big. Featuring Rob Dyrdek from DC shoe company and professional skater. The show has inspired me to buy my very own mini horse when I graduate, a graduation present to myself. If it is a good horse I will name him something like pot o' gold, or Treasure Island, if it is a bad horse I will name him megatron. I just thought that everyone should know. You will all be more than welcome to borrow the minihorse for your children's birthday partys or if you want him to pull you somewhere in a cart I'm sure that he would love to do that as well.

-Tops

some news and one more story

I gave my farewell talk today! On the Power of Prayer. Adam's parents and siblings came out from Colorado to visit for the weekend and to hear my talk. And of course since they were coming our other family that lives about 2 hours away decided to come too. So we had 17 people in the house this weekend, and that's not even counting the people that didn't sleep here! it was crazy fun, but I'm also kind of relieved that the ruckus is over. My stake president here has me on a modified missionary schedule so I'm reading scriptures an hour everyday and I'm going to bed at eleven and waking up at seven. That's right, you heard me. 11 to 7, didn't think I could do it, did ya. Well, that part is embarrassingly harder for me than it should be, but I'm doing it. With your full knowledge of my sleeping issues I thought you guys might enjoy this story. It's the first time I've regularly gone to bed before midnight (maybe 1 AM ) since my Junior year of high school.
Oh, one story I forgot to include in my last post. When we went to the distribution center to buy my garments, we started chatting with the nice, but odd looking man behind us in line. We mentioned I was going on a mission and he overheard me and my mom talk about whether she or I would be buying my garment. When I was distracted looking at the different fabrics the man handed my mom a bill to go towards my garments and missionary fund. It wasn't until after he left that we noticed that it was a fifty dollar bill, which covered almost the whole cost! Some strange man bought my underwear! how many times in your life do you get to utter that sentence?
All my love and prayers,
Hermana Thighs

Travels

Well over the past 2 days my family and I have traveled through 5 states and one province. Finally, we are in our hotel in Nauvoo. As we were driving I thought of you guys many a times. Here are 2 reasons:
-Driving through South Dakota we went through Deadwood. I thought of you Sam. My Mom and I started singing "Take Me Back to the Black Hills . . ."
-Driving through Iowa we drove by a town and a cemetery that looked exactly liked the one from A Walk to Remember. I thought of dear ol'Jamie going to go sacrifice cats and unknowing Landon following her.
I miss you guys a lot. I love you.
Always, Megan

Hair and Hormones

So I'm on birth control, right? And I think since it's the first month, my body is REALLY thrown into whack. Seriously, I get mad at everybody. To quote the newest Harry Potter movie, "I'm angry all the time." Plus I'm stressed too. I guess that adds to it. Yesterday though, I broke out into tears every 5 minutes. Then I'd yell or curse at something. :)
Today's the day! No, not wedding day, the day I go to get my pits waxed. Dani was going to do it with me, but then she accidentally shaved a couple days ago. We'd been growing them out for about 2 weeks. She'd even gone to go see her boyfriend with hair pits. Man, mine are sure gross though. As much as I love you all, I think I would never show you. Okay, MAYBE. Seriously, they're pretty dang nasty.
Speaking of hair, Sam you MUST see Hairspray. I think you'd laugh your butt off.
My fam and I are leaving tomorrow for Chicago. I need to call all of you guys soon though. I really miss all of you. I was cleaning my room and trying to organize things and there are SO many things that make me miss you guys that much more. When are we doing this reunion thing? Whenever we do it, I still say we all need to go on a trip the year we turn 40. Seriously, who's in? Start saving now, no problem.
I love you guys more than I love the picture of Annie's hot hair,
Megan
p.s. Pray for me that I'll have strength when they rip my hair out! It's going to hurt so much! Ouch!!! :)

B-Day

Happy Birthday Phyllis!

I Caved. No blackmail, please.

Just in case any of you think your life is bad. A little perspective.

A few stories...

