IM FALLING IN LOVE WITH COLOR AGAIN

* Promises *

Church was fantastic this morning. Of course. I love this church. SO awesome!

On the way home there was a full rainbow in the sky. I mean full- like full!!
I could see where it touched down to the ground. I tried taking pics. You have to look close but it is in there I promise.

Is it possible to find an Audrey Hepburn movie that isn't fabulous?

Roman Holiday

there is snow on Bogus Basin. The mountains look beautiful!

Hanna is currently drinking: an iced double shot banana coconut mocha.


So many dads and daughters getting coffee together this morning. So cute!!!!
There is something so special about going out with dad as a little girl.
It was adorable to see them come in and the little girl ask dad about getting a hot chocolate and of course the dad buys her one.

Then there are the moms who come in with their daughters or sons. Today this mom and daughter came through the drive through (the daughter was treating) and it reminded me of getting coffee with my mom. The mom didn't really know what she wanted so the daughter was coaching her through ordering her drink. It was so cute.


It made me get a bit vapory when I thought that I hadn't seen my parents in 2 months now, and It will be a while yet before I can go out on a date with my dad and ask him to buy me hot chocolate, Or go out to coffee with my mom and coach her through her order, if she doesn't order a "mocha latte" that is. I truly appreciate those times when we are just going out with no distractions and enjoying being together. I can't wait to see them in dec. I have to call one of my managers in a few hours and see if I get the time off, then I will be buying my tickets. :D
Can't wait!!!!



Before you think that I am super depressed and sappy, just know that I am actually doing great. I love working as a Barista, and love the people I work with. I am starting to get comfortable around here and am looking forward to the future. I know that I will be super busy with work for the rest of the school year working 2 jobs and all.


Other random note, I just discovered the most fantastic snack. Pita bread with roasted red pepper humus and cream cheese. SO FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!

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This is turning out to be a fantastic book. :]
If You Could See Me Now. By Cecelia Ahern
So cute.
Well Im off to work till close.

Got a flu shot today

Training at the gym is officially over. I wish I could say that I felt totally cool and ready, but I don't. I feel better than I did before though. I got to spot some boys gymnastics today. I LOVE LOVE spotting. I learned to spot front tucks on the trampoline along with swings into an inverted hangs on the rings. It is a very different things spotting boys gymnastics though. I also forgot what it was like to have someone teach you to spot things and then watch you. It is nerve racking. I am used to winging it if I don't know how to spot a skill. So far it has been correct with spotting but it is a weird thing to go through again.


Any who.... I am stalling on my EMT homework right now. I am reading the chapter on Obstetrics and Gynecology. After sitting through my teachers lecture on the chapter tues night I think I will pass on having kids of my own for a LONG WHILE!!! (I know my mom is going to email me about this and be like "having a child is beautiful and one of the most amazing things in your life, and some stuff like that.) I think my teacher's lecture could keep rabbits from reproducing. He went as far as to compare a placenta with a steak or wet pizza! GAG!!! I asked him what kind of steak he was eating.
I just can't understand why people would go to school to just deliver babies.
My teacher did say one things that made me not mind learning it. He said that he likes going on calls where he has to deliver babies because that is a call where everyone is happy in the end, for the most part that is.

Now that I have wasted a bunch of time on that it is time to move on to the next order of business. Hannah Montana. Yes that is right. I need to get my hands on something that is unmistakeably a Hannah Montana get up. I have to work until close on Halloween and thought I minus well dress up. So I picked Hannah Montana because my name is Hanna and people will love that.
So I am wondering if Hanna is an uncommon name in Idaho because so many people have remarked on my name being a cool name or something like that as if it were a rare name. People here though have crazy names, like that the Y all the girls I coached were Kileys or Kaileys or Ally, or Olivias, or Emilys. Here they are all crazy names that I can't even remember because I wouldn't even know how to spell the names. I work with people whose names are all similar, there Chantelle, charlene, and shawna (tonight was here last night, I am taking over her classes). Then at Hastings it is like My Big Fat Greek Wedding hastings edition. We have two Nikis in the cafe alone, then there is a manager named nicky and then a few Nicks in the bunch. I just don't know anymore.
This is truly the end of my ranting.

GOOD NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

opening 3 mornings in a row is tough stuff. THis morning I did not want to get up at all. When I got to work (after stopping at Starbucks. SHH.... dont tell) two of the managers were there and told me that they had been there all night. I one had to stay until noon also. What a trooper.
This morning was so slow. No one came in until after 9 and even when they did start coming in it was only a few.

