talking with andrew...

this may just be a mystery, but .... somewhere in the middle of andrew singing me and holly a song, i decided i should put up this screen and just type what he was singing. ...sooooo... he keeps going on...and i cant keep up anymore... but this is probably not funny to anyone but me. read on if you like though.

there are two girls. one is short and funny .... the other has two eyes that are open and so very seductive like oceans... like the blue ocean....shwooosh...shwooosh, yeah yeah yeah. you get these two girls. you are the luckiest man alive, cause you will be. HAPPY yeah yeah yeah and very content. ah ah ah. cause they will be the best wa wa wife. chica chicka bump chicka. and you will love them and they will ove you back. yeah yeah yeah yeah and then this is what they will say. its business time. you never heard that song?
now remember men, they are the ones....who will be... sexyyyyy mammasssss. and that is it for now. you say...hello to them. beautiful women, yeahhhhhh. hahahahaha oh man

My mom is so funny

My little brother just called to tell me this story. Its easier to mobile blog from the couch than to go get on my computer but This story cannot go untold. Mom & jared are out shopping. Jared has the girls too so when they got to kmart he dropd her off at the door so she could go check on some book. He said he would b right outside waiting for her when she got done.So he was sitting in his car waiting & a dodge durango pulls up. They were waiting on someone too i assume.Well my mom came right back out of kmart with empty arms. She hopped right into the passenger door of the DODGE DURANGO Not jareds car!haha she proceded to tell about how she couldnt find the book.then.Finally looked over& said Oh youre not jared.The man then said i think the guy you are looking for is right behind me.Oh my goodness.My mother makes me laugh so hard.I wish i wouldve been there!I told jared this story is
right up there with the time she took the bank teller tube home& the bank called her to bring it back

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Birthday Party Fun (3d twister style)

This may indeed be picture overload. Especially considering the horrible order I have so unskillfully places them all in. Its a mixture of a few different games. A couple rounds 3D twister and a play dough game. The point of 3D twister I have yet to really figure out, but I can tell you how its played. One person starts on the ground with a set of keys in their right hand. They call a person to come from the outside circle to come sit next to them on hold their left hand. That person must then hold the hand of the person who called their name and choose to sit ON, BESIDE, or AROUND them. Names are continuously called until the person who was first there alone with the set of keys DROPS THE KEYS...at that point everyone scrambles to get a seat in the outside circle. Person who is last (doesnt get a seat) starts the next round. Of course they wanted me to start it once. I made the biggest mistake of saying outloud what I was thinking. I said "Will t, He is a safe choice". Thinking out loud, I guess, was a bad choice. It was that point in time that he sat next to me and wrapped his legs around me. Then Will called another guy, who in turn, called another guy, and so on and so forth until there were multiple guys on every side of me! I was dyin' laughing. AND it was hot! literally HOT. I'm sure the pictures are a little strange to anyone not there. Any more people in my house and it wouldve been a bit much. I am so glad that everyone came though. We all had a few good laughs and had fun playing games. Some of these pictures might have needed more explanation....so i guess i'll make a few more comments below...

oh of course...andrew and kitara...cute pic, should be on our fridge :)

This was about the end of it when I couldnt take it anymore and was ready to drop the keys.

The "safe" choice...riiiiight.

Andrew, i'm not sure. just awesome.
Making something in play dough over our heads.

Bob always seems to make himself comfortable anywhere.

Oh yeah, I made buckeyes for everyone. Will B goofing off with them :)

Cute girls. love them.

Too much man love! Geoff and Will with their play dough mistletoe

And again... these guys are wayyy too comfortable with each other. I was feeling the love.

And like I said, Bob makes himself comfortable wherever he wants to.

