Junior Year!!!

My mom is better than Emily's and Lauriann's

2010-06-10T18:49:00.001-07:00

This summer I was able to go spend a week and a half with my family, but mostly my mom. The boys decided to leave so it was me and her. We did not complain! We did all the fun girl stuff. We went up to Edwards and saw Letters to Juliette, after we had enjoyed a great dinner at a Chinese restaurant. It was a great chick flick! I had already seen it so I mostly liked watching my moms reactions to the movie. We also went and saw Prince of Persia, it was a boy movie but we both loved it! It had a lot of action in it, so we got our boy fix for the week. It also had some chickness to it so it all worked out.

I am kind of a good luck charm. We were coming home from shopping at Costco, when out of no where my mom got rear ended. It was a three car wreck. At first Captain Kri was like oh it is not even that bad, lets just keep going. Then we stopped and got out. The whole trunk was shot. Luckily Max and Tabolts (they spelled it wrong) graduation cake was totally fine. However Talbots gift was stuck in the truck. My dad had to come pry it open to save it. It wasn't that bad of a wreck for us, the guy in the middle had taken out the back window with his head and was transported to the hospital. The guy that caused it all was really nice and I just felt bad for him. It all worked out though. It needed to happen because we were short on drama and laughter ever since all of the spring television show finales. We needed a little spice in our lives!

We also went out shopping. We needed to find my mom a hot dress for a wedding she will be attending with the Mayor. We found a few that made my mom look hot! I thought about entering her in date my mom... Shopping took up a lot of our time.

One night we babysat some fish, not to be confused with the reptile, but the actual children. We took one of the girls to her dance class, and little did we know that her dance teacher was mine when I was little. It was a nice flash back. It was their picture day so they were all in their cute little cheerleading outfits. I have never seen cheerleaders look so innocent.

While I watched the two little ones mom took the two older ones up to the mountain, and apparently they ran up it. It makes me think my mom is a good mom because helps you try new things and helps you finish them. I only know this because the next Sunday mom made Max and I climb the same hill. Not only did we not run up it but we had to take breaks. Max even held moms hand the whole way up. I would have never had gone unless she had persuaded us, and made us keep going. In the end we happy, and sore.

My Mom is better than Emily's and LauriAnn's because I got to spend a week and half with her all by my self. She had someone to watch her weird running foreign films with no ending, she had someone to drive around and look at houses with. My moms the best just cause she is the best, she is indescribable!

2010-03-28T10:09:00.000-07:00

On the Monday on my Spring break, I headed to the Logan Hospital for my 4th surgery...man I am racking them up! After having a HIDAscan (a radioactive gallbladder test) they decided it was a good idea to take that out along with my appendix, and do a complete upper and lower exploratory surgery. The HIDA scan, was sweet, I went in and laid on a table for two and half hours, whiles my doctor (bret) injected radioactive material in to my body through an IV, it was okay though, I had a flexible catheter. Doctor Bret and I watched curling the entire time. It was during the last 20 mins I started to feel some pain, however my flow rate % was a 59, the lowest you should have is a 55%.

I was then sent to a surgeon, where he decided to do the works. I went into on Monday, with my mom, where we started the process of getting dressed, getting the IV's and the medicine. There were about 15 people my age that were in there that day, one of them was my friend from school! It was a great bonding experience (he had his acl done).

I was wheeled into the operation room, they started to give me the good stuff, I love being put out!!! Then they put in a breathing tube, and continued to make 5 incisions(which when I took the bandages off I realized it was 6), they took my appendix out. Turns out I have had chronic appendicitis for a very long time (it had been getting bad slowly over the last year), and it would have burst the week after anyway. I felt vindicated that something was wrong, and I did not feel sick for nothing! Then the Doctor took out my gallbladder, which turned out to have fibromatosis all over it. The Fibromatosis all over, was small soft tissue tumors all over it, and that is why that hurt! They checked EVERYTHING else and did not find anything!!!

The recovery was long, and not very fun. First of all Logan hospital kicked me out as fast as they could. They sat me in a recliner and left me to get dressed. My mom goes to pull the handle to sit me back up, and it was a complete replay of Sweet Home Alabama's scene where the mom flies back in the chair. It was super painful, my mom started to laugh, and said sorry. It was worst cause I started to laugh and cry at the same time....classic move.

Then Uncle Bret who is a very habitual person, let me stay in his room that night at my grandmas. Little did I know, he would come into the room every ten mins during the night and yell at me "Clare go home"... Finally my mom laid a pillow out in front of the door and slept on the floor. It was the longest night of my life... Not only did I not sleep, but I threw up at least 13 times through the afternoon and night just to wake up to do more.

We got in the car to go to Boise, after I got nausea medicine, my favorite. It was a long drive, but I enjoyed being in my own bed :)
I then spent the rest of my Spring Break watching tv and movies with my mom... The best part of all of this is..... I FEEL BETTER!!!!

The constant pain, that felt like I was being punched in the stomach over and over again, was gone. I can now eat food that I could not before and be pretty much fine. I have not tried everything, but my spirits are up and I feel like a new person. It still hurts occasionally, however my mom said all people have some pain. Overall, I am super happy that I lost 8 pounds and have some new sweet scars :0 oh boy do I know how to spend my spring break......

