June: A Month in the Life of Katie!

Highlights:

• 6th ~ I went shooting with my family, for the second time in my life, and I shot a 22, and a really big gun that I can't remember the name of.
• 9th ~ BBQ with the Family!
• 13th ~ I went to help finish the set for 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. I was there for a total of 7 hours with a handful of the cast, and I had SO much fun. I love these people. We did take a break to go and get lunch!
• 14th ~ My first lesson in my calling as a Relief Society Instructor. It went really well.
• 16th ~ Opening Night of 7 Brides for 7 Brothers! (Too many performances, just know that for the three weeks following this date, it's all performances.)
• 17th ~ Happy Birthday Hannah!
• 18th ~ Happy Birthday John! My mom and I went to the library to fold books. Super fun, but makes me feel kind of guilty. Our show also got rained out. :(
• 20th ~ We got rained out again. The theater has been performing outdoor shows for 23 years, and they've been rained out a total of 5 times. Two times being in this show. Yuck!
• 21st ~ Happy Father's Day!
• 22nd ~ Played Night Games with a bunch of my friends. (It was a night off from the show.)
• 24th ~ Went to a Matinee of Transformers with Kristi!
• 26th ~ My friend Adrienne got married today and I was able to help set up for her reception. (I had a performance, and couldn't be there for the actual event.) After the performance, I went over to our director's house with a group from the cast and played rock band. (It was satisfying when the gloating director said he was the best rock band guitar player he knew, and later admitted that I was better than he was.)

Books:

• Spy Goddess by Michael Spradlin (Severely corny writing, but the story line is good, so I'm trying to look past it.)
• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (reread, about half of my cast is now reading the series, cause I talked someone into it, and they hear us conversing about it.)
• Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (reread, sequel to Uglies)
• Specials by Scott Westerfeld (reread, third in the trilogy.)
• Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (FABULOUS! Such a phenomenal story. I thought the second book was out when I finished, and almost cried when I found out it wasn't coming out until September.)
• Paper Towns by John Green (Really awesome book. But then, all of his are! They make me feel really smart when I'm finished reading them, cause he just has tidbits that make me feel really smart.)

Not as much in my highlights as usual, but wow, this month has been busy, when you take into account the all night rehearsals and performances, and all I have to do to get ready for the rehearsals and performances. It's quite hectic. The show's almost over. And while I am super sad cause I won't see all of the people that I've come to love so much over the past few months, I'm SOOOOO thrilled to have some free time. I miss my nights. :P

May: A Month in the Life of Katie

Highlights!

• 1st ~ I went on a Date with my friend Dale to see Jane Eyre the Musical at the Jr. High! Such a great show. (Not as great a date.)
• 2nd ~ Nashelle came home from college for the summer today, and we went to Jane Eyre. Her little sister played Jane, and was fabulous! I was invited to stay at the Cast party after the show ended because of the help I'd given during rehearsals. It was really fun.
• 3rd ~ One of my best friends from Layton was in town visiting her family, and we made a music video. (I still have to edit it. I'm a procrastinator.)
• 4th ~ I convinced my dad to go and see Jane Eyre on closing night with me. I cried when it ended. It was like I was a part of it, and I really miss it. It was a great show.
• 6th-7th ~ Mother's Brunch at Preschool. We invited all of the mothers to come and watch a short program, make a project with thier child and eat some cookies. It was a fun couple of days.
• 8th ~ My other best frind from Layton was in town this weekend, and we made a music video (which is still on my camera, and hasn't even been uploaded to my computer.) Then a bunch of her friends came over to her house and we had a bbq in honor of her birthday!
• 9th ~ A bunch of family was in town for Mother's Day and the whole gang went to Canton City buffet, and nearly took up a whole room. We then went down to Grandma's house and played games.
• 10th ~ MOTHER'S DAY! Love you, Mom!
• 11th-12th ~ Farm Fieldtrips. All the good stuff, Big Fat Pig, Sheep, Geese, the lot.
• 12th ~ Happy Birthday to me! I'm two decades old! My dad took me to see 17 Again! We both really enjoyed it!
• 13th-14th ~ Friendship Days. We met at the park, and ate lunch there with the kids.
• 14th ~ My parents took me out to dinner for my birthday! It was awesome!
• 15th ~ Happy Birthday Julie!
• 16th ~ Happy Birthday Jenny!
• 17th ~ I lead the music in Sacrament Meeting. Definitely harder than it looks.
• 20th ~ Preschool Graduation.
• 23rd ~ Nashelle took me to Breakfast for a belated birthday present.
• 23rd-26th ~ Aly and Kristi were in town!
• 24th ~ I was called to be a Relief Society Instructor. We had roast beef dinner and Games at my house.
• 25th ~ Happy Memorial Day! We had a delicious brunch at my Uncle Steve's house, and a bbq at my house in the evening.
• 29th ~ High School Graduation! I went to the Denzer's house afterwards and spent time with them!
• 30th ~ BBQ at Grandma's house. I chatted for a bit and went to see the Denzers before they left town.