BOB THE BUILDER

There are probably other things I should be blogging about before this, but too bad. I have had a busy day today. Let me start out by saying...this is Bob. Bob is a builder. He has built his own shelves for movies and he built his own bed frame when he moved here to ohio and into this apartment. So back in the summer my mom found a bob the builder cake pan at a garage sale. I figured I would make him this cake for his birthday. Then I find out, his birthday is in april! What the heck bob! I can't wait that long. So I needed an excuse to make it sooner. PERFECT. Its finals week for AFIT. And I was reminded about this last night as we were at institute when someone brought up other lil kid cartoons such as dora the explorer....he said his fav was bob the builder. I think it was just a joke, but thats when I decided this would be perfect timing. It was on my mind at least, and although I have had a busy day I decided to squeeze in making a cake for Bob. I'm not going to lie. I felt a little silly calling him up and telling him we were coming over. Maybe I feel more dumb about it because I didnt like the way the first cake came out of the pan so I made a SECOND cake. I ended up going with the first one though. Why must I be a perfectionist about this sort of thing?! My dear heart of a roommate Wendy came with me to bring it over to Bob. I am pretty sure I haven't felt like I was in Jr high like this in a long time. Normally with something like this I would leave it on the doorstep and run. We didn't stay long, but I got a high five, a hug and a picture taken. So there ya have it. I am glad it put a smile on his face. I can't say I really remember his reaction though. So here ya have it. These are my homemade cake decorating skills. I had fun...and put a smile on someone's face. Good day=accomplished!

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Friends

Just wanted to post one more pic of the friends i drove down to cincy with

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Brian Regan in Ohio

I had so much fun last night! I got to go see brian regan. My roommate took much better pictures but i just didnt want to forget to write about the whole evening. Before we left andrew and kitara came and ate with me and then we drove to cincy together where we met up with holly lehla and steve. The show went from 730 to 9ish. Then we went out to steves house for ice cream. I got to hear so many classic brian regan bits live. I tell ya he is just hilarious... Not to mention the guy before him was pretty hilarious too. Well thank u holly for a most excellent birthday present... two of my favorite presents so far would b this one and then seeing BODIES Last year! More pictures to come later!!!

So i woke up and got ready to leave this morning and sitting on my wallet was a little note. My cute lil roommate holly left me a lil buena suerte note! With a post it note that said... That means good luck haha thanks but i did know that spanish phrase. Then i get out to my car and in my dash was this cute lil note. I have now finished the first portion of my test. Im sitting out in my car waiting for about another hour before we can take the second portion. I guess its good to have a forced break. I am having a snack and of course texting a few people. I cant really say how i did. Lets just hope i made corect educated guesses. The funniest part about the masses of people taking this test is seeing big groups wearing matching homemade shirts. Well that and coming outside and seeing kim (review class teacher) and her asking to take my picture. Good times. I think im going to go over
some more things before i have to head back into the bldg. Adios! Till next time

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I'm not normal...

It must've been a week or so ago when I was thinking about the posts people make about their quirks/weirdness's. I wanted to write one but I could only think of a few random things that really seem insignificant. My Spanish accent that I throw around from time to time, and then the fact that I don't like to brush my teeth in front of people. I tried thinking of others, but really who needs all the details. I then realized something more today. Just mostly how I'm different than lots of people. Not all, but lots of people. There may be a few who share this in common with me. It is the beginning of December. Christmas is fast approaching us. Some have looked forward to Christmas since we ended it last year and have been decorating since shortly after Halloween. This enthusiasm for Christmas is something I DO NOT SHARE with most of the rest of my culture. I just wanted to let that be known. I am not a Scrooge. I appreciate Christ and the role he has played in humanity and in my life specifically. The hype of the season though...decorating, eating lots, being around lots of people in the name of the season. Eh, just not my thing. Don't get me wrong, I love to drive around and look at lights, but the stress of having to decorate your own home by a certain date and time and pull the boxes out and make a mess and blah blah blah. And put on a happy face becuase its what you are suppossed to do. I would really rather not. The whole concept of trying so hard to figure out what everyone wants and going out of your way and into debt to get it. BLAH. I'd rather have a more simplistic Christmas season. Make something or do something nice. Maybe its just that I don't like elaborate things. (half excited and half not excited for the formal dance on friday) I don't know why I've always been like this. I'm sure in my childhood I've always enjoyed getting presents and Santa and all that but somewhere in my growing up I've changed. I've had more bad Christmases than good in recent times. Not to mention my birthday is coming up. (December 9Th). I, for some reason used to get super annoyed at my mom for decorating for Chritmas before my birthday. I'm over that now, thank-good-ness. Maybe its just cause I don't live with my parents anymore. So just wanted to let you know this so you don't wonder why there aren't any gushy posts about how much I love the holiday season.