Sorry I've been absent from the academy these last few weeks (get it, absent, haha ha...ha...um, right. But Right after I got my call I went camping with about 70 members of my extended family. No phones, no internet, and no showers. Thank goodness Face let me use her shower when I got back or I would have had to go to my temple reccomend interviews smelling of campfire and body odor, not really a scent that says "send me to the temple!"
After getting my temple reccomend, I drove with my grandparents and everything I own back to the lovely Sammamish. If you think I talk a lot, you should meet my grandmother (Face can back me up on this). Not only does she talk a lot, but she talks to anyone, about anything! Walking down the street to where the motor home was parked we passed seven people, she stopped to speak to EVERY SINGLE ONE! She struck up a friendship with a woman in a gas station Restroom, and made certain to tell the rest stop attendant ALL about how maybe their toilets splashed water on her when she flushed it. The real topper is when she met Face for the second time in four years and proceeded to immediately tell her all about how she recently discovered that she's allergic to laytex and consequently is unable to a bra. Any bra.
My grandmother's bralessness was an immediate topic of conversation when we arrived home. My mother took it as her mission to find a bra Grandma would keep on. We also worked hard to convince my grandmother that she can't call her massage chair, her vibrator, because that its be highly inappropriate. While us girls were discussing why a vibrator is an not a good name, my brother came home from work and made us all talk stopping suddenly. Awkward.
While we were looking for bras I made a joke about being flat chested and my grandmother said, "well you'll just have to do what your mom did. Have some babies, breast feed them, and then you'll get big boobs." My mother corrected her saying that's only a temporary solution since your boobs get big and then small again when you stop breastfeeding and then big when you have a second child and then stop again..."and your dad just says, variety is the spice of life." So I guess that's what we all have to look forward too. Variety.
Throughout the all of these experiences I just kept thinking. I need to memorize all these comments so I can write them all down for my amazing roommates.
love you all dearly,
Hermana Thighs, proud to be flat

PS Megan I got your wedding invitation and its awesome. I particularly appreciated how you addressed me as Dr.!

Good News x2!

So I have some good news - two things. First, my hair is fading and doesn't look so horrible anymore. Thank goodness.

Two, I'm coming out to Utah. I know I won't be seeing some of you - since Hermana Thighs will already be gone, and it's actually the week of the Stace Union (sorry I won't be there for that). My sister decided to drive her car out and she asked me to drive out with her. So we leave B'ham August 19th, get in late on the 20th and I fly back to home on Tuesday the 28th. So for those of you in Provo still (Phyllis, Sarah - maybe Megan and Merry by then?), I want to see you! I already have my ticket, so it's for sure. Unless Katy totals her car before then. So yay! And sorry I've been forgetting to sign my posts, hopefully everyone can tell it's me. Love you all!
Love,
Shenanny

ohh la la

ahhhhhhhhhh I feel better now!!

Lonely

So I've been completely overwhelmed with my Anatomy class and haven't had a chance to do ANYTHING. I am living, eating, sleeping and breathing Anatomy. It's terrible. So today was a particularly horrible day and so what do you do when you have a horrible day? You listen to the Connection Down soundtrack of course! Immediately my day was brighter and It made me start to think about all the fun times and how I really miss my roomies! I do need to apologize though, this is the first time I've looked on here since April. I will try to look more often and hopefully add some funny stories, but alas working with cadavers all day long isn't really funny. But I do miss you all and I will try to stay in better contact!
Phyllis
p.s. I got addicted to the office and watched all 3 seasons in about a week!

Trauma

Well I apologize to Megan, I've been meaning to post my recent trauma stories, but haven't had the chance. Two funny stories for you all to enjoy.

One, James Mitchell was down in the Florida this last week, so I drove down to spend Thursday with him. It was tons of fun, and well worth the 5 hour solo drive both ways. We went to the beach and ate fish, etc... And guess what?! My swim-suit top blew away! Unfortunately I wasn't wearing it at the time, haha. We went swimming then went back to his parents' condo to change to go to lunch. We put our suits out on the balcony to dry - I actually made sure to put it on a chair so it wouldn't blow away. But Terry (James's dad, yeah, we're tight now) he moved it so he could sit in the chair, and the next thing he knew, it had blown away. What's funny though, is that it blew down two stories to a balcony below us. So we looked down and could see it just chilling on the ground down there. We tried to contact the people staying in the condo but they weren't around. I had to leave, so Terry did the follow-up, got the top, got my address and is going to mail me my top. I think it's pretty exciting that my guy-friend's dad is going to mail me my supported, padded bra-top bathing suit.