Luckily I don't have to work at the cafe at all tomorrow. One guy who has come in for coffee the last few mornings was sad when I told him that I wasn't opening tomorrow. He came in and was all like "I was waving at you this morning. Did you see me?" haha.
I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow, and study. I do have to coach tomorrow night though. (I coach tonight, I'm not sure how well I am going to do at this point.)
I also requested off for my trip to the mid-west in early Dec. Hopefully I get the time off. If not I will be so so so upset.

Heard back from Compassio. :D :D
They are going to send me an application.
They said that at first they have you do a bit of everything, then they will find a fit for you personally. They also said that a nurse has just joined the team and is planning some things so working with her would be a place for me i guess.
This is so exciting. Depending on how much it costs I may be in Thailand this summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good thing I took a 2nd job. I need the money.
btw I am scheduled to work 28 hours at the cafe next week. So coaching and coffee combined equals 36 hours. (almost full time by Ill standards)


I'm going to study and eat lunch now. I didn't realize that we had more lecture at school tonight instead of our usual tues night skills, so I am really far behind on reading.

Another EMT test finished. Let me tell you, these 5 am mornings are tough stuff. I came home and slept for a few hours and it felt great. Tomorrow is going to look alot like today minus the test. I have another 5am morning. Driving Baby in the cold morning hours, 4 or so hours of work, come home nap, go to school. THen it gets interesting when wed and thur come along because then I have the work my second job later in the day. I am just keeping my eyes on the goal ahead and trying not to get lost in work and obligations and still enjoy everyday.
I still find time to sketch and read. Thank goodness.
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I know I just got here, but today I really felt the push to start figuring out my next step because these things take time.
I was looking a the mission medic partners and sent an email to Compasio about volunteering short term like over the summer. If you are curious about what they do here is the link to their site.

http://www.compasio.org/Compasio/Compasio.html

I have always wanted to go to Thailand and would love to be a part of what God is doing there. :]

I love some of the ideas in this blog. ANd look at some of the dresses and brides maid dresses. LOVEEE!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.rocknrollbride.com/blog-love/

A dear Friend just posted this on facebook and tagged my sister and I in it! SO fantastic!
Love my sister! I wish She would move here already and we could live downtown maybe with Jessica too????? Talk about a total love fest

Can I please be a classy lady like my Nana was, and Audrey Hepburn (yes that is right I just compared my Nan to Audrey Hepburn.) I want to be classy like that; dress well, speak well, read well, LIVE WELL!

Special shout out to Gary and ELen who drove to my house this morning and fixed my scooter!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!

SO baby won't start. Man oh man. .I am going to see if Elen's husband will come over and take a look at it. I need a stand in dad and I think he would be a good choice. That couple has been super sweet to me and offered for me to go to their house for Christmas.

I had my first night at the new gym
So different from the Y. All I did tonight was shadow the other coaches. I'm pretty excited to start coaching and spotting!! :]
It is cool being in that gym though because they have a boys program so there are guy coaches [ ;) ] and guy gymnasts.
I am pretty tired already and I have to work tomorrow morning from open (6:30) till 2:30.

Did that seriously just happen???
I guess I now have a job coaching gymnastics Wed and THur nights. Maybe it is not the best idea to agree to interview on day which I have been up since before 5 am because I had to open at work. Or maybe it is a good idea? I don't know.
SO I have a coaching job added to my 20+ hours a week at Hastings and my Mon and Tues night classes. When am I going to study? Good question. ha
Don't expect very extensive blogs from me for a while. I don't think I will have the time.
SO that is an update.

Dropped Amber off at the airport this morning. Sad day. Then through random events ended up in downtown boise wearing ducky slipers and walking around in search of coffee. I love downtown so much. I don't think words can truly express how much I love it. I hope to soon go around with my camera and just photograph the area in all of its awesome-ness.
I have a bunch of school and sleep to catch up on now.

I just got an email invite to myspace. How ridiculous! I thought people didn't really even use myspace anymore. Ha! Crazy

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I LOVE MY LIFE!!!!
I LOVE IDAHO!!!!!!!!!!
I have some super cool ideas to raise money for this trip, I'm just not sure how exactly to go about it.

the theme of the weekend is the book of Romans

SO here is a little update. Amber is still here. :]]]]
We went to church this morning and it was great! Love that church. THe pastor is super chill but so full of God's love. It is a total hippie church.
We then went to this awesome bagel place that a customer from work told me about. We got our bagels and an Americano with a vanilla shot and sat in the grass for a mini picnic.