Thanksgiving went by semi unnoticed to me. We ate. We watched football. I read. We slept. No leftovers for me. I didn't gorge myself on anything at all. It was fun to be at my brothers house. I stayed the night to babysit while my brother and his wife shopped the next day. If I never have to go out on that day I would appreciate it too. So that's just how things have been for me. I like to keep it low key. Makes life easier.

Well tomorrow is a big day for me and I'm trying to avoid the stress that keep creeping up on me about getting in last minute study time to pass my exam... I better go finish taking care of things around my house and then go enjoy FHE tonight with the singles. Then I'll be up at probably 4 am and drive to Columbus in the morning. Its going to be a realllllyyyy long day. In fact...a really long week/month/rest of the year.

At the friends new apartment

Thats what she said in sign language

I got this in the mail today. I figured it would be best to not let any licenses i have expire. So now for two more yrs im licensed in arizona to do massage. Who knows if i will ever even move back. I really loved it there. It was just rough the last time i was there. Some great friends helped me out while i got a job and found a place to live but in the end i ran back home. wish me luck on tuesday... Thats when i take the massage boards for ohio. Im so nervous.

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Thoughts

I might not relay this story 100% accurately... so if you were there, just dont correct me ok. Just my perspective is really all you will get here on this blog... *unless its that time of year that katie posts*

Tonight after getting home from my anatomy review class I chilled with my mom for a bit then went to visit with some friends. I love it when you get a room full of people with different thoughts on the same subject. It can get tense at times....but sometimes, such as tonight it took a turn for a little bit that I thought was interesting. It started out by talking about how we compare ourselves to each other. Guys mostly in the sense that they want to be other guys (competition) and girls just want to BE other girls...(this is all just general...it obviously doesn't hold true with each and every guy and gal) It was all very general talking and then New Friend said a few things that made me think. Or maybe just reminded me of where I stand with my Father in Heaven. He was talking about babysitting for his nephews and how it made him think about becoming a parent someday. Just thinking about the lessons you can learn about being a father from kids and how to compare that with our relationship with God. He got to watch his nephews one day and everything was good until he heard the 4 yr old scream really loud and then he heard a door slam and he went to go see what was wrong. The 4 yr old was in the bathroom crying and freaking out because he had accidentally wet his pants. He knew how much this was something his father hated. Or maybe he knew it would displease him. Now in reality that lil boys father got home and heard about it and said eh, no big deal. It happens. He just wants him to know that its not good. He didn't stop loving him or even punish him because of what happened. Maybe all this isn't a complete and perfect parallel but even still....He did demonstrate a good point to me. That lil boy has stopped wetting his pants. He originally wanted to make sure he did what was right and good and didnt want to make his father upset because he knew how much he hated it when he peed his pants. Sad to think this 4 yr old was so hard on himself whenever all he needed was a friend, (or uncle) to help him clean up the mess. His father just taught him what was right and tried to do it because he loved him. I guess I think I need to take a look inward and recheck motives for myself. AND try to just clean up the mess after my mistakes and realize Heavenly Father wont hate me because I make mistakes. I just need to try to keep doing better and not make it a habit of bad patterns. Thats totally it. Its repentance. Who thought a kid wetting his pants could ever turn into such a lesson. It was just interesting...I'm not even sure I wrote down all the major points here, but seriously....It was good...and totally off the cuff. I know he didnt come over planning to tell that story. It really was just his testimony. Almost got a lil teary eyed telling the story. Came from the heart. I needed a good -make me think- story/lesson tonight. Thanks New Friend. I will do better. I know I can change my ways.