Two, okay, this would be better with pictcures, but I'm not sure I'm ready to display this to the world. My sister dyed my hair last night. Twice. First time, my hair turned white. Not exaggerating at all. It was horrifying. Every time I looked in the mirror, it was worse than I remembered. So at 1am, I donned a hat and went to the drug store. We dyed it a dark red the second time, and now it's orangish/strawberryish/platinum. It still looks pretty awful, but at least it looks like I could have done this on purpose. It was so bad, nobody at church even said anything. My family came home from Utah today and have all told me I look weird. It's pretty funny. Well, I findally made a noticable different. I'll probably let it be for a few weeks then try again before I head out to Calgary. : )

Life's funny, isn't it?

BOOBIES!

I'll be honest, I don't really have anything to say, but I was getting tired checking the site and nobody had posted anything recently. I had my bridal shower this last Wednesday and you know, it wasn't that bad. I dare say it was fun. And you know what's awesome? Presents! Seriously, we got some really sweet stuff! Anywho, I hope that all of you are well. I love you all more than my new classic-red-and-white-checkered-"Better Homes-official-domestic cookbook,
Megan
p.s. I was in a REALLY crappy mood yesterday and I was in the car, I changed stations, and "How to Save a Life" came on. I don't know if that could be classified as a "tender mercy" but it still made me feel good. :) Love you and miss you all.

Cursed locks and keys

I just have to say thank you to you guys for never locking the apartment for all of last year. Usually I'm good about keeping my keys with me, but this morning my luck ran out in every way.
I had gone running this morning (I'm quite proud of myself for that), and when I got home I was sufficiently sweaty and gross. Steve called me to tell me he was going to class. I remembered I needed his laptop so I asked if I could get it. I was literally gone for one minute, but during this time my roommate left and locked the door. Naturally I didn't have a key because I was just stepping. I have nothing on but my shorts and t-shirt. I'm not even wearing my garments (don't worry though, I'm not going commando), and I'm really hungry. The office doesn't open for 3 hours and I've already been locked out for one, the emergency contact people are never around so I must say that is a lousy emergency contact, and I'm starving. Needless to say this morning has been less than good.
While I'm on the topic of venting about my apartment, my hatred of cleaning checks has been renewed. I volunteered to do the kitchen area and the stove. Not a bad job. Or so I thought. I swept and mopped the floor and it was looking quite lovely. The cleaning check lady came over and asked if I had stripped and waxed the floor. The Elms had us strip and wax the floor, but that was only for a final checkout, so I didn't think I would have to for just a monthly cleaning check and I know that it wasn't done for the last cleaning check and we passed. So I told the lady that I didn't think I had to so she failed me and said they'd be back to check it. I was pretty mad about that because if I hadn't been around to say no I didn't do it I probably would have passed. Furthermore, Steve told his roommate about this and he said that he's only heard of one apartment ever stripping and waxing the apartment and that was ... my apartment. I'm so angry. You can see the reflection of the table and chairs in the floor. It does not need to be waxed. And to add insult to injury, she failed me on the stove without even saying why. I'm definitly going to have few words for the office manager when the office opens in three hours and 1 minute.
Sorry about the length of this, but I really need to vent.
~Face

Hmm . . .

Has anyone else noticed that our dear ol' Manthighs hasn't posted on this site as often as usual since she's gotten her call? Should we shun her? What does everyone think?

The Run Down

So it has been a while since I've been on the old academy so I thought I'd catch everything up. I too had a naked incedent when I was on my lake vacations. Me and my best friend were in a trashy city called laughlin. It's like Vegas but it seems more white trash. We were on the 16th floor and just gotten done with a day on the lake and I just finished showering. The streets were busy and as I was walking around naked I decided that I shouldn't be keeping my naked body to myself, that would be just silly. So I opened the curtain and stuck my butt right on the window for everyone to see. Then my friend came over and did the same. So from 16 stories up there were our twin booties stuck on the glass. NAKED. Also, I have been trying to get my brother to come visit me in Provo, I told him it was a must. He then said, Yeah, I bet your roommates would really like that. I believe that was a comment directed at Megan and Annie. And by the way he is still available and he can drive now so if you want him he's yours.