We went to downtown after that and walked around. We hit up anthropology and urban outfitters, and a resale book store where I had to resist buying a C.S. Lewis book.
We walked to the captial building after and sat on the top of the steps and talked of great things.

There was a BBQ for mission medic students and alumni tonight.We talked about the trips coming up in the spring. There are two trips; one to Zimbabwe and one to SOuth America. I'm not sure which trip I will go on. Depends on a couple other things.
SO if anyone reading this wants to donate money to me for a trip to do medical work in remote villages of the rain forest, or help with AID prevention and clinic work in Africa then please contact me.

The trip to Africa will be over 3 grand. I have so many possible trip this spring I don't know how I am going to fund them. I guess I will just be working ALOTTTT and saving everything.

It looks like there are a bunch of possible long term work for me to do once I am done here. Can't wait to see where I end up. I truly love it here right now. Really really I do!


That is an update for now. Let me know if you want to help in any way possible. I would really appreciate prayer!
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Dear Angus and Julia Stone; you write the most fantastic music EVER!!!! I want to jump into a pool of your music and swim for hours. :))))))
Started reading the new Cecelia Ahrens book tonight. I read it out loud so Amber could enjoy it too. :]
Thanks mom for making us kids read out loud when we were younger. It is a dying art but a great skill. I love you and hope Dubai is treating you well. I check my email like a billion times a day in the hopes that there will be a message there from you.

Amber and I went to the mall today and had a fantastic time about it. We got some sushi after shopping. We got half a long roll of spicy tuna and the other half as a California roll. It cost us less then 8 dollars total and it was perfectly sized. :] Then we watched The Devil Wears Prada. Amber tried driving Baby, YAY!!! Then we did some reading. :]


TOmorrow we have church and then I think we are going to go enjoy down town Boise before heading to a cook out at Karen's house.

Its late now though and I would really rather sleep. Night!

Worked 9 hours today. It was a long day. I like the shifts that get done before 6 though. ALot of older people come in and they are super cute, and tip pretty well.
Lets see, one guy winked at me today. Then I made one lady's day because I made a heart out of chocolate drizzle on the top of her mocha frappe. <3


It was a very long day though, esp. after working 8 hours yesterday.
After work Brenda and I picked AMber up at the airport. :]
YAY!
Amber and I went and ate at Five Guys. It was an amazing burger. No lie. I have never seen AMber eat so fast either. great great food. We then went to Hastings (2 hours after I got off work there and left) and I showed her the beauty that is Hastings. :]
WE rented a movie, and got a dirty chai .

We just got done touching up my hair color.
I love that she is here. Can she stay please. Hopefully I will remember to bring my camera around so I can post pics soon.

Dear anyone who reads this;

Please pray that GOd gives me amazing amounts of energy. The ability to sleep only a few hours a night and go non stop once i am awake. :]
That is what I truly truly desire. :] Please pray for that for me.
love, Hanna

Went to small group tonight, and look what I came home to.... Holy freakin cuteness!!!




This neighbor girl (who is 13) who has been staying here the last few night (who is super cute and I love!) did this. I pretty much adopted her as my little sister.

I can't find my chap stick and my lips are killing me they are so dry.

even big girls still need their daddy's sometimes

The most important thing to learn, is to live a life with no regret.
I went into Lowes today to get some stuff and it made me sad. Stores like that really remind me of my dad and make me miss him. I used to go into Home Depo and stuff with him and he would get so distracted by random tools and say "This is what I want for Christmas" as if I would actually remember.
My dad is one of the most important men in my life. He always made me feel like I was good enough. That I was pretty enough and interesting, and just super captivating. He always tells me that I will make a great wife some day. He would sit out in the garage with me for hours and just talk to me like an adult, he never nagged me or anything. He always encourages me to dream and follow through with them. He tries to coach me through guy problems and give me advice, maybe should have taken some of his advice. He yells at the TV with me during football games, and would snuggle me when I was feeling lame. I love the way that when something was bad enough that it made me cry he would genuinely ask me what was wrong. He is the best sort of man. Any guy interested in marrying me has some big shoes to fill. I just thank God all the time that my dad is here. I couldn't imagine life without a dad.

I did this sketch a few weeks back and totally forgot about it until I found it today, I think I forgot about it because I didn't like it at all when I had first finished it.

Oh by the way! I can run again now. First time since may! THis is the best thing.

All I can say is, be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it. And of course the thing that you spend so much time wishing for is the thing you dont get, but that passing split second wish, is the one that you get.