4th Semester!

2010-01-26T10:17:00.000-08:00

I am already two weeks into the semester and wish it was over! The classes are intense...well for me. Some of you have seen the show Community, think back to the episode of the film class. The teacher who is all about Carpe Diem, I have 4 teachers like that this semester, and honestly it is tiring. I have started my computer science C++ course which is literally learning a new language, but it is better then English if you ask me! I have about 6 assignments a week in that class and it takes about 2-3 hours each. The other classes I am taking are a History of Europe or something, Political Science, and Intercultural Communication. Hopefully what teachers say will happen, "History repeats itself," then I can just pay attention to the news and pass! (maybe)

I am still working with the little first graders, I have 34 now! One little girl came up to me and said she had to call her mom because her boyfriend wants her to come over and they just started being that today. (She is like 7, I don't even have a boyfriend) However I marvel how excited she was that she wanted to call her mom and tell her.

Also I have still been trying to figure out what is wrong with my body! I just pride myself in the fact that I have had more ultra sounds than a pregnant person, suckka! Anyways they have had no results, all I need is Dr. House.

Just an update, and I cant wait till i graduate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet Pork

2009-12-23T13:11:00.001-08:00

-SWEET PORK-

For my church calling I am on the activities committee. For our Christmas Party

we did a Mexican Fiesta. I had suggested to the committee that it would be easy

to make sweet pork for everyone. Little did I know that that little comment would put me

in charge of all 40 lbs of the sweet pork. This was a test of my faith... After unloading all of the pork into the house, I went to go park my car. I pulled out of one side of the parking lot and two seconds later I was pulled over for the first time ever. The officer was a brat, and I was already mad. He gave me a warning and told me to no longer drive on the wrong side of the road. Then I went into to the house to start the pork preparation. The pork was supposed

to come boneless and skinless, and it did not. It took Becky (my room mate) and I about

and hour to cut and separate the meat. Then the next morning (because I did not realize that

the skin was still on it) it took me an hour and half to cut the SKIN of the pig. It was

the most disgusting thing I have ever done. After it was all done it was super good, however

Lets just say I would be good to go pork less for another lifetime.

Recipe

1 pork (picnic roast)

3 cups of brown sugar

1 jar of pineapple mango salsa

let sit in crock pot on low for 8 hours

eat like tacos yum!

Clares Christmas Cooking: Fudge

2009-12-23T11:01:00.000-08:00

The ORANGE Fudge
Try one: Fudge From Hell

One Night at the beginning of my break I decided I wanted to master the art of making fudge. During Thanksgiving, Grandma Q had bought this kind and it was so good, so it was the one I wanted to make. The first try took about four hours. First I asked Mitch, "What kind of sugar do I use to make fudge," he replied with just regular sugar. So I went to Walmart and purchased all of the things I needed amounted to about 20 dollars ( I bought my first set of hand beaters)! I was doing so well, when I came to the end result and was like what the FUDGE happened? First of all I broke my first set of beaters, apparently fudge is thick and you can not just put it on high. The fudge was so grainy, it tasted really good, however the texture was like a freshly paved road. I was pretty red with fury, I had waisted all my time and figured out I used the wrong kind of sugar, I was supposed to use powdered sugar instead of the other kind. Did I mention I doubled this batch so I could share with all. So meh, after getting mad pretty fast, I threw it all out and prepared to try it the next night.

Failure

The Chocolate Rasberry Fudge
Try two: half batch not half bad

After going to Walmart for my second time I decided to try another kind of fudge, Chocolate Raspberry. I bought all the stuff, and traded in for a new set of beaters, seeing how I had already broken the first set. This time I thought I would just try a half batch. I DID NOT make the mistake again of using the wrong sugar. I put everything in just like the recipe said. However if it is Clare cooking, there is a disaster. The beaters broke AGAIN, and it was not all mixed I was about to throw them against the wall. I went out into my apartment complex to try and see if anyone else had beaters I could borrow so I would not have another failed batch. Since it was break and most people were gone, I was not very lucky in my journey. I did however run into my friend David in the Hallway,who does not live in the apartments. I asked him on a whim "do you have an beaters!?" He replied with 'NO I wear the G's" ha ha. He was so confused. After that, I convinced him to come in and stir it for me. This one tasted the best so far, but was a little thick because the lack of stirring. So the chocolate raspberry was now complete and passed the check of my two friends who tasted it.

The Orange Creamcicle Fudge

The third try: Terrific

The third try was done PERFECT, it truly was. I went out and spent 20 dollars at Khols and bought bigger and better beaters. I was so ready, I tried super hard and all of my hard work and tries resulted in a perfect batch of fudge that tasted just like an orange creamcicle.

Orange Recipe

1 eight ounce thing of Cream Cheese
3 cups of POWDERED SUGAR
1 big bar of almond bark white chocolate (walmart) melted

1/2 teaspoon of Orange extract
(for chocolate, use chocolate instead of white, and use raspberry extract)

Melt chocolate, add to bowl, mix in cream cheese until smooth and then gradually add in powdered sugar. Mix until smooth, add in extract and then put in food coloring if you would like!

