Katchup

It's been a while, so much has happened!! Mama and Papa Smitty came up to Provo this past weekend for General Conference. It was so nice to see them and here all thats going on down in Vegas. They took us out to dinner Friday and Saturday night, So nice to eat a really good meal!! Conference was amazing. Satuday morning we all got together at Spencer, Taylor, and Austins dorm and ate breakfast while we watched. I was able to to do a quick load of laundry in-between talks :] It was SUPER nice to have clean clothes for the next week! We listened to the Saturday afternoon session in the car on our way to Salt Lake City. Once we got to Salt Lake we hung out at Sarahs Grandpas Condo. It was sooo nice to take a nap on a realyyyyy  comfy bed!! I fell right asleep! Around 5:30 the boys got ready for Priesthood Session and us girls went to the Gateway Mall to do some shopping! I bought some really good hairspray for $7. It's usually $28! Go me. We met up with they boys and went to Olive Garden for dinner, yummm. After that we walked back to the Condo. It was late so the gates around the Temple were closed :[ I was so sad. I reallyy want to go up there again and just spend a Saturday watching all the weddings. We headed home after that. So get this hahaha, We were on the freeway?/highway? coming back to Provo. We see lots of red break lights up ahead and were like great. Traffic. So we gradually get down to 1 lane.. Ugh. We see this poor kid trying to push his overheated car up the hill to try and get help. Spencer and Tyler jump out of our car and run over to help him. What awesome future missionaries :] Sarah and I have no clue what were going to do.. so we keep driving, passing a few exits. We decide we should probably go back and pick up the boys. So we back track trying to find the exit the boys got off. Lucky for us the bridge to the exit where we were was closed, so we got to go allllllllll the way back to where the traffic started and sit through it allllllllll over again. Hahah we made the best of it though. I got out and ran along side the car while we were going 3 mph. We blasted music and belted at the top of our lungs. Greatttt times. On Sunday Grandma and Grandpa Batchelor stopped by!! It was so nice to see them.
Here is some picture updates:

Circle Cut

Short Triangle Layer

HUGE rainstorm yesterday :]]]]] LOVEEE IT

This is now my sexy man doll. He is rockin the Gentleman's Cut.

Note the permanent marker on his face.. Yes, that is shaving

outlines. We learned how to do a super sweet men's shave.

Hopefully that will attract the men!

This is my cute little balloon. Haha, this is how we

practiced shaving. Blade and all. We covered them in

shaving cream, one girl in my class pushed a little too

hard.. haha shaving cream went everywhere!!!!

My cute little balloon after his shave :]

Thats right, thats my name. 168% babyyy!!!

This is my awesomeeee dinner tonight.

I am so proud of myself.

Salad, Pasta with grilled chicken, and a slice of toast.

Haha see Mom and Dad, I don't always starve.

I try and eat a nice meal at least once a week :]

From the lovely Taylor Windam

‎"Dear Icebergs, Sorry to hear about the global warming. Karma's a (booger). Sincerely, The Titanic."

First Hair Color and updo fun :]

Dylan was such a trooper!! I owe him big time. Coloring went great-

Here are some fun updos on my Dolly.

This is a really ugly French Twist.

Her poor hair is already so damaged from coloring it so much

and washing it alottt.

Just goes to show-don't color your hair too much and don't wash it multiple times a day!

My friend Sarah showed me this cool looking braid.

I had ALOT of time on my hands one day so I did it around her

whole head. Haha it looked really bad. But it was fun!!

Weird Braid again, haha you can see how bald she got

from all the hair we pulled out when her

hair was a huge knot...

poor thing.

School went great this week. Glad its the weekend though. Went on a super fun date last night. We went to the BYU soccer game, saw them beat the Utah Aggies 3-1 I think? After we went and watched Nacho Libre, Haha way funny movie. I was surprised how funny it was!

I woke up at 12:13 today.. SOOO NICE. Haha I couldn't decide it I wanted to eat breakfast or lunch... Now im just getting ready for the game :] Go Cougs! Hopefully we win.. I hear were not that great.. I honestly think that our graduating class of 2010 is bad luck. First Centennial now BYU?? Oh well.
SO EXCITED FOR TONIGHT! Can you say Dance Party Galore?!

Getting my hands dirttaayyy

We have been doing some funn stuff this week. Here are some updates:

First Foil

They didn't turn out too bad! if you look really close though, the roots are horrible.. I need to work on that haha..

We learned how to use some curling iron, I forgot the name of it..

But it didn't have a spring on it and was all backwords.

Lots of fun once you got it and had a system.

After curling we practiced updos.

I tried to re-create my prom hair but it didn't work out so well..

As you can see there are lots of funky flyaways.

Tomorrow we color on real people.. Im really excited though!! Dylan is my model, so his hair will be super easy.

Sooo.. I went on a really fun date last night! It was alotttt of fun. We went to an accustic concert, the bands were amazingg. My new favorite Artist is Nik Day, he is sooooo dang good. And super cute! After the concert we got ice cream :] and may I say that Tin Roof Sunday is so good!