That is about all I miss you guys.
Love,

Sarah Tops

My Nakedness

So I have a story for you guys. As a little preface, remember the humidity in this state is like 100%. So when I work out and run for an hour, I'm usually pretty much soaked in sweat. I know, it's disgusting, but deal with it. Okay, so today after my workout I was getting my stuff to go take a shower. I hate having wet clothes in the shower area, and I was thinking about how lots of people walk around in the locker room with no/little clothing on, so why don't I? Plus there was nobody else in the area, so I decided to take my wet shirt off and just walk the short distance to the showers in just my bra. Just as I rounded the corner a girl was right there, and I literally almost bumped into her. I was embarrassed for a second and then just laughed. I'm sure she didn't think twice about it. I thought about how you guys, especially Sarah, would be proud. : )

Scared NAKED and Almost Crying

My Mom and I were at the mall yesterday and we went into La Vie en Rose, which is a lingerie store. As I was trying on different items, I hear these little little kids running around where the changing rooms are. The change rooms had no doors, but curtains - beautiful, thick, red curtains. So as I was essentially naked and hear these kids running around, I was so scared that one of them was going to come bursting in and expose me to the whole store. So I contemplated holding the two sides of the curtain, or covering myself up, but I hurriedly got some more clothes on while still being ready to implement plans a or b if needed. Funny story - I thought of you guys.
Then just a little while later, guess what song comes on in the store? None other than "Only Hope." I missed you guys so much that I really almost started crying naked in the lingerie store. I had to laugh too. I wish you all were here.
Love you,
Megan

Yay for Grey!

Wow, I've become such an active blogger. : )

I had an experience tonight though, that can't be kept from you. It made my already fairly good day especially outstanding. I went to Target to buy the first season of Grey's Anatomy (remember, it was on sale). So I get to the checkout, with the sole purchase and the woman in front of me, as she picks up her own purchases to leave, turns to me and says "Good Purchase!"

It was hilarious. I couldn't stop smiling to myself until I got home 20 minutes later. It made me so happy. Another fellow Grey's fan. Too bad I wasn't wearing my shirt and scrub cap!

Love,
Dr. Nanny

Oh also, I had Gilmore Girls on tonight when I was doing some laundry stuff and I happened to notice a familiar face. There's like a 2 minute role for some guy that brings vegetables to Suki, and then she tells him she already has a provider, so he leaves but she ends up liking the vegetables better than Jackson's (Sorry, details for Man Thighs). ANYWAY, the guy that brings them is the same guy that ate all the Judy Doll heads in that episode of Grey's!

Stick it Sammie

My Mom and I finished the first disc of Grey's Anatomy last night (we were up until two o'clock) and we watched the episode when Izzie's boyfriend dumps her. Guess what? My MOM recognized someone that none of us did!!! Izzie's boyfriend Hank is . . . (ready for this?) the guy that plays Joseph Smith in Work and Glory. I was so proud of her yet thoroughly ashamed of all of us. Wow, we definately need to work on that.
-Megan

Three cheers for Phyllis - actually like 300! I just watched the apartment video today and it was SO good! I loved it. Except for the part at the end when I got all sad and started crying to my brother about how much I miss you guys. We HAVE to have a reunion once everyone is back from missions and so forth. I had a selfish thought too. I decided that I'm not going to get married until Hermana Thighs is back and everyone else is all settled into their married lives, so everyone can come to my wedding. : ) Sister Buns says hello to everyone.
Love you All,
Shenanny

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CANADA! I hope all of you have a great Canada Day.
Go Canucks!
Love, the Mix

And I'm not even that weird

My family is watching Prince Cinders right now. Oh how I miss you all.