Spread out in a 16x8 pan? put in fridge until you want to use it!

Things I learned while making fudge:

Take the amount of time the recipe says it will take to bake it, and times it by about 3 and that is how long it takes me.

Always buy double the amount of supplies because I either spill it, or mess up the recipe.

Always have a boy on hand that can come in and stir (that could be a benefit of getting married maybe?)

Never listen to Mitch about sugar, rely on Wikapedia, it is the most correct information database in the world.

Try, try, again! The end result is worth the time.... kind of

A little later...

2009-11-09T20:26:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been forever! Since the summer I have become some what studious... I finally passed Math 1050 so that was nice. As of right now (Keep your fingers crossed) I have straight A's. I am taking 14 credits, I think. I finished Fly Casting class with flying colors. I decided on a Major and a Minor. I will come out and say it, I am a nerd. My Major is going to be Speech Communication (Public Speaking) and my minor is Computer Science. I love it, it gives me butterfly's to count in binary :]

This year I live in a apartment complex. It has been different, I am the only single one. It has been difficult to become social, so I became even more studious, good for grades not good for morale. However, it was time to grow up any ways. I thought I would throw a little update out there though. Sorry I cant make this cheesy like other blogs, I don't have that talent... or maybe i do....

the summer house

2009-05-12T19:19:00.000-07:00

So I moved into my summer place, it is what I like to call Satan, it was deceiving. Apparently there are only like 4 boys who live in the building. How am I supposed to achieve my goal of a summer boyfriend? This I honestly can not tell you. There is however an upside, to this all girl apartment, my bed. It is kicken. The bottom can choose to be a bed or a couch depending on what I feel. This may or may not be my new favorite thing in the world. The bed moves alot and is hard to get into though but worth it. My room is huge, and has nothing in it. I have my own bathroom that is nice to not have to share. Overall, summer is slow so far. Nothing to cool has happened yet. It has also been brought to my attention that this is just the LLC but in a smaller case. It is all the same people and I guess has the same status.... we will wait and see if the drama is the the same :) loves....

The last of the Activities!

2009-04-30T19:36:00.000-07:00

One day my room mates were eating dinner, and I was like I am bored. So we decided to go die a piece of hair blue. It was worth it completely and I was able to cross it off my bucket list. It was a good last roommate bonding experience.

All the girls on my floor went to clean the sink at Angies. It is where the locals eat. They let me have 3 bites of the reeses and strawberrys yum!

My new favorite thing is cutting Rica's Hair. I think I am going to become a hairstress. I was able to make many designs in her hair and loved it. She is all natural now and loves it.

This is the end of the year, the drama of the LLC is over. I am now living in Logan for the summer and working for Logan Parks and Rec as an Summer Playground Leader. I will now be livinig in the "Crestwood" apartments I hope that there is a little less drama. I will love what happens and I am excited, maybe I will try something new :)

I loved my freshmen year, it went by to fast and I love my roommates.

EASTErr

2009-04-30T19:28:00.000-07:00

These pictures explain themselves. Rica and I blew eggs and decorated them. It was flat out disgusting, hard, and literally the most fun thing we may or may not have done all year. I chipped a tooth doing it and Rica broke one blowing, and it went all over her pants. We were good at celebrating Easter alone.

General Conference

2009-04-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

It came again, General Conference. I took all my room mates down for it. Renee even came back for the reunion. We walked around the grounds and took lots of pictures it was a grand ole time. It was Rica and Renee's first time to Conference. It had turned out to be a really nice day to. We had two boys meet us there to, Adam and Jake. Like a church date, it was very spiritual

A warmer day

2009-04-30T19:03:00.000-07:00

Scott had come to visit people at Utah State. He was able to make time for his VBF and we went out and got ice cream (sherbet) no just any though, Aggie ice cream. It was fun to show him my new life here at Utah State.

Emily and her bestie Megan met Mitch, Stu, and I at a Red Robin in Ogden. It was fun see Emmers again and meet Megan. The food was good and the company was great. It was for sure a random trip but it was a good get out during the semester.

Spring Break Part: Family.Wicked

2009-04-30T18:42:00.000-07:00

So while I was on Spring Break in Portland. My sisters and mom thought it would be really cool to come be just like me. So they came and so did the rest of the girls on my dad's side and Ian came and we went and participated in the watching of WICKED. I had never heard of hit, but in the end I really enjoyed it. I think it would have made alot more sense if I had seen that Wizard of Oz crap but some times life doesn't work out like that. It was a dream come true when we could have a girls weekend. When I was little I would always get really jealous that my mom got to go on girls weekends. This was my first one, and now I think its my new hobby. I also came to the realization that I love leisurely breakfasts.

Spring Break Part: Jason

2009-04-30T18:04:00.001-07:00

So Jason, on of my best guy friends from high school, was currently attending PSU, so Jackie dropped me off at his dorm for some fun. I felt like was on the way to getting babysat. Jason and I walked around downtown for a long time. We had fun, took the bus back up to his dorm. Then we thought it would be fun to go to dinner. He lives right above this sushi place, so I said yes and we went. I tried a lot of things that night that I am still even surprised about. It was a fun place, it was just like the Pokemon game on Nintendo 64. You pulled the plate of the belt and it was happy hour so each plate was only a dollar fifty. I think I had six, it was a blast to eat there and to see Jason in a different State in a new atmosphere and to see he was doing good!