On a different note, It looks like I may be adding a coaching job to my schedule. Susan from a gym near by is going to call me on monday about an interview. I realized yesterday how badly I need coaching in my life. Just the time to interact with kids and just be goofy. A time to teach and feel the fulfillment of seeing someone improve. So excited!!
My parents moved to Dubai officially. They got there yesterday afternoon. I really really miss them, and the rest of my family. I miss sitting around with them and the babies and enjoying things. I'm sad to think back on all the bad times that tore our family apart and put up walls between us. I am just so excited for when God brings full restoration and brings us back to the place where we are just happy to be family and together laughing and eating of course. haha

I also really wish Billy was here. He is the sort of brother that I wish was always around, to bounce ideas off of, and to enjoy doing the simple things with. This morning I was thinking about the happiest time I can remember, and the most recent happy time was when my parents were visiting Dubai and Billy and Kyle were at the house with us, and Jessica was popping in and out randomly along with other beautiful people. That was the happiest time. Everyone in the house was on the same page. I wish life always felt that beautiful.

But, before you start thinking I am emo, know that I am not. Just more pensive today. Alot has happened in a short amount of time and sometimes it can be overwhelming, and when you finally have a chance to stop and think about it you feel like you have a ton of bricks fall on your head. I have been so busy since I got here that things haven't kicked in , and yesterday I realized how much growing up I have had to do in the last 2 months. Earlier this year I would not be able to believe that i am doing half the things I am now doing. Taking care of all my stuff. Registering and paying for things, going to the DMV by myself to register my scooter, calling about applications, and taking motorcycle classes.ha

My new life goal: To Stop over thinking things. You can't deal with emergency situations or tough thing if they haven't even happened yet, and aren't even definite to happen.



I worked in the cafe again today. it was fantastic. After work I walked over to the DMV to license Baby. It was kind of funny, my dad had to be put on the title, and I didn't have his license obviously or his social and I couldn't call him because he was on a plane so the lady looked him up to see if she could find one of his old Idaho licenses, sure enough she did! Lucky business.

Im going to bed.Im going to hang out with Ratimo tomorrow, hopefully learn some Swahili. I am really missing my family today, and my niece and nephews. I miss their faces.

Just took my first EMT test. Got an 89%. Not bad considering I accidentally skipped over a few questions, or the computer didn't register them, or let me go back. I'm super excited about it. I LOVE learning this stuff! SO fun.

JAMBO!!

this has been such a long weekend. Friday night I had my first night of STARS. (a motorcycle driving class) The friday night class was only 2 hours long, that was the short day. Saturday morning I had a work meeting at 7:15, then I had to be at STARS by 7:40. I only caught like 20 min of the staff meeting. At STARS we spent from 8-12 riding around on the motorcycles doing random drills, Then I had an hour lunch break before going right back for a few hours of class room time. After class was done I did some running around with Brenda and her momma and sister which included some tea so I was pleased. I headed home then to clean up. The Kenyan (Ratimo) and I had made plans to hang out once I was done with STARS. He picked me up around like 6, met Brenda and her mom and Sister and then we headed out. He was so sweet, he opened the door for me getting in and out of the car and going in and out of buildings and paid for me. We went to a Greek place downtown which was super good, and then to get frozen yogurt, then we walked around the down town for a while.HE is going to teach me Swahili!!! It was good to get out and do something. ANYWAYS..... so then I got home pretty early cause I was getting tired and had another early morning of STARS this morning.

I had to be there at 15 to 8 this morning. We spent from 8-1 driving around. We had our skills test, Im sad to admit that I BARELYYYYY failed (LAMESAUCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Though in my defense I had never driven a motorcycle before yesterday, so I think I did pretty good considering. I just got nervous during the test and psyched myself out.) so I have to retest. (Super lame)
Then I had a little over an hour for lunch again, then back to STARS for classroom again and the written test. Easily passed the written test. Then I drove back home again. Lots of back and forth. I only live like 5 min away so it wasn't a big deal. When I got home Brenda knew I was feeling a bit down so she made me some pasta before I left for work.


I was scheduled to work 6-midnight! Long day. I put away some movies on the shelves for a little while then did computer training for the next 4+ hours or so. When I went on break I went back to the cafe to get a drink, and the girl there (she was supposed to be training me tonight but I have to finish my comp training) said that since she was supposed to be training me she would have me make my own drink. SOOOOO....... I made myself a vanilla chai tea, which was fantastic!! The store closed right before my break was done. I helped close then came home. So I am home now. ha
Im kinda sleepy but I know I will have to wait a while because I just finished my chai tea. Im watching The Butterfly Effect while I blog.
Sorry if this is not a super exciting blog. Im tired, it has been a super long weekend.