What do you think of my friend?

So this is my nephew Bryce.... And I'm babysitting him and his brother tonight because its my sister in laws birthday. I'm kind of sick of watching movies and wrestling on the floor with them. So I decided to come check facebook. Checking mostly on the events of tomorrow. Well I was trying to keep him occupied by asking him questions so he wouldn't get bored too fast. He says he is too scared to watch the movie in the living room by himself. GIVE ME A MINUTE CHILD...OK I'm working on patience. anywayyyyy so I decided to ask him... What do you think of my friend? Does he look nice? He , without blinking, says...no he isn't nice. So naturally I had to ask why??? He then proceeds to tell me its because he has bad hair. And he keeps telling me he is tired and wishes i could be done. Sorry baby boy, that was too funny. I had to blog about it before I forgot.... Now its bed time. I'm done! You can now stop playing with my hair behind me and talking about my friends' hair. Its off to bed! YES I LOVE SLEEP!

Tonight for dinner im at the oldest chinese restaurant in dayton. 22 Yrs it has been here. Super cute! We ordered sweet and sour chicken beef and broc. And general tsos mmmmm it isnt even here yet at the table. Now while we wait ittime for gospel discussion. The plan of salvation while u wait!

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First snow

This is really not what I'm ready for! Ahhh its winter already. This is the view from my moms back yard today. I spent the day with her getting some errands done. We went downtown to the post office and courthouse. We went to the high school to bring my lil brothers some food. We went to walmart to develop a picture and get a money order i needed. While i was there i picked up a free redbox movie. Love getting to free code in a text every monday. But i don't always get a movie on Monday nights. Now I'm making a punkin roll maybe going to give my dad a massage then i have to go pick up creative memories stuff for my mom on the way to the singles branch FHE. Toodles

Spandex is not for everyone... (written by Katie Bills)

The week that contains November 11 is also referred to as the Week of Katie in honor of Celebration of Katie, 11/11, Katie Bills' birthday. This year, to close off week of Katie, Beth Benson and I spent the day at the outlets in Jeffersonville and then the fab mall of Easton in Cbus. While we wandered from store to store, considering several different options for my future jeans purchase, we first were cornered by the ladies at the Benefit cosmetics counter and got a lovely makeover. Beth in blush is a little much and Katie with bronzer takes some getting used to, but those women were pretty funny. How can you not like people who are selling you Bad Girl Lash mascara and the Primpcess. Love that! From there, we wandered to Express. Now, I love Express because the Editor pant is the most brilliant design of dress pants I have ever tried on. They're magical! Like the traveling pants; they look good on anyone. Express at Easton is a huge store and there were so many party/rocker chic outfits. There are certain things I can't resist. One is the combination of creamy caramel and milk chocolate, but the other is the opportunity to try on an outfit I would NEVER wear in public. On a dare from Beth, I grabbed a pair of plether pants, a mock turtleneck with a crazy pattern, and a leather jacket. I rock plether, as seen here.

But I digress...let me get to the core of this post. After choosing my new jeans, Beth saw a pair of sequined spandex pants.

"Katie! Why didn't you try these ones?!"

"You know, Beth, I would totally wear those if I had awesome boots that came up to my knee and a shirt that covered my bum."

"I totally saw a girl the other day wearing just leggings. No long shirt to cover. So weird! Reminds me of the eighties."