The first thing I had was the some fried sushi, it was my favorite by far. The other thing on the plate was eel, it hurt going down because it was spiky, but strangely it tasted good.

The white one is squid, it was not good. The texture alone made me gag, and the taste was not even all that. I am glad I got to experience it but, never again please :) The white ball thing, was ice cream balls, it was like a gusher hard on the outside and then really gushy on the inside I wont say I loved it but it was okay. Oh it was fun though!!!

Spring Break Part: Jackie

2009-04-16T22:28:00.000-07:00

This is the Portland Temple.
I thought it was really pretty.
Portland was a nice place but strangely I don't like it that much not because it is really pretty and green. However the rain really hurt my feet, the screws in it kept my foot cold. I honestly did not have warm feet once while I was there, it hurt alot. The green was pretty though, and a nice change from all of the SNOW!

This is Mt. Rainier, my new fascination I honestly want to die this way, get blown up by a volcano. Weird maybe, but definitely historical!

This was my first ride on the "MAX" train system thing... It was quite the adventure indeed.

This is the biggest bookstore in the west, POWELL'S. It was in down town Portland. If one person in my entire life that should be jealous its my mom... I even went in! (more to come in part:jason)

VANILLA ICE and MC HAMMER AND LOVE YOU LONG TIME CONCERT

2009-04-16T22:15:00.000-07:00

I know I look obnoxious, but this may or may not have been the best college experience of my life. I was able to see such a fence post of a role model from the 90's. This event definitely sparked my new fetish with the 90's, I honestly love them, live them and now breath them. I was able to hear Ice Ice Baby in person, that all together was a marble in the jar. I honestly loved it.

On the down side, I almost died, I wont lie. Apparently concerts get a little crowded and wild. We were in like the 3rd row of the mosh pit when six grown males (Joe's size) took to pushing us down. I ended up on the floor a few times, and was trampled...totally worth it because I did slap one after he tried to put the moves on me, did I mention he was married?

This picture above is one of my new favorite bands. It is called Love you Long time, they sing the classics "Steps in my Fade" and "I don't party like I use to." This is the lead singer, he actually stepped on my head, yes MY HEAD, while he crowd surfed out I actually touched him.

On the way home I was able to make daddy proud. Lauren (brown hair-p.s her mom invited us to the concert) got pulled over at 3 in the morning. The cop almost arrested her on spot because she had a "declined licence." The officer then said I need a driver with a good licence. I handed mine over he checked it out and congratulated me with a clean record...knock on wood alot.....

Overall one of the best experiences of my life!

Mardi Gras

2009-04-16T22:08:00.000-07:00

To celebrate Mardi Gras we decided to attend the huge bash! We all got dressed up in our get ups. We all know Rica looked like she has cellious or something but it was fun for the night. The dance party was in our TSC, an they had air brush tattoos, poker games, blow up toys, and just a huge dance party.

Rica and I have decided that we are really really good at looking good for events... and matching :)

Rock Climbing Date Night

2009-04-16T22:00:00.000-07:00

This is one Adam Eastmen, we live in the same building. He just got off his mission a few months ago from Mexico. He took me on a really nice date, we went rock climbing at the Rock Haus House. Obviously he is really strong, guess why....

Yep you guess it he is a quarter back for the Aggie football team. Jackie and Jake came along and we raced them, our team dominated of course and then we celebrated by getting Jamba Juice. It was a really fun date!

Only the Worst Holiday of my Life!

2009-03-07T15:51:00.000-08:00

Me and Rica decided to drive to Road trip it to Boise to support the Aggies at the basketball game against Boise State. However it did not turn out so well, the loss really topped off my single awareness day! After avoiding max for about three hours, we then met up at Merrits, only the best place on earth!

One of my new favorite things in life would have to be the purchase of my new VCR, I am now allowed to watch movies from my childhood. I love it, I have been able to experience Madeline, Sandlot, and the Little Princess. I made this purchase wisely and only spent $10!

This is My Aggs fightin hard, they should have won. As we like to put it, Brokeback Broncos! Just kidding...

The beginning of the game.... the happy times..

Me and Jorge, what a stud...

So this is my Valentine, he was 16 and I am 19, a little bit illegal.

Max and Rica is so hot right now

The good byes were really rough on Max and Rica

Me and Brother Max saying good bye

headin out on the long drivve back to LOGAN!

This was a fun road trip to Boise, we had a lot of fun with the family. We played Mexican train for like 2 hours one night. We also just hung out alot with the family it was really nice to sit back and relax.Loves that family!

GIVING BLOOD

2009-03-07T15:40:00.001-08:00

So I may or may not have gained enough weight to donate blood, or I might have lied a little. We went to the Institute and answered like a billion questions. I was almost was not allowed to because I got my ears pierced the month before. They laid me back in the chair, and it was all good from there. The guy that did me name was Edward, I asked him if he did this job because he likes blood? By the end of the night he gave me his number. I did not do so well, I barely made it out of the chair with out blacking out. I was pretty much high after I did it, apparently I was kind of out of it. Overall I enjoyed the experience, would I do it again, maybe after I gain like ten more pounds so that it didn't make me feel as sick!

i.e please note my natural curly hair :)

Back to School!!!