Time to Catch Up

Usually when I come home the people across from my apartment are blasting Spanish music.. which makes sense because they are Mexicans. Today I was greeted with something I recognized, the Spanish people had American Idiot by Green Day cranked up so the whole complex could hear. Funny stuff.

Saturday I went to the grocery store, I was surprised how much fun shopping for food on my own could be. I had a great time. Not to mention the 30 year old looking man trying to flirt? with me while trying to pick out vitamins to help your body when it gets old...  yaa.. Haha but nothing tops the college student with his grocery list written all our his arms in a black sharpie marker. Dad you would be proud, bread was .88 so I bought 2 and froze one. I also bought a nice biggg thing of tortillas that I separated and froze for later :] You taught me well. Not only was it  a successful trip but right after I was done putting away all my food I updated my checking account and saved it! Now that is an accomplishment. I am keeping up on all of my spending making sure I don't go over :] Thanks Mom and Dad for yelling at me for never doing it before. It has finally stuck.

Church was great, my Bishopric is amazing. I cannot wait for next Sunday. The Stake first Counselor gave the Sunday School lesson. He introduced the Stake theme for the semester. It is a very familiar scripture, "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."-1 Timothy 4:12. Tonight for FHE the Stake wanted to do a get to know the Stake Presidency. They are all great too. I feel soo blessed to have such awesome Ward and Stake leaders. The lesson they gave was really weird though.. My whole stake is pretty much return missionaries so they emphasised dating.. The Stake President said something about 3 P's? Prepared, Paid for, and Paired off... Not use to hearing that one said over the pulpit. Haha Ohhhhh boyyyyyy..

Today was a little hectic... I was so tired this morning so I don't think I started off right. I dropped my little Baby off to get its oil changed for the first time by myself. The guy was really helpful so that was nice. I made it back in time to eat my lunch. We learned allllll about coloring hair. It was kinda intense, alot to take in. We did a super fun activity with cup cakes though. We made the 3 primary colors with food coloring and frosting, then we had to take from the 3 and make secondary colors like red-violet and yellow-green. It was fun mixing the colors to make it just right. I had to make blue-green 

I think it turned out pretty dang close.

We had to make brown and black.. those ones were hardd.

After we were done I ate a whole think of frosting... ughhhh so much for being healthy. And thenn if that wasn't enough, I ate 2 cupcakes. The stupid things were so good.

I figure you all saw my lovely white girl corn rows. Ya, I was stupid and left them in too long with loads of gel.. So I take out all the braids and brush it all out. Everything was fine, super easy to brush no prob. I go to wash it out in the sink, shampoo and condition, take it out and dry it off. As I sit there waiting for my friend I notice something is realllllllyyyyyyyy wrong.. My dolls head is one HUGE knot with the texture of dread locks. I have no idea what happened. I did what I always did when I washed. My teacher is freaking out and is like "I have never seen this happen before!!" and goes around to show the other teachers laughing.. Haha it was a superr funny sight but I had no idea how I was going to get it out!! It took about 2 hours and lotsssssss of conditioner. 

NO BUENO

 If that didn't stress my out, then leaving Baby to get her Oil Change surely did. I dropped it off at lunch so I could pick it up at 5 when I was done with class. The guy was super helpful because I had noooo idea what I was doing. The hair mess thing took until 5 30 so freaking out I run over to the car place and luckily they were still open. Huh, so happy today is done with.

                              I know it could have been much much worse so I am grateful.

"You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation."
— Brigham Young

BEST DAY EVER

Sooo pretty much yesterday was theeee BEST DAY EVERR! School was a blast. We got to wear jeans :] the usual dress code is business attire. So my feet got a nice break from high heels too.

                                                      My Pin Curls actually turned out!

                                          We practiced braiding, which was totally awesomeee.
                                            These are my flippin sweet White Girl Corn Rows.

                                                           We call them White Girl Corn Rows
                                     because they are just tiny little french braids, not the legit ones.

                                         We practiced washing each others hair then worked on
                                      our blow drying skills, blow drying with a round brush was alot
                                                     harder then I thought! But alott of funnnn.

After school we had a ward party! I was soo excited to meet my new ward. We went to some Resort in Midway, which was absolutely gorgeous. We went on a 5k walk around the town, and got to see President Monsons home there in Midway! Everyone in the ward is AWESOME. Most of them are RM's so they are all older, but I had the time of my life at the party. I met sooo many new people, I can't WAIT for church tomorrow!! After we got home from the party the Apartment room next to ours had its door open and I was able to introduce myself to them. They told me they go Salsa dancing every Friday and told me I should come! Haha they were really nice, but hard to understand because of their Spanish accents. All in all, yesterday was amazing. :]

Practice Makes Perfect

Hair School has been great so far. Only 4 days and I have learned so much!!