There's a girl at church who's a few years younger than me, but we were have still been pretty decent friends over the years. She goes to BYU-Idaho though, so I hadn't met her boyfriend. Well said boyfriend came to visit her and came to our ward today. I decided I would make use of my time in Sunday School, and I came up with a test for him to take. Among the questions about Lindsey and her family were a few such as "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?, Do you own a braided belt?" (almost the same question) and my personal favorite, "Do you know where the lint trap in the dryer is located?"

Well I brought the test to Lindsey and she just looked at me like I was crazy. I laughed so hard later thinking about how hard I had tried to keep it pretty tame. I thought of all the questions you all would have included - like What does PMS stand for and what's a centovulations party? Oh boy, I forget that not everybody realizes how weird I am. And that wasn't even that weird!

Anyway, I will go join my family and try not to be too sad thinking about you guys and how Man Thighs won't be able to wear her Prince Cinders shorts much longer.

Oh and the first season of Grey's Anatomy is on sale for 20 bucks at Target this week. Hmm...
Love you ALL!,
Dr. Nanny

Makes me smile

Sam, this is an e-mail I got from Annelisa the other day. I laughed out loud. It reminded me EXACTLY of that time I saw you after Freshman Academy and before we were roommates. You're going to be a terrific missionary. (I'm still waiting for your phone call . . . )
Love, Megan

GUESS WHAT!! i saw your old roommate Sam gleefully crossing the street! She was prancing. lol hahah just thought you might like to know.

It's two o'clock in the morning . . .

I've just corrupted my mother. We just finished the third episode in Season One of Grey's Anatomy. I miss you all. More later. Congrats THIGHS! I love you!
Always,
Megan

It's one o'clock in the Morning...

which means that it's too late to call any of you, but I wanted you guys to among the first to hear it so...
California Fresno Mission
Spanish Speaking
enter MTC August 8, 2007
I found out this evening! my papers basically took a week to process, man that's fast. I will try to call all of you tomorrow so you will get the news personally.
Yours forever,
soon to be Hermana,
Thighs

And They're In...

I am of course referring to my mission papers! The stake president put them in on Monday and he said there'd be a 50 to 70% chance they'd get here before I leave town on July 5th, if not they'll be redirected to my home address. I'm excited, there's something very cool about having the next year and a half of your life in an envelope.

Speaking of leaving on the fifth this creates a problem because I was supposed to leave my current apartment today, they have all kinds of charges for staying later, so I may just have to pull a "Lucky Buns" and camp out on the couch of some very kind an beautiful ladies for a week or so. My grandparents get here a week from today for a family reunion and then I'm driving back with them, and all my crap in their motor home. Since my grandma is the world's most talkative person ever, and my grandfather is practically mute it should be a really interesting journey. If all goes according to plan I will be back in Washington in time for my sister's visit and hopefully go through the temple with her and my grandparents there. Exciting times ahead.

By the way for numerous reasons I have moved up my availability date to July 31st.

Also, could everyone please make certain to sign their posts with their name or nickname. (I personally like to use my nickname so that one day if I get famous I won't be traced back to my vulgar college days of boobs, mammograms, and nakedness). Usually I can figure it out whose writing what, but I like to be one hundred percent sure...so stick it...on the end of your post.

Thanks,

Man Thighs

PS since adding the above about when I get famous and being traced, I stupidly added my mission photograph to my post, I had to put it in my papers and I thought you might want to see it. Now I'll never be able to hide my callow past!

Freaking Awesomeness.

I miss you all. I can't tell you how many ridiculous, random things make me think of you. Just today though has been crazy. First off, my mom found and checked out for me almost the entire second season of Grey's Anatomy from the library. All the discs except for the LAST one. Killer, I know. But I've been rushing through trying to watch them all before they're due back. But my sister (whom I share a room with (we have a tv in our room)- and don't worry Phyl, you're still winning in the best roommate ever category) hates tv shows, so I can't watch any while she's around. So it gets tricky. But here I am, by MYSELF watching hours upon hours. Oh how I wish you could all be here with me. We'd run out for pizza and make an event of it. While I'm watching I think of all the things I would rant and complain about if any of you were here. Like how much I really don't like Burke because he's such a girl and he totally can't leave his personal life at the door when he goes to work. Lame.

