Settled in.

I really missed taking classes!
said no one ever.

except maybe some mentally unstable person once upon a time...but that doesnt really count. There was a time i loved school! that was until college professors decided to ruin my life and tell you all about the outside projects and time you need to dedicate to their class. This semester i am taking 7 classes and two institute classes. [overwhelming right] and i am none too thrilled about it. My first class of the week is at 10! which is a dream come true. and i have the cutest little old guy who seems like a very good teacher, that is, until he gave us a quiz on the second day of school...um hi sir, i dont even remember learning something on the first day...so really the only terrible class i have is my sociology class where my teacher is Asian and has a thick accent that makes it so i dont understand a single thing that he is saying...

he tells us that its "ok to cheat as long as we dont get caught" and not gonna lie, he kinda reminds me of a walker- to which i immediately texted shannon telling her. She responded with "haha sucks for your teacher"

to top it off, i have not one single boy in any of my classes...
i have been in provo for about a week. I am in the same apt that i was in 2 years ago when i moved out here. same room, same paint, same ward, etc. Momma flew out here with me last weekend to get me settled in and we spent the whole weekend getting stuff for the apt. Two years ago i flew out to Provo spontaneously. My best friend told me there was a spot open in her apt and within one week i packed up, got a flight and headed out to provo by myself. I had nothing planned, no job, plans for school, etc. Since it was too close to mom starting school and dad working i did it alone and as much as it made me independent, it was so nice to have someone help me this time. We went to breakfast at Kneaders [our favorite!] and got all you can eat french toast and we ate at spaghetti factory! Ok i have been dying to eat at spaghetti factory. I would walk by after work and see the train inside and want to sit in it. So i told them we wanted to sit in the train and it was so yummy. I am SO GRATEFUL momma came out to help me get settled! She put together my chair for our desk, my shelves, my shoe rack, etc. Things that i probably would have needed to seek out help for. She let Heather come out with us for meals too which was so nice of her. She went to sacrament with me and then she had to say goodbye. The trip was far too short for my liking, as they always are. We both love having her along. She even tried to buy me a huge tv to which i responded, "i dont need that mom..." We debated on the issue all weekend, but mom had already done too much. Now when boys come over, they inform me that our apt did in fact need that since our tv isnt the biggest...
oh well. miss ya mom!

but being back has been so much fun. i have been so busy getting organized, redoing my room, seeing old friends, going to the gym [every day :)], waking up early and so forth and now this is really just how i feel...

xoxo CAIT xoxo

caitlin: 3 > hobby lobby:0

summer projects:
sometimes i see ideas on pinterest and wanna do them. i go to hobby lobby and see a similiar thing but sometimes hobby lobby can be pricey, so i decide to make it myself.

i made tons of the big bow ones for my 3 year old niece and the rosettes for my newborn niece. I didnt get pictures of them all but they were so cute. I told Megs not to loose them so i can use them someday but easier said than done when you have little kids.

I also did this:

                  BEFORE:                                                               

After:

I got this for $5.99 at Ross! Usually i find these for a lot more. A lot of people dont know, but they have some cool house decor. Along with TJ Maxx, Hobby Lobby and Marshalls. Sometimes i like the before better...but the white goes with my room better. I spray painted it and took the hanging hooks off of the top. The nice thing is i can change the color or sand it and make it look different whenever i want. The color i eventually want it to be is mustard yellow.

Jewelry Holder.

Before:

After:

I AM SO EXCITED about this project. I have wanted to do this for a long long time. The piece of wood i got for a $1 at the thrift store. It was so perfect because the back of it had holes already in it [it was for another hanging] and then we didnt have to measure out the distance between the door knobs so a lot of time was saved. I then painted it white and sanded the edges. Dad loved helping me, he got so into it, he used his tools and made the holes and saudered the back of the knobs off. Last minute touches included getting hooks and sanded and painting the knobs a bit. Best part? I got all the knobs for 50% off so i spent about $12 for all of them from hobby lobby. The family says i should sell them, not because no one else can make them but its time consuming.

And now the whole room put together [minus the desk-which isnt very excited at the moment]...

[sign: Target, Jewelry Hanger: yours truly]

p.s- see the white on the black knob? that was dads creative side coming out. haha so cute :)

and the far left one i sanded for a vintage look.