(pause)

Just at that moment, a group of girls walked in and one girl was wearing a pair of black leggings, a plaid shirt, and Ugg boots. What is this?!? As we walked out of Express, we saw at least 3 more women scantily clad in spandex and then the stretchy pants continued in the Easton quad. Now, when I lived in Bellbrook as a child, bikers abounded. Not the type who have too much hair, lots of leather, and Harley's. This type of biker pedals his feet while wearing spandex for its aerodynamic properties. I learned early in my life that spandex is not for everyone no matter what function it takes, and I remebered that Friday in Easton. Girls, leggings should be worn sparingly. And even then, layering is good. Very good. For everyone.

The Thankful Post

Well its November as many have pointed out. It's time to talk of thankful things. It's time because of the month/season and because I've had a pretty cruddy day. And when cruddy days come my way I've been reminded to stay positive and think of the things you are thankful for. My favorite reminder was in pep talk form "life is short. 80 yrs Benson". I always love it when friend Mary talks to me by my last name as if she is my coach. Cracks me up. I love it. Life Coach Mary. Thank you for your simple little text reminders that life is short and to be positive. I know it doesnt matter that all my pockets in my scrubs are all coming undone at the seems and I dont know how to sew in the slightest bit. I'll survive.

I know that even though I have no money for food I'll be taken care of. That makes me thankful for the generous roommate who has a food storage that could feed a family of 8 for multiple weeks and is always willing to lend a helping hand. Thanks!

I'm also thankful for low gas prices right now. I have to drive to columbus a couple times a week for the next few weeks in preparation for my upcoming exam. I can't really afford that either, but it has to be done.

So even though I'm super stressed out I'm so very thankful that there are things that make smile. I am most greatful at this time in my life for friends. I think some days I should name them one by one but even then I dont think they'd even get how much they all are a huge blessing. They make me laugh ...and well...laughing is so good. This picture here...just a small demonstration of two of my good friends. Andrew= seriously people, look at that face....I have spent many nights chatting with or hanging out at my house with this one. Much appreciated. I hope he doesnt get transfered to another airforce base anytime soon. I wish more of his fun side could show through in this picture. Andrew is with Katie, my dear, dear, Katie. We went shopping for her bday the other day. (I'll leave that post up to her....she hasnt crafted a blog for me in awhile...this is the perfect opportunity). It was a fabulous day.

and... I'm so thankful for music.

and last but not least...thankful for sleep no matter how little of it I get sometimes. I'm a huge fan.

Mormon monopoly

Such a good game of monopoly at geoff and bobs house

updated....i'm home and the game is over...i kicked their trash alll really bad. It was awesome. I havent played a full game of monopoly in at least 6 months :)

i worked all day today and then gave a massage on top of it. Then had a headache so i took a nap, then woke up and went to FHE...it was just a super busy day so i'm glad i got to end it by doing something pretty relaxed. And now its really time to head to bed so that I can get sleep...tomorrow is my friends birthday and i gotta do a lil somethin somethin for her.

gooood night

Tagged....

So I got tagged, go to the 4th photo in the 4th folder...post the pic...and explain.

That type of deal :) hahaha this makes me laugh cause this picture isnt even mine. BUT I have it because BEN, thats who this is....is a friend of mine from BYU idaho. He started blogging and I was looking at his pictures when he finally added me to his blog. I was kinda shocked that he decided to grow a goatee when he left school. This was a picture I wanted to show someone else...probably sam or someone. I was thinking...wow, ben looks so different so i only saved it so show someone else. and now i'm feeling like a super freak, oh well, now you know ben (that is if you even read my blog) I saved your picture in my 4th folder. U still have the Goatee? or have you shaved it off since then? It suits you pretty well. anyway...not tagging anyone. Thats all for tonight.

Mobile blogging...amazing!

So we are having girl time tonight. Me my momma and my sister. My mom is finally scrapbooking pictures from our trip to branson december of 2006

Got it finally

Holy crap! Miracles really do happen. I got my admission card to take the exam on dec 2nd. Guess im still in shock. Wow ....

perhaps i should be fasting from my computer for the next three weeks.... some super cramming time is in order.