It was a very eventful month. It seemed really long, unlike the rest of the months this year, because the last half, I've had nothing to do, but, I guess that's not all bad.

Books Read:

• 24th ~ Good Omens by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman! FABULOUS! Absolutely loved it!
• 26th ~ Fairest by Gail Carson Levine! Really good as well, it was good to read a book in a day, I haven't done that in a while.
• 28th ~ Spy Goddess by Michael P. Spradlin! It was really good. It's a manga graphic novel, and I've been really into Manga at the moment. I realized after reading it, that it was the third in the series. The first two aren't manga, but I decided to read them anyway, and I'm halfway through the first.
• 31st ~ Coraline by Neil Gaiman! A reread, but I love it! It's such a great story, and even though I know what's going to happen, my heart is pounding, and I find myself severely worried for Coraline's wellbeing! Great writing, that!

Well, I've got lots to do! It's a new month, and I'm going to start by cleaning my room. Starting with my calendar! :D Hope that your May was awesome, and that your June will be too!

April: A Month in the Life of Katie

Highlights:

• 2nd ~ It was a crazy day at work. There are three of us that run the day care. The two that aren't me weren't there, and I ran the place virtually alone. It started raining later that night, and my friend Adam and I lounged in his hot tub in the rain. It was awesome.
• 3rd ~ I spent a few hours hanging out with Adam, and then went to see Nashelle who had come into town that night.
• 4th-5th ~ General Conference!
• 5th ~ Roast Beef Dinner! Absolutely delicious!
• 6th ~ I went to the Rec Center with Kristi to work out! I can't believe how out of shape I am.
• 7th-8th ~ Easter Parties at work! Woo!
• 7th ~ I worked on my audition song for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
• 9th-13th ~ Spring Break!
• 9th ~ I watched 7B47B with my friend Quinn to prepare for auditions. After I went to Adam's house and played Halo for a few hours! Double kill, baby!
• 10th ~ The family went to Grandma's house to dye Easter eggs. At 8:30 I went to Adam's house for a Halo party with 15 guys. I didn't go home until 5am. Oh good times.
• 11th ~ Hung out at Grandma's house with the crew.
• 12th ~ Easter! I colored with sidewalk chalk with Megan and Jeff. And I later went to Adam's house to watch The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd! Such a wonderful movie!
• 15th-16th ~ Fieldtrips to the Armory.
• 15th ~ I went to the Tea Party at the Court House. (For all of five COLD minutes.)
• 16th ~ I spent the evening hanging out with the Denzer family.
• 17th ~ Auditions for 7B47B. I didn't do fabulously. Afterwards, my cousin Faith and I bought Capri Sun to see how many we could drink in 15 minutes. I got 8.5! She got 10 and two sips. Woo! We were very sick afterwards.
• 18th ~ My dad and I joined the Denzer family for dinner!
• 19th ~ Adam's younger brother Isaac's farewell. It was very nice! And the dinner afterwards was great too! I made tuxedo brownies, which everyone raved over. Later that night, I had a mental breakdown. A depressive episode, with a bit of anxiety attack and physical pain mixed it. It was not a pretty picture.
• 20th ~ I was cast as Mrs. Perkins in 7B47B. Another old lady. I'm not as excited as I should be, but I'm very sure that I'll have lots of fun in the part.
• 21st ~ I came home early from work with really bad stomach pains. Luckily they went away later that night.
• 22nd-23rd ~ Fieldtrips to the Firestation. I was coerced into going down the firepole and somehow burned my fingertips on the pole. :/
• 22nd ~ Random BBQ with the family. It was delish! After, I got Megan all dressed up and took her to take pictures! She's so stinkin' cute!
• 25th-26th~ The majority of the out of town Denzer crew was in town, and I got to spend a LOT of time with them!
• 26th ~ Faith's farewell was today! I'm going to miss her SO much! My family was also speaking in my home ward. They talked me into singing a musical number. It was fun, but I was very nervous for some unknown reason to me.
• 27th ~ First 7B47B rehearsal. It was a read-through of the script. It's going to be a fun show, despite my lack of interest in my part.
• 29th ~ Faith left for the Argentina MTC today!
• 29th-30th ~ Jenny subbed in preschool, and it was fun to get to work along side her.
• 30th ~ I went and saw Jane Eyre: The Musical at the Jr. High. AHHHH! It was SO wonderful! I plan on going every night! It was beautiful. If you ever get a chance to see this show, I highly recommend going!