[weird tall grey thing on the far right i HAD to have-Hobby Lobby, birdcage-Ross, Mason Jars-Hobby Lobby, thrift stores]

[Shelves-Target, Mustard frames-Hobby Lobby]

The frames were a necessity from the second i saw them and the last ones there! Oh and I do plan on putting pictures in them. These would be really easy to make but i love these ones...

Frame- where do you think..

Boring? yes. I got this for 50% off at Hobby Lobby and i plan on getting more for this wall when i go back in different shapes and sizes for a whole wall. I dont plan on painting them because when i have my own house i wont have a boring white wall....

For example: these are ideas i LOVE [found on pinterest!]

My closet...

Ignore the bed...

Well this is the stuff i have decorated so far. I love my room so much. The next thing i wanna work on is a burlap banner to go over my bed. Ahh i cant wait til i have my own house :)

xoxo Cait xoxo

Happy Fast Sunday

This is how i feel every Fast Sunday.

I'm cranky, lethargic and all around no fun. I am also really good at focusing in sacrament

[as shown below]. This is an accurate picture...

oh well, i hope you had a lovely Sunday!

xoxo Cait xoxo

oh sometimes...

sometimes momma and i stay in fancy marriotts and i love it but sometimes i cant ever figure out how to work the showers and then sometimes i am so tired i fall into a 4 hour coma sleep after a full day of flying. sometimes i tell my BFF about my BF #princeharryduh #didyouevenneedtoask? and how he got caught naked after playing strip billiards and sometimes of all the things, she responds with "why is he so bad at billiards?" hahahaha. Sometimes i accidentally follow a boy throughout all of bed bath and beyond because he kinda looks like jimmer and maybe hes his long lost cousin but then i do the ring check and well hes taken. Sometimes getting to know you games are the worst thing in the world. THE WORST. Because sometimes you have to ask stranger boys to marry you [true story] and sometimes every time you smile a girl has to say hohoho and you feel terrible because you never stop smiling and she will be saying it all night. sometimes you walk into your ward for the first Sunday and then you put your face in your hand and sigh. #thisisterrible. cause sometimes the guy to girl ratio is 20 girls to every 1 guy. Sometimes we have to play a game where we say something we like that goes with the first letter in our name and i keep saying "i'm caitlin and i'm clumsy" and heather goes "i dont think you understand the game..."haha so i end up saying i'm caitlin and i like cowboys but what i really want to say is i'm caitlin and i CANT stand getting to know you games. but i think that might be rude so i refrain. Sometimes i refuse to wear a nametag on my shirt and put it on my pants and my bishop says no one will know my name and i say sometimes that well maybe we could just go back to the olden days when people just asked what my name was instead of having things made easier for these boys. Sometimes Jared says rude things like this "i'm going to buy my wife a 40 thousand dollar ring from Tiffanys just to spite caitlin." how nice. Sometimes i skype with the whole fam and i take my laptop outside to show CJ the fishies and hang my laptop over the pond and sometimes i really hope i dont drop it in the pond or worse, someone walks by and thinks i'm crazy. Cause sometimes i got my priorities straight. sometimes i LOVE my church outfit

xoxo CAIT xoxo

Bright Lights, Big City [has gone to my babys head]

"look at all these tourists..." -said with disgust

"caitlin...WE are tourists."

oh. right. Sometimes i forget that i am not Blair Waldorf and dont live in NYC.
this is news to me...

If you want to look like a New Yorker:

Dont wait until the cross walk says go, when you see a taxi speeding your way that is obviously the appropriate time to walk across the street because in a city so into fashion and style, nothing says style more than a full body cast. I'm sure she'd just add a michael kors bag and some kate spade earrings and turn it into a trend. You would be surprised how "normal" this is. The New Yorkers strolled across while the tourists patiently waited. After freaking out that mom and nay not cross until allowed, by the end of the day i was acting just as suicidal...I mean when in New York...

[i LOVE this]

Dont walk your dog, Carry them.