2009-01-19T19:48:00.000-08:00

So during the first week back we decided to take a trip down Old Main Hill on our SNOWBOARDS. It was fun to shred again!

Then me and Jackie thought it would crazy idea to just see if we could slide down old main with out anything. It worked, however Jackie came out with a few bruises, in my mind that was okay. She did not feel the same way though.

This is our new male friend Ben, he just moved into our building. He just got off his mission from Washington and is from Texas... He is funny...

The back to school Apple Pi Party was fun, us four (Me Jackie (Laurens friend) and Lauren) went. We were really good at the dancing that went on, and also the flirting.

CHRISTMAS 09

2009-01-19T19:24:00.000-08:00

Christmas 2009-

For Christmas this year we decided to follow in the tradition of pajamas on Christmas Eve. However being of the Vaterlaus blood we thought we would spice it up a little, we made it ugly pajamas. This Christmas was really fun, we all enjoyed each others company. We enjoyed a white Christmas, a really white one almost too white. We talked to Elder Vaterlaus Sunday morning. Lauriann and her family came the Saturday after. I got lots of nice things for Christmas. My favorite thing were the socks my mom knitted for me.

Oh Boy im 19!!!

2009-01-18T21:51:00.000-08:00

THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!
On my birthday, my friend Scott came over and helped me make my birthday cake. My mother would have made it but I insisted. This was a fun birthday, I had gotten plane tickets to Seattle a few months before for it and also got my ears pierced!

Oh my Brother is so kind to me, he took me out for my favorite Chocolate cake at Apple Bees. We again are good at taking pictures together.

My Parents and I, it was fun to be able to be home for my birthday! It was a really fun day, I was just happy to spend it with my family!

I Almost blew them all out!!! Its hard when you get old ,there are too many!

So for a Birthday treat, my three best friends from high school took me out to dinner for my birthday. We went to Kyoto's Japanesse Steak House. I love this resturant, it was really fun to have the whole crew back together and that they were kind enough to treat me. I love them!

BYU VS USU GAME and VOLUNTEERING

2009-01-18T21:32:00.000-08:00

THE BYU vs USU Game

Signs: "My girlfriend stayed past 10 pm last night," "I go to Utah State because I am okay with my spirituality," "BYU keeps the ugly girls out of Utah State since 1888."

Some of the Players...

Jake and Brad in the lights...

We were all really excited to go and watch the biggest game of the year, BYU vs USU. Rica and I went down with Brad and Jake to Salt Lake City for the Big game. We had to travel because BYU was to afraid to visit the spectrum. So we took it to them, yes we lost and I don't want to talk about it, but it was a fun trip. We saw some lights, and went out for food after! It was a fun trip to Salt Lake!

STUFF A BUS

Rica and I volunteered during the Christmas Season, however when we do stuff we do it right. We dressed up like Santa's little elves. We tried to get people to donate money at a Shopko, because we dressed up me and Rica made about 250 dollars in about an hour and a half. We were really proud of ourselves, and also had a fun time volunteering!

Cousin Mafia brings out the FIRE

2008-11-23T21:33:00.001-08:00

So Emily came up to visit for the weekend, and this is what happens all Hell breaks loose. Okay well close enough... She taught us to blow fire, using Corn Starch (you pour like a whole mouthful in your pie hole) and then you light a match and blow into it! It was pretty legit, we tried to do the four cousin thing, but it didn't work out to much. This was a crazy weekend, we helped decorate the Logan Tabernacle and then went to Forever Strong and very VERY good movie, Emily even cried. Also we went shopping, showed up looking trashey at a wedding shower and then went to wingers. It was a fun weekend, ALSO I would just like to testify of how proud I am of my sister from really coming home from her mission :)

Gangsta PaartA

2008-11-23T21:17:00.000-08:00

Straight up Thug

So mainly, these pictures are for you to enjoy, I only had the ones of myself, go figure my mom always did say I was a little shallow...

But as to add to our "great brains" I attended a gangster party, it was a bust, no one came it was just Jackie, Rica, and I... LAME but it was most definitely a great great experience to dress up and go to the colors dance as well. We went as straight up G's who can complain, I mean honestly it would be a treat rather then a threat to meet us in a dark ally....

This is our gang sign, it is for F 101 that is our apartment number, we throw it down pretty hard here in the L.L.C... we are kind of bad news so be ware on the streets, just cause we are hard core!

Three Month Annivsary!

2008-11-23T21:09:00.000-08:00

We did it! Jackie and I have now been living for three months, we celibrated our 3 month annivsary on November 16, 2008. We regret to have announced this earlier to recieve gifts and acceptance. However we managed to celibrate with a little something... Some Martinellis! We were mainly trying to creep our other roommates out, which I think we did with flying colors as you can tell through out these pictures. Good thing Jacie and I hated eachother at the begining, and now we are celbrating with fake wine glasses who would have guessed...

Luckily we will be able to enjoy and further our freindship when she marrys my little brother Max, because frankly thats hot...