Anyway, other things. At the gym tonight I was in the big aerobics studio doing some free weights - and there was nobody else in the room. I was listening to music and a really good song came on, so I decided to just have a dance party by myself. First off, dance party! Second, how freaking sweet would it be if we could learn to break dance together in that room!? I SO wish we could. But, I was actually kind of embarrassed of myself. Nobody saw me, but still... solo dance party to music only playing in my ears. Kind of lame.

Then I just had a ridiculously funny thing happen. I had just finished showering at the gym and I was standing in the hallish thing in the locker room where the mirrors and hair dryers are. The door to the sauna also happened to be just a few feet away from me. Just as I was starting to comb my hair an Asian woman peeked her head out the door, gave a disgruntled look and said 'not yet' to whoever was in there with her. Then I noticed a huge pile of clothes and shoes and TOWELS next to the door. I had to laugh at this point. They kept checking back every 2 minutes or so, waiting for me to leave. Naturally, I took my merry time combing, blow drying, and re-combing my hair. Finally at 9:55, 5 minutes before the gym was officially closing, two NAKED Asian woman jump out of the sauna, grab the piles of clothes and RUN past me. SO FUNNY. I had trapped them! I was so happy and proud of myself in that moment. I called my sister on my way home and told her all about it. But then I realized that only you all would truly appreciate this story.

So I apologize for the longevity of this message, but I feel it was necessary to share each detail. I miss you all!
Love,
Shenanny

WOFYB

For the last several weeks I've been trying to buy a swimsuit. I've looked everywhere and finally I found a great one at Land's End. Not only was the suit very nice looking, but it also came in a style specifically suited for women that had had a mastectomy. Tragically, when I went to buy it I discovered that it was no longer available in my size. :( I was crushed. I really wanted that suit.
After recovering from my initial disappointment I started to think. Do mastectomy swimsuits come with boob inserts, or just a place to put them? I looked it up and it turns out that it just as places for them so I figured, why not get the mastectomy swim suit? It would still look nice and I just think it would be awesome to own a mastectomy suit. Besides, think of the fun things I could do with boob pockets. I could do magic tricks like pulling out a handkerchief or something. I decided that getting this mastectomy swimsuit would be the greatest thing ever. I was so excited about it, but it was not meant to be. They sold out of my size just before I could get to it. I hate clothes shopping.
Face

More Thoughts

-Wouldn't it be awesome and also very cruel if Sam got called to serve in London? Sam, you'd definately appreciate the English and yet you wouldn't be allowed to see all the play you wanted. I think Heavenly Father would kind of laugh about that.
-I work with this 20 year old named Chris and I will tell you two reasons why I like working with him:
-He says "Prove it!" all the time.
-There was a sign with the realators name "Mehboob Ranjij" and he thought it was hilarious and took a picture. It makes me smile.

-Megan

Mixed Thoughts from a Mix

*My family and I just had a couple from our ward over for dinner. It occured to me as I was sitting across from him eating my chicken, that he looks like an older Rainn Wilson. It made me smile.
*Today in choir, I sat by the choir directors daughter. I asked her what her name was. She said Maddy. I LOVE that name and asked what it was short for. Madison. So, get this: her name is Madison Shepherd. Awesome. It made me miss all of you more.
*I had a gyno appointment a couple weeks ago. As I was mentally preparing myself for it, I was brainstorming ways to distract myself as he was examining my southern parts. I thought: "I know! I can think of Disney lyrics and how to change them to fit this experience!" Don't worry though, I decided against it. Periods and bridal shower topics seem okay to sing about, but I thought it would be good to hold back on this one.
*I was also thinking of saying, in the words of Miranda Bailey, "Stop looking at my va-j-j!"
*The doctor was explaining to me that I didn't really need a papsmear till after I was married. He said, "So bottom line is . . . " To myself I thought: Haha! He just said bottom! I thought (1) Try not to burst out laughing and (2) I have to remember that to put on WOFYB Academy. A third thought that didn't occur to me till much later is (3) Wow, I'm so mature.
I'm glad we all have an appreciation for our bodies. :)
Love and miss you all,
Megan