I had a count on how many people were carrying their dogs vs. actually walking them and it was hilarious. Dogs are accessories...obv. Luckily we didnt see any images like the one below because that would be pretty traumatazing...for the dog

Dont turn your head in concern when you hear constant honking or sirens. this is normal.
headphones, blackberry and head down or looking straight ahead like you are on the most important mission of your life.

all hes missing is the starbucks....which is on every corner in NYC
dont get stuck in the subway turn thingy. i dont think people know that the subway tickets can get kinda confusing...uh thats because they arent. i got stuck on the other side while mom and nay waited happily because our card was double swiped. i could feel the tourist stamp burning on my forehead, it was practically glowing. just dont do this.. instead always go first

we however did not have the pleasure of seeing this. thank goodness or you wouldnt have gotten me on one again. #canyousaynightmares.

well goodluck. Next time youre in the city grab a starbucks, eat at a cafe that opens on the street or is on the street and enjoy it because i am extremely jealous.

i miss you already.
xoxo Cait xoxo

boys of the summerrrr.

Mr persistant

Who says persistance doesnt pay off? Well they havent met you yet. Our relationship started like this:

"where were you raised? why dont you have manners.."" oh i'm sorry, i wasnt aware you were a manager" "dont talk to me" "i am not your girlfriend" "i dont like it when you talk to me like that" Sounds uh..promising...right? Needless to say, it wasnt love at first sight. However you, like many things, have somehow managed to grow on me. From the second i started working there he told me how beautiful i was and how much he liked me. Nah. I'm not really feeling you boo, sorry. Every shift he would try and try to talk to me. He would help carry the ice buckets when it was my side work and pull back my food and smile when i tried to grab it. As the summer went on we got closer and he would play with my hair [he lovess it] and sweet talk me in spanish. He eventually pulled out the big guns and brought his puppy to work for me to play with. He won big brownie points there. Then he started kissing me. Uh yes, kissing me...and it wasnt reciprocated. He would act like he was hugging me and then he'd kiss me. And then i punched him. Yep. He however wasnt deterred by the physical abuse and kept trying. Our most recent conversation went like this: "you dont even know me, tell me something about myself" [i like to play this game a lot- see how much the boys pay attention] "whats my favorite food" "chinese food right?" "...maybe""see i listen to everything you say- ask me something else" "oh and you want a big ring [motions to the ring finger]" i start laughing hysterically "and you dont like kids" [laughter stops] "WHAT!...yes i do" I like a lot of things about you- like when you wear your hat backwards, how you look so good in a white button up, your dumb grin that you do when you stick your tongue out, how you asked me to show you how to say i love you in ASL and then you would sign it to me everytime you saw me and that you got mad when i told your dog to sit in english bc "shes only learning spanish" haha, how you tell me to learn to open my heart when i go to school. You do have a bit of a hot head, and a jealous streak. When i would go to the back he would put his arm around me and walk me back up and tell me not to talk to other guys. Then he would tell other guys i was only his. Making him jealous was really easy. The fact that you didnt take no for an answer and kept trying all summer made me kinda "enjoy you." On my last day he said bye before everyone and then waited outside so he could say bye just him and i. cute :)

Mr "that was a compliment"

Tall, dark and...spacey?

yes. We started off as friends and ended as...friends. However, i dont think you got the memo. You have this thing with my smile and yours is kinda cute too. "your smile could make anyones day" "you are always smiling" "that smile keeps me going" etc. I would wake up to text messages saying "good morning beautiful."As cute as that/you are you dont seem all there sometimes...i could share countless stories of you being a "space cadet" but that just wouldnt be nice- so ill just share one. "You know what i first noticed about you? that smile of yours- i love it. You know what i noticed second? that big beautiful head of yours[said as he's stroking my head]. Well i guess its no surprise that i was no longer smiling. "UM EXCUSE ME?" [ here is me generously giving him time to rethink the previous statement or add a just kidding girl] To my surprise and his stupidity he does neither. "No i really love it, that was a compliment."I leaned a little closer to try and find some humor in this and he is dead serious.As i retold and retold this story to all our mutual friends they found this absolutely hilarious and told me thats how he is. Oh the type of guy that doesnt know how to talk to a girl. You should hear some of the things that come out of his mouth. They shock me. He still wont retract that statement to this day, yet he still manages to ask me on a date. But i'm sorry, i cant. I am to busy having a complex over my big head, i mean i may need to get therapy at some point because of you. If we went on a date i'd probably just be so concerned on whether my head would fit through the door.