Amelia's

So i went to Eat tonight with my friend katie bills. We ate at amelias. A lil place in downtown bellbrook ohio. Super cute and super good. Im really full to say the least. I had smoke salmon with fetticine. She had chicken. Then dessert mmmmmm she had bread pudding and i had 'big ass chocolate cake' they brought out the platter with all the choices. I knew i needed the chocolate! It was a long full enjoyable meal and meal time. Atmosphere was great.And basically my favorite part was katie doodling on the brown table paper. A face and the future wedding dress. 'When and if there is ever a wedding' so i had a great night. Now its time to watch greys instead of the office this week and perhaps text a few more friends. Maybe when i can ill post more pics i took multiple tonight on my phone. It was all really pretty food!

Testing

Testing

Halloween with friends...

My friend Mary from work came with my to a halloween party after we went to a work one. Good times.

Geoff and Will. Um, i'm speechless. Too much guy love in that room.
Me and Bob. Beach bum or something. I dont know.

I was trying to pull off the 80s look again because the costume I wore at Jakes house I about froze to death in. Jessica brought cute lil mice treats. mmm mmm good. Andrew must've had a special attachment to this mouse. or just likes to look shocked for no good reason.

And...we set up this stuff outside...and there was a black leaf. Is that suppossed to be creepy? I was giving my best creepy look. Eh, I thought it was a funny picture. I love those arm band deal things. So warm and you can still use your fingers! amazing. I love the 80s. Probably a good thing. I was born in 1980 ya know??

Halloween at Jakes House....

Just a few pictures from going trick or treating in Jakes neighborhood.

I went out there with Jared and Nikki. This is their youngest Angela. (the Lion) and Jennifer was a bee, but i didnt get a really good picture of her. OOps.

Then this is Brandon and Bryce and their neighbor friend. She was Hanna Montana...and they were The Jonas Brothers. It was just too funny that we were pulling around a wagon that had a stereo playing the Jonas brothers music. Bryce was seriously singing as he walked up to houses. He loved that guitar too. It cracks me up how much they love music. They share and MP3 player. I think thats the only reason they known almost all the words to every song they know.
This second picture was about the same time as the first, but i took it on my phone. Not as good...but i still wanted to add it. They were rockin out for us. Stacey did such a good job on picking out all the clothes/shoes for their costume. And the black hair spray was awesome too. So funny.

Jake got many compliments on all of his pumpkins. He does new cool ones every year. My favorite one from a few years back was chicken little. This was my favorite one this year though.

AND...last picture...Jake sitting on the porch passing out candy. I kind of got tired of walking around with the kids. Not to mention my costume was making me freeze. So I sat with Jake and watched the kids all come and ask for candy. Some kids were so hilarious. We were giving the bengals fans a hard time. Telling their parents to buy them browns stuff next year. And my favorite were the kids who walked up and didnt say anything. So Jake encouraged them.."now what do you say??" oh it was soo funny. Um..."thank you?" , "please".... TRICK OR TREAT!!! haha Jake was like. Um, why did you say thank you, I didnt give you anything yet. He was having wayy too much fun.

UPDATE..

So the Board never called back. FYI...so I left another message today.

and just a few pictures I wanted to share from this last week.

Sunday: Took a pic of Katie Holly and Wendy. This is the alley we had to walk through to get to our cars after church. Yes I go to church downtown dayton. Its seriously the ghetto. Can you tell? do you believe me? We have a guard hired to watch our parking lot. I want to go to church in another building. We never keep the doors unlocked either apparently. The back one we normally go in was blocked by scaffolding. You would think the front ones would therefore be unlocked. NO! and of course everyone decided they were going to pay attention to rules today and turn their phones off. I texted and called I cant even say how many people to try and get in the building. I had to work and so I got there late. OH MY OH MY... I finally got one of the missionaries to come open the door for me.