The more I see of religion the more I am appalled it, It is simply a propaganda, rules, and a form of enslavement: The more I see of Jesus the less I see of religion. The more I see of His heart the more I see of a call to simply love the Lord with all that is within you, love one another as yourself, and live an abundant life full of joy , purpose and promise.
I don't chose to not sin because I don't want to jeopardize my chance at heaven, but rather the more my heart becomes like his heart, the less appealing the vises of this world become.


John 10:10
mark 12:30-31
mark 7:1-23

well....Im not really sure what to say, but I feel like I should say something. I have been working the last three days. Just learning the register and other things like that. I am learning quickly and getting it down. They can now just leave me in my lane by myself to take care of everything. There are still a few things I encounter that I am clueless on, but then I page a manager up to lane 1. This other girl I work with was telling me yesterday that I sound super nice when I am paging people. She said that her and another one of my co-workers were actually talking about it together. I say as long as they are saying nice things about me, it's all good. Hopefully I start in the cafe soon. I went and bought a drink during my break yesterday. I got a large iced vanilla chai tea. With my employee discount it came up less than 2 dollars. LOVE IT!!!! It was delicious. I really can't wait to start working in the cafe, I really like the manager. She is super cute, and well its coffee, and the cafe is the only part of the store that plays chill music. YOu know when you go into a video area in a store and on the tv screens they have a bunch of ads that they play over and over and over again? Well that is what you hear all day working the registers, the same adds over and over again. TO make it worse there is this Aragorn video game that they advertise on the tvs up front, and everytime I hear the ad I get excited thinking there is a new LOTR movie coming out so I look up, and see it is just a video game. :[ :[



I know my mom is curious about my camping trip last weekend so I guess I should give her details. We were suppossed to leave on Fri night but most of the group couldn't get there until saturday, so we waited till sat too. By "we" I mean me, Pete, and the lady Stephanie who was organizing the whole thing and giving Pete and I a ride. She was going to pick us up around 8am but got lost so it ended up being later. Cool story though, I walked out the front door to check if she was here and I looked up over the mountains and you could see hot air balloon floating over in the distance. SO cool.





So Stephanie picked us up and we headed up the mountain. It was easily over an hour drive, maybe even 2. We got there and started setting up camp. Pete and I were both camping with tents and pretty everything that was not our own, so to make it more complicated I suggested racing to see who could get there tent up the fastest. He didn't like the idea, but I told him I was racing him whether he agreed to it or not. I def won. I finished setting up mine and then helped him set up his. Then I wrote up some signs and we put them up to help the others in our group find us.

The plan for the weekend was to do survival things, like washing clothes in the river, and washing dishes with limited water, and hiking and things like that. Pete had already been on a bunch of missions trips, and I had been camping my fair share, so we ended up not doing like any of that. Some of the people in the group brought campers up. We pretty much just sat around the camp fire most of the day relaxing. We roasted hot dogs, ate too many doritos, made smores with reeses cups instead of just plain chocolate. (Best things I have ever tasted. I would recommend it.)
Then we did our nightly hygiene things like brushing our teeth with little water, found some shrubs surrounded by tall grass to pee in and then went to bed. I was so cold. Jennifer was super awesome and lent me an egg crate and an inflatable mat to sleep on because I just had two sleeping bags. Good thing. I was so cold I had to take the second sleeping bag from under me and use it to double cocoon myself, along with putting up my hood and covering my face with the sleeping bag. I was so so so so cold. In the morning we had some coffee, eggs, and french toast (I didnt eat though because I was really not hungry) then we sat around for a little while. I washed dishes in super freezing water. We packed up camp and headed down to the hot springs. That was beautiful! I am the sort of person who when presented with hot water surrounded by huge rock formations, instead of lying in the hot water I climb the rocks,bad knee and all. I did soak my feet a little while, but it was had to find a good temp of water. It was either scalding or cold. After the hot springs we headed out. Pete and I went back with Jennifer and Clayton (Clayton rode up with her sat night) because she was leaving earlier and I had homework to do.
That is pretty much more story of camping. I wish I had more exciting stories to tell, but when you are camping with all people in there late 20's or older that are super chill or just tired from working alot and being super busy you can't expect too much excitement. It was really nice though. I would love to go camping again so bad. I guess I don't really have any other news.