It's been a very busy month, and I'm sure May will be just as intense. I had a lot of low moments this month, but hopefully next month will be so packed that I won't have time to feel sorry for myself. Here's hoping!

March: A Month in the Life of Katie

Wow! This month was SO busy! I'm sad that it's over, but I'm also very relieved! (Though this month will probably be pretty busy as well.)

Highlights!

4th-5th ~ Went to Pizza Hut for fieldtrips for preschool!

5th-8th~ Alyson was in town spending her birthday weekend with us.

5th ~ Alyson's B-Day! And a date with my friend, Adam, who'd been in Argentina for a month.

6th ~ We had family dinner! Fajitas! Ow ow!

7th ~ We went to Grandma's and played games. It was fun to catch up with the gang.

8th-10th ~ Road trip with my best friend, Nashelle!

8th ~ We left on the trip and stayed the night in Orem with Nashelle's Aunt.

9th ~ We got pedicures, went to the Draper Temple open house with her Grandma, saw the Joseph Smith movie, and saw a show at the OBT! Then we went to iHop and stayed with Alyson.

10th ~ We got our hair cut at Grassroots! Ate at Chili's, and then we headed home! It was an awesome trip.

12th ~ Happy birthday, James!

13th ~ I helped out with Choreography at the Jr. High. I went to the High School's opening production of Brigadoon. Afterwards I spent some time with my friends Justin and Brian.

14th ~ I produced a music video at the Jr. High! I had a tech crew, camera man, and dancers! It was AWESOME! I went to Brigadoon again with my Dad.

15th ~ I did some stargazing with Adam.

16th ~ Shakes at Jenny's for FHE.

17th ~ Happy St. Patrick's Day! I made so many green pancakes for work, that I now hate both pancakes and the color green.

18th ~ I went and saw Coraline with Mom! LOVED it!

19th ~ I went to Brigadoon one more time, and attended a little bit of my nephew's soccer game.

20th ~ I went to see Knowing with Kristi and Ronnie. Yuck. Terrible movie. Then I watched Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog with my friends, Justin, Brian and Ali.

21st ~ I bought Prince Caspian and went and watched it with Kristi and Ronnie at thier house. I also cleaned my room. You wouldn't know it though.

23rd ~ Happy Birthday, Adam!

25th ~ I made a campain video for a few of my friends at the Jr. High who were running for student offices.

26th-30th ~ Move Alyson to Las Vegas!

26th ~ Drove out to Aly's old apartment.

27th ~ Packed up all of Aly's stuff and drove down to stay with some family.

28th ~ Drove to Alyson's new place and unpacked. Then we went to the strip. My first time. My dad and I went to Madame Tussaud's wax museum, and when we came out, the lights were out. Aparently it was for some global warming awareness thing, but cool to say I was there the one day the lights were off.

29th ~ Drove back and stayed with the family.

30th ~ Drove home. (There's lots of stuff in between, but this post is already HUGE!)

31st ~ Happy 100th Birthday, anonymous town that I live in! The preschool went on a fieldtrip to the museum today! It was very fun!

Books read:

• Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale :)
• Looking for Alaska by John Green :)

Movies:

• Coraline :)
• Knowing :(

It was a very busy month. I loved it! Like I said, I'm sad it's over, but very relieved! Hope this next month is just as fun!

February: A Month in the Life of Katie

Highlights:

• 1st - Superbowl! GO STEELERS! That play just before half time was INCREDIBLE!
• 2nd - Chuck, Heroes and Medium premier! Good stuff!
• 4th-5th - Sick. Blegh. Still not fully better.
• 5th - Posted my Old School video on youtube.
• 6th - Posted my Horror Movie video on youtube.
• 7th - Posted my Yes...I Googled video on youtube.
• 8th - Movie night with the fam. We watched Secret Life of Bees. Cousin Naomi was also in town, and so Dad and I went and visited!
• 9th - I got paid, and went shopping for jeans.
• 10th - I visitted one of my favorite teachers. We had a good visit
• 11th - Finished "Ever" by Gail Carson Levine.
• 11th-12th - Valentine's Day Parties at work! They were CRAZY!
• 13th-17th - LONG WEEKEND! WOO!
• 14th - Happy Valentine's Day!
• 15th - My childhood friend, Justin came over and we had a lot of fun catching up.
• 16th - I spent time with my friend James. We watched Heroes, and chatted for a while.
• 17th - I went on a quick road trip to the border of Colorado with my friend Emma. You can see footage from it here!
• 20th - Happy Birthday, Nashelle! I made her a birthday video. Later I went to Kristi's to watch a movie. Secret Life of Bees again.
• 22nd - My Dad and I went for a good two hour long drive. It was nice!
• 23rd - Went to Kristi's and talked for a few minutes!
• 25th - Went to visit the kids, who weren't feeling well. Ended up talking to Jenny for about 3 hours.
• 26th - After getting to work, I was offered the day off. I went to lunch with Jenny and Megan. Afterwards, I went to visit Mr. Bernard again. Good times, good times.
• 27th - Went to lunch with my friend Katelyn at Wingers. Not the best fajitas ever, but they were decent. I got 50 subscribers today! YAY!
• 28th - Some cousins were in town, so I spent a few hours with them. <3

It's been a really good month. I'm sad to see it end. I'd want it to stay if there weren't so many AMAZING things to look forward to in March. YAY!

Koumpounophobia HD

Mom, this is for you! I know how much you love Neil Gaiman! After watching this amazing (yet slightly disturbing) video of Neil promoting Coraline, it has made me kind of scared of buttons. But then I've read the book, and I know why! EESHK!

January: A Month in the Life of Katie

Well, what can I say, I had a lot of fun with these reviews last year, and I think I'm going to keep it up.

I was going to make it as a video, to spice things up, but or some reason my editing program is making it pixelated. (If anyone knows how to stop this from happening, please help! It's not the first time.)

Highlights:

• 1st: Happy New Year! I spent the day with Nashelle and Adam. We were making a music video, and it...well, didn't work. I ended up making a collab video of the random stuff we filmed during the day!
• 2nd: Hung out with my friend, Katelyn.
• 3rd: My friend Adam came over, and once again we had the intent of making a music video, but instead ended up goofing off in front of the camera.
• 4th: Family movie night! We watched Mamma Mia. Awesome show!
• 5th: First day back at work after Christmas Break. Another family movie night: Eagle Eye! Probably the best action movie...EVER!
• 6th: I went on a shopping spree and bought a super cute sweater!
• 9th: Cleaned my room. UGH! It was also the night I got/performed my first request on my YouTube channel.
• 10th: Adam bought a gun the day before and wanted to take me shooting. It was my first time shooting a gun! Very exciting!
• 11th: It was my one year aniversary on YouTube! So, we had a date! Family movie night. Tonight's feature: Kung Fu Panda! I also finished An Abundance of Katherines by John Green.
• 14th: I took the First Aid class at the gold cross station so I could be certified for work.
• 16th: I made two meme videos. Fifty Things and Fifty-One Things. They were VERY time consuming, but so worth it!
• 17th: My cousin Hannah was visiting from college, and I spent a few hours with her. But my childhood friend was visiting from Sweden! It was so good to see him. So he, Katelyn and I (all childhood friends) spent the afternoon...and a good majority of the night...together.
• 18th: I went to Hannah's house to spend some more time with her! I miss her altogether too much!
• 19th: It was my day off, and my cousin Eve asked me to help her with a video project for school. It took ALL DAY! (I wasn't very happy.)
• 20th: Luda's farewell dinner. I tried everything...but didn't like much. Sorry Luda.
• 21st: Lost PREMIER! YAY! But I missed the first 15 minutes because I had to do the Gold Cross CPR course. But hey, if any of you have a heart attack while I'm around, I am certified!
• 22nd: Happy Birthday Katelyn! I finished Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke.
• 23rd: I went to see Inkheart with my sister Jenny and my cousin Eve. I really shouldn't see movies based on my favorite books. I'm far too prejudiced. Eve stayed the night.
• 24th: At three in the morning, Adam and I went and got food at McDonald's. We were hungry, and in need of a good conversation. I also made the cover of another request!
• 26th: Sick Day! I dont' feel too bad about it, we had a total of 14 children out of 38. But toward the end of the day, I started to feel slightly better and made a video. Then I went to dinner at my grandma's house. My uncle Wayne was in town!
• 27th: My alarm got turned off and I was half an hour late for work. Ooops.
• 30th: I went to lunch with Katelyn, and we had some fun tweaking our voices on my video program.
• 31st: Very deep and insightful conversations happened today...but the recipient wants the meeting to stay "classified"...so...