Holiday Special!

2008-11-23T20:57:00.000-08:00

Holiday Special...

So here at Utah State, we use our "great brains" to develop great them parties. This one may or may not be one of my favorites, it was dress up as your favorite holiday. Rica and I decided to put our new hot Santa socks to good use and went as "Feliza Natividad." We may or may not have been the hottest girls there. We had some random comments adding to that so we will just leave it at that.

Also this night, we went over and enjoyed a great meal prepared my brother Mitch, a curry fest! It was interesting, we smelt like that for days maybe we still will for weeks, but it was a fun event to spend with him and his roommates, there is always an adventure in store for you at their house!

=0>>
ME- Felize, Josh- Marde Grais, Rica-Navidad, Stu- Valentines Day, Kyle-Arbor Day, Mitch-Father time, Alli- presant slash Christmas, Summer- firework!

Love US

ROAD TRIP.... boyzeee idaho

2008-11-15T11:51:00.000-08:00

Roadtripin'

One weekend I decided to take Jackie and Rica down to Boise, to show them my hometown...

I think that they are completely converted to boisizum now and will never turn back. This was my first trip home, we made it there and back only getting flipped off 3 times and almost hitting two dogs on the highway, and we did hit a chicken on the highway, how it got there we have no idea...

After getting my snow tires on and checking out the new Forever 21 in Boise, we went to the BSU vs USU game. It was a close game and we were definitely on the edge of our seats (donated by usu football players thank you). I mean we scored twice, and I honestly think that BSU was getting a little worried, I mean if they lost to USU what would they do, not wear orange and blue anymore.... now that would be a good thing!

While they were in Boise, I took them to all of the hot sights. This is a picture at the TOP of Simplots Hill, we climbed it in the rain and dark, we know you can't really see the city, but why is that important we you can see us?

Another bonus of this trip home, was I got to see one of my best freinds, Nic! We decied that it was most important to teach my roomates about Merrits.... Home of the Scones!!!

That is us enjoying some lemon nuggets... it got a litle messy but it was so worth it!

This is jackie and Rica, Pre-Scones, Jackie was waiting so hard core and was so excited, rica was as well... I think that the overdid them selves and showed that they to are really good at eating scones.

Note to Self- Merrits it a pretty trashy place, it has the best scones in the world, open 24 hours a day, has a bomb.com Jukebox and the waiters are classy and it is just the best night life I have found in Boise!

A romance began on this trip, a very unexpected one at that to. We honestly could not keep my little brother away from Jackie, and the crazy thing was, she kept going back for more! They are so cute togehter, this is there engagement photo, (in a few years max still needs to graduate and go on a mission) but I am fairly sure that she will wait for him and meet him white. They are just a match made in heave, I mean they even ordered the same food, and max already likes the smell of her hair. However they did reach a rocky spot when we were eating Sunday Dinner... After flirting for 2 days striaght, Max lost it once. Jackie accidently dropped her fork at the dinner table and the first thing anyone says is Max replying "THATS EMBARASSING...." then could not stop laughing... It was probably the most funny thing ever...

These are the good byes... So sad, maybe the sad fact is that my mother and I can not keep our eyes open for a picture or that Max kept insisting to take the picture in front of the oven so that he could remeber the last "time" he saw Jackie or that when my family does the wave every single picture we took they were off.

Overall, this trip was an extreme success! The drive home was a little bad, it was foggy and raining and sleeting, otherwise Rica and Jackie and I had an amazing trip, and after spending time with my family they quote unqoute said. "Clare we now know why the way you are, but in a good way."

Loves IT

HOMECOMING WEEK 2008

2008-11-02T22:02:00.000-08:00

Homecoming Week at USU 2008!

To start the week off, we attended what is formally known as the paint dance. They had a huge tent set up where you could go and get paint and splatter it everywhere over everyone and then dance. However it got a little out of hand, people stole the gallon's of paint and then poured them everywhere, we were scraping paint out of the grass. It was an extremely fun dance! Also they painted the entire 700 north road, with clubs names and all the activities painted on the street. It is a great tradition.

This was part of our paint team. We were pretty hardcore, it was intense. It literaly took me an 1:10 to take a shower and be able to come through my hair. Jackie and I still to this day have paint in our hair. I had to walk around for two day's with blue money signs on my arms. Apparently spray paint isn't just wash off...

With my role in leadership house, and a minor spot on the traditions board I had to do my civic duty and do service. So I chose to help do what I was good at, so frankly being Clare. I was an escort for two boys at the Mr. USU pageant. This is Brett Healy, I was his escort. This event was hilarious!

This was my dinner dress, I didn't get any picture with my date, but he took me out to Olive Garden and we enjoyed some soup, salad and bread sticks! After we attended the dance, where we literally danced the night away. It was packed, they had three floors of music, and had an 18 piece jazz band!

This was how I ended my night, one of my Friends needed help becoming a True Aggie so I came to the rescue, it was to help! This is not where you become a True Aggie, but we thought it would be a hot picture, and it is! This was my formal where, notice the A in the background its definitely a good photo for the books!

Overall, Homecoming was a great success, the next night we went to another dance, so we totaled 3 dances in one week, good call.....