This was just a random picture of the clouds from Saturday morning. I slept at my brothers house because he needed someone to keep an eye on his kids while he went to pick up his wife from work. So I got up early and drove home. I thought the clouds were super cool. So I took a picture. Not going to see that one ever again. :) made me smile.


Yesterday...we got a piano. My roommate Holly works for Habitat for Humanity. They have a RE-Store (just what they call it) People donate stuff to the store and then the store is open a few days a week to just sell things. Well someone called and wanted to donate a piano. Holly was the first on that one to say she wanted to buy it. We are so super excited to have a piano in our home/apartment. We did some major moving of furniture around. And now the major task is getting the smoke smell out of it. ANY IDEAS? I've heard vinegar, apple slices, coffee, baking soda.....are all things that would absorb the smell. I have taken multiple layers of nasty film/nicotine or something off the piano and we are letting it air out, but man... Smoking isnt just bad for your lungs. Its bad for your surroundings too! I read something online that a woman had said they now own a musical ashtray. Seriously. Its making our house WREEEEK. I'm so glad the weather is nice enough to keep our front door and windows open so it can air out. Hopefully its really helping the piano. And hopefully we get it tuned soon. Now to just teach myself how to play left hand. I have already taught myself everything I know how to play on the piano. Mostly just enough to sing a few hymns.

Miracles happen....

and no...not referring to the miracle of marriage. I'm not engaged and this so much less of a miracle. In fact its silly that I'm even excited that I got this phone call. I've been waiting to hear from the ohio state medical board now for a good 3 months. NOTHING. Until today. I got a call from Carolyn at the medical board. She starts off by saying she has my application and is looking over it. Then proceeds to tell me to go online and download this form. Then stop mid-instruction to say....oh I already have that from you. uhh...let me review your application and then I will call back. Can this miracle happen twice in one day? Do you think she will really call me back? After all the voicemails I have left I thought someone would know my status or my name and maybe have pity on me. Maybe just say, okay, you can take the test. Its not even a guarantee that I will pass and get my license. I at least want a shot though. Test is in 4 weeks. Last week I decided I would call a Therapist in my area to talk to her about her experience with getting licensed. See if she had any advice. I decided to ask her about a loop hole in the laws that I had heard about. I have tried to find it on the website...but I couldn't find anything. Apparently its true though. You can practice massage in the state of Ohio without a license if its "relaxation massage" and you don't call yourself a Massage Therapist. Not totally sure how that all works. I guess I am certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodyworkers. I could technically call myself a Bodyworker, or just a masseuse. I think either one of those is a lil silly....Maybe I just go along like I have always been doing and just say. I'm not licensed here in Ohio, but I AM licensed in AZ. And I do have training. I guess this woman was telling me of multiple people she knows who aren't even trained that are charging people for massage. Why is it even regulated. What is the difference between Medical Massage and Relaxation Massage? I guess I should find that out if I want to be considered being called a Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio. Its all super frustrating to me. But in the mean time....Yes, whatever you want to call me, I will come to your home (out call massage) and give you a massage. $60 for an hour if you are in the area.

Halloween Dance in Columbus

Just thought I would post a few of my favorite pictures from the dance. Aaron...you are amazing! At least me and Katie think so.

This was our group. We were contestants on the price is right. We stuck to old school Bob Barker days. Our friend Bob was such a champ to play the roll of Bob Barker. He was eating it up. "Control the pet population. Don't forget to get your pets...." (don't need to make anyone queasy)

Now I think Will must've disregarded the memo about not cross dressing....but COME ON! this was super super funny! and He won one of the prizes! It was hilarious.

And Wendy...takes a great picture. I just love the lights and her gorgeous smile! Which reminds me, I need to go get her lip gloss from my car.

The photo op. We won best group costume!

Thanks to Sarah Wendy Bob Holly and Katie for making this possible!

We had fun making these shirts the night before. That's about as crafty as I get for now.