 Mr get back, you dont know me like that

Remember when you were new and i loved looking at your dimples? I would tell you how much i liked them and you would look down and get so nervous. So what did i do? Kept doing it of course- it was too cute. Getting you to speak was really hard but i am proud to say challenge conquered. Now i cant get you to stop talking. You asked me on a date the second day. I said maybe. As i got off work you were waiting for me in your car. You kept talking and all i kept thinking about was how tired i was and standing in the middle of a parking lot was quite possibly dead last on things i wanted to be doing right now. You asked me for my number and i somehow managed to avoid doing so. I dont know why since youre cute- i just didnt want to. Next time i saw you, you were mad. [whats new] Claiming i play too many games and i need to respect you by not talking to anyone else. Um i'm sorry, when did we decide that we were uh dating?? Thats right, we didnt. You say that we need to talk. Isnt this a phrase used when breaking up? Let me remind you once more, me not your girlfriend.. i just have a lot of pretty boys that i call friends. please get that song reference.. As i walk[after a double-not really feeling a DTR] you are waiting for me across the parking lot in your car. What do i do? Pretend i'm on the phone and basically start running to my car. You pull up beside me as i'm pulling out and i am embarrassed to say i pretended not to see you. I know i know. This was probably mean but i just couldnt do it guys. I'm sorry. So obv hes mad next time he sees me. "just because youre beautiful doesnt mean you can play games." what! since when...i apologize and the next day he asks me out again. I am sensing a pattern here...

theres also mr. uh my family has been there and done that...and it didnt end so well the first time along with mr. well this is definitely over, mr. hes got a girlfriend now...ok not really

but summers over and so is my time with the summer boys so in the words of ron, "onto the next."
love this song- even though its not the original and well, hes no don henley

xoxo Cait xoxo

Bye Daves!

i had my last day at Daves on Saturday night. It was actually pretty sad, i'm not gonna lie. i have met some awesome people, gained a new vocabulary and learned more than i need to know. for a summer job, it was top notch. you might be at FD if:

every sentence ends in yo.

"you get that table yo?"

"i got you yo"

or begins in yo...

"yo you see that girl at 24"

"yo that party last night..."

swag is referred to 24/7

there are a bunch of "space cadets"

jerell is mimicking cook tony "anything for you kathy" and its the funniest thing ever

you hear someone say "i dont wanna pull a micah"

a spilled drink sits on the floor for a good hour

chris is complaining...or spilling sauce all over the sauce wall or worse,

giving his money to the customers

you hear the best laugh ever and know courtnees working

your english starts to significantly deteriorate and your manager tells you that you've been working here too long 

Nirans back is being referred to...by me. dang

someone is being sexually harassed...and enjoying it

you need to learn the english translation for dame un beso real quick

"lexie" is claiming that ron had a thing for her and was flirting with her and everyone is laughing hysterically

the ice is never full

the manager is yelling at the boys to not "corrupt her caitlin"

you lose your deformed pig name tag and have to pay $2 for a new one...

nick is offending me and receiving the silent treatment

you hear the word jawn several times and you still have no idea what the heck it means and youre pretty sure that is not the correct spelling...

you get made fun of for saying phrases like "holy cow" "oh my heck" etc

you have new sayings "i'm weeded right now" "i'm over it"

a customer has eaten almost all their food and then complains for something different...

ricky is calling one of his tables homegirl and they arent usually taking it well and then you really want to say homegirl to one of yours but you dont wanna get beat up & well lets be real, you arent as cool as ricky

dashi, tiff and i are claiming that we are cousins...cause we are...

everyone is laughing at the crazy things ron does or says...

i.e- "can i dunk on you" in context or he is doing odd things with the soda machine..

boys are spitting game at everyone and anyone

it is month 3 and i still dont know what sauce to dump...oh well

its that time of the month for oscar and hes being bipolar again

but you still love him

jersey mikes is a dinner staple

amber says something like this "but caitlin, he cant buy you a michael kors rose gold watch from Nordstroms for Christmas now can he?" hahaha and you know that you two are the same person and if you werent going back to school the two of you would be best friends. we still will be!

the boys are making fun of eachother, arguing over sports, debating about "whose better at football"

or something else that you have no interest in..well minus the sports part

tony is eating...

and eating some more

marcus is asking that you only refer to him as Dr. Jones.

steve is singing- and 99.9% of the time its call me maybe

and its okay because i love steves voice and the way he says "you already know"

so honor of my big teddy bear "polar bear"

i love every single person there and only have nice things to say about everyone. i didnt go a single shift without laughing at something someone said or did. my manager told me whenever i come home i have a job and i am so happy. i cant wait to see all these faces again at christmas time.

xoxo Famous Caitlin xoxo