We were just really good at celebrating this university tradition.

SEATTLE WASHINGTON

2008-10-25T16:05:00.000-07:00

Seattle Washington, Fall Break

Clare's Happy Early 19th Birthday!!!

Port Townsend

A big log with the kids

The 50's Diner

Me and Toad in front of the pretty Light House!

So for fall break this year and as my early birthday present I took my first adult trip to Seattle Washington, to visit the Deavers. My first flight was delayed an hour and a half because the plane was broken, I guess good thing that we didn't just go, like I had asked. I sat by a 65 year old lady who thought that pot should legalized and a 45 year old man who wanted the drinking age lowered. It was quite the adventure.

One of the things I got to experience was a Ferry Boat ride, every since I had seen Grey's Anatomy I have had the desire to ride one. The one we went on was called the Walla Walla, it was amazing to have the cold sea breeze in your hair. I most admit that I was a little scared that it was going to crash, but it would have been nice to tour the Seattle Grace Hospital, which I also found out that it is not real.

The ferry took us to Port Townsend, it is a small pirate town. The entire time I was lucky enough to listen to see who was more or a pirate, LauriAnn or Joe. In the end I still think I won. We toured the town, and it was really nice to walk around a small town and see the small town folk. We then ate lunch at a 50's diner. I had a vanilla Phosphate, it was tasty.
We also scored a lot of sea shells on the beach, it was quite they day of adventures!

This is me on a beach at sunset, it was hot! Canada is in the background, you can kind of see it. This was a really nice place to! It was right by a light house, I was able to take Deavers Christmas picture, it defiantly was one for the books.

Don't fear, I have already been asked if these are my kids. I mean I think I could pull it off, but you know I still look a little young for two kids. This was an abandoned shack on the side of the road, it was a great photo stop while we were on a walk! It was so fun to see Madison and Toad again. They had some great one liners, Toad would only say CHEESE to me.

My Favorite

Madison: "Clare where you going now?" (as I was packing to leave)

Clare: "I am going back to college."

Madison: "Oh back to all the boys?"

They also have a place matt with all of the presidents pictures and names on it, so at breakfast I was like Madison which one are you, and she pointed to the right one, then I asked thinking she wouldn't know which one was Hayes, and she points to the right one. AND THEN, she looks at me and goes Clare which one are you, and all I say is I wasn't named after a president. And she just replies "oh you didn't run yet?"-ha ha

But anyways it was a really fun birthday trip and I was glad to go and see that side of the fam again! They were all great fun, and we made lots of trips to Starbucks, and did lots and lots of shopping. We also at at Taste of India, it is rated in the Zygote (GILMORE GIRLS) where I tried Coconut Chicken Curry, it was yum yum!

2008-10-14T14:44:00.000-07:00

During Conference Weekend, my little brother Max came to experience college life as he is pondering where to further his education in two years. He attended what Utah State does best, a football game. He was lucky enough to catch the USU vs BYU game, where we beat UCLA and scored twice almost three times. I think he just loved it! Our favorite sign on our side was "BYU keeps the ugly girls out of Utah State" so true... Anyways this is just Max and I doing what we do best, our scary faces, we are widely known for them... It was great to see little Max and have someone to tease for the weekend, I miss that.

Along with the football game and Max, pretty much the entire family came up for conference to enjoy a "fo Thanksgiving" dinner. During one of the breaks of conference we went up to the canyon to do as we were told take a few pictures... We might have gone over board by a few but we are just listening to our leaders. It was so pretty with all the fall colors out. The Thanksgiving dinner was delicious, and I am just so lucky to be able to celebrate it twice this year!

It was also a blessing to see my family again, it is crazy how things change and some things don't.

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The Apple Pi Forority Party: Dress to Impress

Jackie and I went to this party and had another blast with our frort brothers. It was slow a first but turned out to be a dang good party. There was a good ole' dance fest going on in the living room and a chocolate fountain and homemade rootbeer keg in the kitchen. There were about 150 people that trudged through, and we were able to raise over $100 for Aggies for Africa through differnt means such as "Action for Africa" and a date auction. I helped in raising $26 of it.

I dressed up as a impressive japenese rain, and jackie was a teacher. We came to impress and turned out the best....

Well simply Mitch, is just good at what he does, he is the spitting image of Snoop Dogg or a Serial Killer. He had a nice grill though. He spent all day cleaning and making cookies, the party was amazing thanks to him!

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unfourtnatly, it has already started to snow here. This was us trying to stop the snow, but in the end we had to subject to it and enjoy it. The weather is crazy cold here. I have been wearing long johns for 2 days straight,per posedw gross, but warm! Anyways, life in the LLC is going great, I just perposed the idea of valet parking for our covered parking, because we are worth it to. I am thinking that they will get on this soon. We live in the LLC we can not be expected to take the elevator up 5 floors because we parked on the first floor. We should be treated better....

Love the Drama.....

2008-09-28T17:02:00.000-07:00

So the first week of college really only has one word to describe it "interesting." We are 6 way different girls that come from 6 different back rounds. This was our first "Family Picture," the first week we stayed up till all hours of the night and had girl talk to get to know each other.