It was a great month. It was altogther too busy, but I guess I'm glad. I got a lot done this month...I'm hoping to get more done next month though.

December *A Month In Review*

Highlights:

1st ~ My first day back at Sunburst Childcare Center!
4th ~ Megan's Christmas concert at Zion's Bank!
5th ~ I put up the Christmas Tree. It was an all day process, and my hands really hurt afterwards.
8th ~ Family movie night! We watched M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" and everyone thought it was weird...except me.
10th ~ I was featured on cutewithchris! He makes one of my favorite vlogs, and I was featured! So cool!
13th - 15th ~ Kristi took me out to Layton for a Cousin's weekend, and to do some Christmas shopping! It was great to be out there again. I miss Aly, and it was great to see everyone and spend time with Kris, too!
15th ~ Just after I got home from Layton, my boss at the day care called. She offered me a position as a Preschool Teacher! I accepted!
16th ~ My first day at the Preschool! I'm my niece's teacher! It's incredible!
18th ~ Field Trips! We took our students to the Care Center and sang them songs. Santa visited, and it was great to see their faces!
19th ~ The families traditional Progressive Dinner! I love this tradition!
20th ~ I recruited a few friends to come and star in a video. It was the first one that I've simply directed! It was an incredible experience!
24th ~ Traditional Christmas Eve gathering at Grandma's!
25th ~ CHRISTMAS! Yay for Christmas! I got lots of cool stuff...and Pink Eye...I got Pink Eye too! :(
26th ~ Went to the Dr. to get some meds for the eye. Drove with my Dad out to Strawberry to make sure that Alyson got over the worst part of the drive okay! It was good to spend time with him, and to keep my mind off of the fact that I couldn't go play games with the family cause I was still contagious!
30th ~ Happy Birthday Mom! Mom, Dad and I went to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button! It was amazing! I loved the cinematography! And the story was really great too!
31st ~ Happy New Year! I spent the majority of the day with a few friends, helping film and act for a movie they were making. (I died.) Afterwards, I went to the get-together at my Grandma's house for the last two hours of the year!

I'm impressed! I only missed one month. True, several months were late, but I am very glad that I have these monthly reviews to look back on! They've made me realize that I've had a pretty good time! (I know there were lots of bad times too, but it was a good year!) May 2009 be just as wonderful!

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November *A Month in Review*

Highlights:

• 3rd ~ FIRED! Yup, I got fired from my job in Layton. Catch me sometime if you want to hear some complaining. That night I got ready and went to FHE. We had a turkey dinner, and it was lots of fun. I was actually given a job offer there by a friend.
• 7th ~ Three of my friends and I got all dressed up and went to the same amazing park that Aly and I took pictures at. We took lots of pictures. Then we went to Chili's. We all got the exact same thing. (Cajun chicken pasta...PHENOMENAL!) Afterward, we drove to Ogden to see Hush Sound, Spill Canvas and OneRepublic live in concert. It was amazing! I was very sad when it was over.
• 8th ~ Cousin Naomi and her friend Ambree came over to play some games like Guitar Hero and Friends Trivia. It was loads of fun!
• 9th ~ I was asked to give my first ever lesson in Relief Society. I was very relieved when it was over.
  
• 10th ~ Happy Birthday Kristi!
• 13th ~ Another Day 'O' Fun with Alyson. We went up to the trains in Ogden and took pictures! They turned out great! After that, she took me to dinner at McGrath's. MMMM!
• 15th ~ A friend cancelled plans with me, so Aly took me to dinner at Chili's (seriously, that cajun chicken pasta is SO good!)
• 16th ~ My friends and I spent one last night together before I moved home. We made one HILARIOUS video! I miss them altogether too much!
• 18th ~ Moving Day. Dad took Alyson and me to Chili's (what can I say, I love that cajun chicken pasta. Have I said that enough in this post?)
  
• 21st ~ Jenny, Kristi and I went to see Twilight. Decent.
• 26th-27th ~ Alyson was visiting!
• 27th ~ Thanksgiving. Good food and company at both my grandma's house, and also my uncle's house. I went with a few cousins to their house to play body body afterwards. So much fun!
• 28th ~ Holly Days! I spent the day with my friend Nashelle. Good times! I got hypnotized...and I don't remember anything about it. We sang karaoke! I love it. She stayed the night, and we made possibly my favorite video that I've ever made!

It was a GREAT month. Definitely some sad points, but it was a good one!