Heaven

I was at the gym tonight, just flipping channels on the personal tv attached to my treadmill, (have I bragged about how posh the gym is here? Marble locker rooms, personal tvs and fans of all cardio machines, it kind of looks like heaven to me) anyway, flipping channels and guess what I found? Yep, you guessed it, Grey's Anatomy. Two whole hours! I was thinking about how I liked that they made Izzy bake, and I realized just how much I missed my fellow Grey's Anatomy viewers/critics. So just for fun, I decided to give you all some trivia questions from the episodes I saw tonight. They are third season, so they may be tricky. But I'm sure you'll all be fine. : )

*What kind of ear plugs did Meredith's dad suggest to her when she asked him about snoring?
*Where did Derek sleep when they slept at the trailor?
*What kind of foods was Izzy baking?
*What did George get really excited and dance around over?
*How old was Christina when her dad died?
and
*What color was the long-sleeved undershirt Callie was wearing?

Good luck ladies. : )

How Well do you really know a place!

If anyone hasn't heard there is a bomb shelter in our apartment. It is the size of probably mine and face's and manthighs rooms put together, it has three rooms and a bathroom. How crazy is that. It is so creepy.
-Sarah Tops

Something to make you drool!

I just had to get on here and brag. I have seen the Apartment Slideshow! One of the few and the proud. Phyl showed it to me and Face last Thursday, and Phyllis did an amazing job. I feel privileged to call her my roommate. It also, reminded me of all the fun times we had this year, of why I love and miss you all. The PSAs were great, one of my favorite parts I think, I'm glad we found the time for them (especially Phyl for filming all of it).
Also amazing...the apartment soundtrack! I thought we were going to have to wait for Meghan to send it down, so it was a great surprise when Phyl gave it to us. Again, great memories pouring back, and good music.
love to you all,
the woman with the manliest thighs of all time.

Hotness

I must be amazingly attractive because I've already been asked out on a date by this guy in our ward. Aparently the stake president challenged all the men to go on a date a week FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. I don't mind helping to fill the quota as long as I get free food.
We have four new roommates and they seem pretty nice, but don't worry I'm NEVER making THEM puppy Chow. I miss you all, Love you all.
Man Thighs

You know you're too attached when . . .

Alright. So I have some "you know you've watched too much Grey's Anatomy when . . ." So on the plane going down to California, they showed "Freedom Writers." (Roomie, I thought of you, and yes it is amazing, you need to watch it.) So as you may know, McDreamy is a supporting character in the movie. Yay for McDreamy. Here is one: you know you've watched too much Grey's Anatomy when you know that one of Hilary Swank's students in the movie is the girl from the episode when she was like 16 and wanted Alex to kiss her and he told her to save it for someone special.
Next one: You know you've watched too much Grey's Anatomy when . . . the night after I finished making the Grey's Anatomy t-shirts I had a dream about George and he kissed me. It was one of those in-and-out of consciousness dreams. Still weird. Still makes me laugh. "I'm not your sister!"
-Megan

Missing Specific Bodies.

There once as an amazing public library. It's outside looked like a castle, maybe just minus the river thing that goes around it. But the inside, it was amazing. It didn't need to smell like freshly baked muffins or honey baked ham. It didn't need plush pillows or warm, fuzzy blankets. And you want to know why? Because it sounded like home. IT SOUNDED LIKE HOME. (for free!!!)

P-Town

So i've started summer classes, if anyone could imagine how fun that is! Right. Well the worst part of the whole thing is that i'm in classes from 4-10 on tuesdays and thursdays. That's right folks, NO GRAYS ANATOMY! I've been holding up well so far, but in the long run things aren't looking pretty. I miss you guys, and hope all is going well.
Love,
Sarah Tops

I miss you guys!

I went to church today and it was quite boring without you guys. Of course that's not the reason why I go, but still, I missed bingo, crosswords, little notes, Sam making comments, Steve's socks, etc.

Stev`e

A Haiku:
Stev`e is so fine
He marries Face in August
Abstinence no way.