So after our first week, we decided to do what we are good at. We went shopping at GATEWAY, it was the most spiritual thing i have attended here so far. We all fit in a tiny car and had Jace drive us to Salt Lake, where we shopped for almost 5 hours and spent an unmentionalbe amount of money for college students, but its okay because we live in the LLC.

During the first two weeks of school, we attended maybe 6 dances. This was one of the flavors, the 80's dance! We ratted our hair high and wore some hot clothes, we originally took pictures of our parents to the D.I to pick out outfits, so in the end it was picture perfect.

At Aggie blue(longest leadership conference of my life), me and my Jo Hardy's window group (we shared everything about our life, really everything) got really close. The Sig Ep Boys Held a Jumpathon, where they jumped on tramps for like 72 hours straight or something... Our BFF for life Amy played her Geetar at the event so we went out to support! She was amazing and she is going to be pro some day!

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Sorry this picture is awkward, it was just like the date... Just kidding.. This is Garrett I have already been on 3 dates with him, we have 8 dates planned, good thing its for Creative arts Class. So I at least have required dates. He is a funny kid from California, he lives two floors up from me. We went to some plays, and while he enjoyed them I slept hardcore....

This was one of my other dates, Mike, he is also part of my forority. We went on a triple Date Clare+Mike, Rica+Mitch, Jackie+Richy all = a fun night. We went on a photo Scavenger hunt and things got a little spice up. Me and Mike cheated, we wont lie, we took all our pictures in a walmart super center, we don't really like to think about it as cheating more like thinking outside of the box.

This was a really fun date, we ended the night with spelunkers? Mitch's own creation of desert which was really tasty, and while they all enjoyed ice cream, Mitch supplied me with "rice dream" what a kind brother.

This is Brad and I... I met him at a Sig Ep Bon Fire, I then met him again while he was making me a True Aggie! After that he asked me out on a date, we have so far gone "putt putt" golfing, were we dominated. I also attended his office party and met his pet duck "tod" who really is a duck that lives in their back yard. Last weekend he took me to the Rodeo and Jackie and Rhett Came to, I enjoyed seeing some animal cruelty it made me feel at home.

Fresh outta the Oven...

2008-09-25T11:48:00.000-07:00

This is for those who watched me grow and now miss me this is for you, I am sure there are many of you!I am in my freshman year at Utah State University, I have found that college is hard.Not only the classes but living with 5 other girls is quite the experience.

The roommates:

CLARE: This is me... I am known as the "weird" one. That was the exact phrase out of a few of my roommates mouths when I met them. I am the "Loser" because I go to bed before 11pm some nights and just one time 9pm... Apparently I was able to corrupt my roommates to venture out and become True Aggies, some of them got a little carried away, I was one of them, but its like service because we helped lots of other people become True Aggies to! I am a member of the Apple Pi Forority and love to support the amazing parties. Otherwise I am just the weird boy crazy roommate that goes to bed early, but is really good at watching TV!

Jackie- Jackie is my actual roommate, she is from Portland Oregon "she is dang freaking hot"- Jackie newton... We have shared some really special moments so far She is a mix between my little brother Max (last child syndrome) and Dwight Shrutte. For example last night I was sitting at my desk and I was doing my homework like a good girl should do! The corner of one of my assignments was hanging onto her desk, she out of no where got her scissors out and cut the corner off and handed it to me and told me not to put things on her desk. Good thing it was just a connections assignment. I like her I guess, she is the Relief Society 1st councilor of relief society A she is kind of a big deal here... She is also on the Apple Pi Forority Party Planning Commity.

RICA- She is from Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is a "chill girl," she has introduced me to what is called the "HIFI Face" and I am coming along on it just fine. Note: a hifi face is demonstrated in her photo. She is a balla, she has got some vertical on her jump. We are really good at going on adventures with me and is also part of

the Apple Pi Forority. She is also really good at Betos runs!

Lauren- She is Rica's Roommate, she is from Santa Quin UT, she is quite a live one. She is a new member of Capa Delta Sorority, she is living the dream. She has a major thing for Cowboys and Country Dancing. She works at American Eagle, and I think that's hot.

DISNEY- Now if you have ever been to "Disney land" it is just about the same experience of meeting the actual Disney. She is a portable party. She can correctly impersonate a Dinosaur. She gets her own room but it is lonely. She is good at working at Great Harvest Bread Co. and really good at bringing me free sandwiches. Also we shared a special moment while cleaning up our vandalism with our shorts... that is another story for not online... P.S She is from LAYTON UT

Renee- She is interesting :) just kidding, she loves all animals and will not eat them. She is currently looking into buying a pet cow and naming it Maybelle. This cow will not be a milking cow, she can't wait to take it on walks everyday on a leash. She is extremely smart, she is learning Chinese right now and just aced her first test, kudos to her! She has a boyfriend named Bryce, he usually just hides in the closet... She already has her associates degree and will be going to China this summer for school! She is also from Layton Ut, but was born and raised in the SOUTH!

Well this is just the beginning- We have had many adventures together, and as of now we are trying to get MTV to sponsor our show College: Drama in the LLC on TV, it is a work in progress.

The main reason for this show and blog is because we are the leadership house, and you can only image the drama that goes on, lucky for you I will keep you updated!

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