It looks really ugly but this is what we call "Finger Waving." Most commonly seen in the 1920's. And is flipping HARD. Please do me a favor and don't ever ask a Stylist to Finger Wave your fair by hand.

This was my favorite so far, Wet Curls. Unfortunately, we were only able to leave the curlers in for an hour because we had to move on. This is in the process of taking all the curlers out.

 

The Final Product :]

Too bad they were still damp, the curls fell quickly after taking out the curlers.

And yes, my doll is freaky looking. Why they put faces on them, I have no idea.

Fun fact: It is real human hair... I got over it quick though.

Pin Curls.

These were SUPER fun to do. I think I went a little gel crazy though... My poor Dolly, you can already see her bald spot. We do so many things with the hair each day, the hair falls out pretty quick. Hopefully the curls turn out tomorrow!

First Day of School!

Yesterday was AWESOME. School is so much fun. All the girls are super sweet, so that makes it even more fun. It was just Orientation, so I was only there 9-11. I stopped at Shopko to grab to cold meds :[ but was very successful in finding some nice microwave safe plates! Unfortunately the ones I had before were not.. no bueno. I stopped and got gas (All by myself, Hailey) I felt pretty legit, seeings how it was only my 2nd time getting it by myself. I came home and actually word out for a little bit. It was very nice, probably won’t happen again. But still really nice. Next, Dad you'd be so proud, I balanced my check book and updated everything. I sat around bored with nothing to do, until I realized... I could get a library card!! So I drove over to the Provo City Library and got myself a cute little card! It was so fun, I felt so grown up putting in my new address. After the Library I laid in bed for a while watching House episodes on this super cool website I found. It was very relaxing. I ended up falling asleep, only to be woken up by my roommates. Not a bad thing though, I got to spend time with them and talked for a while. It was a great bonding moment. We are getting more and closer. I’m loving having a room all to myself though :] Ward FHE was cancelled though.. I really wanted to meet my new ward. Oh well, Can't wait for Sunday!!!  To end my night I cooked myself some nice grilled chicken with a side raspberry and pomegranate dressing salad and some apple sauce. SUCCESS  

My new home

I am all settled in to my new cozy apartment. I can't say that I am settled in to my new life yet.. Keep in mind "yet". The change has been quite a shocker. For a long time I was dying to get up here and just live it up. Which I still will do but, There are some people in my life that I truly be missed.. But I can't wait to see them again for Thanksgiving, or maybe sooner :]


To my Parents: I would like to say thank you for everything, I know those 4 words could never do justice for everything you have done for me. Just know that this big step in life is hard, but it really made me realize how much you do for me. Luckily, I was very blessed. You 2 have taught me so much. Haha Dad, I will never let my gas tank go below 3 bars. And Mom, I will never leave my towel on the floor. Of course those are just minor things, but I’m still grateful for all you taught me. I hope you understand how much you mean to me. I will always be your little girl. There is so much I wish I could say but I can't even put it into words. Just know that I love you more than anything, and I can't wait to see you again soon.

To my Little Sister: I hope I have taught you everything you need to know. Stay away from those boys, You are beautiful, don't let anyone tell you your not. Thank you for all the fun sleepovers in my room, for wearing my clothes, and yelling at me for taking your eye lash curler. It will be missed. I will see you very soon. You better keep me updated on all of your sophomore adventures. Love you sissy, and don't you forget it!

Of course I miss all my family and wish they could be with me, but my friends up here have been then best support. They are my home away from home. No matter how homesick I’m feeling they are there to help pick me up. Haha, usually by doing crazy things like shaving Chandlers head. None the less, I can always count on them to take care of my sad days. I can't wait for all our adventures!

The Middle

I am now down to 11 days.. It seems like the more I think about it, the longer it takes for Sept. 10th to get here. . BUT I JUST CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT!! I have already started packing.. I will probably be done with another week to spare before I leave, oh well! I am actually very grateful for long days work. That way I don't waste away boring days at home dreaming of my new apartment and all my classes. All this wishing of moving up to Provo has helped me make a list of this that I cannot wait for.

1. Meeting my new roommates. The 5 people I have noo idea of who they are or what they are like but will be spending countless hours with.

2. Moving into and setting up everything for my room. Although the Beach is 10+ hours away I can't wait to wake up every morning and feel like im in paradise.

3. Seeing all my long lost friends!! It has been wayyy too long since I last saw them.. WAY too long.

4. Having sleepovers with those crazy BYU girls I call my best friends.

5. Starting classes for my cosmetology license :] I can't wait to learn all the new techniques.

6. Being able to practice on all my friends heads for tests :]

The list continues to build daily. Until then, I will be stuck at home and work. Which both are still great, don't get me wrong. I just can't wait for the next chapter in my life.

The Beginning..

Star, you have inspired me. I have had this thing for foreverrr. I have decided to keep it updated for my family. That way they can join me on my journey through Hair School and my life away in Utah. As of now I still have a few more weeks until I leave.. So I may not be posting for a while. Can't wait to head out on my own!