Reading 2012

In the year of our Lord 2012 I made a goal with myself and Goodreads to read 65 books last year. I exceeded that goal, only by one, but I still surpassed it which I was surprised I did.

Here are the books I read last year.

1. The Holy Temple by Boyd K. Paker
2. Lament by Maggie Stiefvater
3. The Magicians Nephew by C.S. Lewis
4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
5. A Horse and his Boy by C.S. Lewis
6. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
7. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
8. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
9. Maze Runner by James Dashner
10. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J.K. Rowling 
12. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
13. First Love and Forever by Anita Stansfield 
14. First Love, Second Chances by Anita Stansfield
15. The Good Girl by Kerry Cohen
16. The Broken Road by Shannon Guymon
17. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
18. Someone to Hold by Anita Stansfield
19. Forgotten by Cat Patrick
20. Waiting for You by Susane Colasanti
21. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
22. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
23. The Death Cure by James Dashner
24. The Future of Us by Jay Asher
25. Across the Universe by Beth Revis 
26. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
27. Crossed by Ally Condie
28. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 
29. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
30. A Million Suns by Beth Revis
31. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
32. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
33. Hometown Girl by Michele Ashman Bell
34. The Perfect Fit by Michele Ashman Bell
35. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
36. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
37. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
38. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Favorite Book of the Year)
39. Amy and Rogers Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
40. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
41. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
42. All American Girl by Meg Cabot
43. Paper Towns by John Green
44. Where She Went by Gayle Forman
45. I'd Love to Tell you I Love you, But then I'd have to kill you by Ally Carter 
46. Ready or Not by Meg Cabot
47. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
48. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
49. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
50. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
51. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
52. Perfect Timing by Michele Ashman Bell
53. The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen
54. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
55. Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
56. Before I fall by Lauren Oliver
57. What happened to goodbye by Sarah Dessen
58. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
59. Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
60. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan 
61. Looking for Alaska by John Green
62. The List by Siobran Vivian 
63. Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
64. How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
65. The Selection by Kiera Cass
66. Reached by Ally Condie
67. The Vow by Kim and Kricket Carpenter
68. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Apparently Goodreads didn't take into account that all the C.S. Lewis books were different and not just one, but oh well. Anyways I hope that everyone continues to read and read lots of good books this year. 

Long Time No Post

Yes I know. I'm the worst blogger ever. My last post was almost a year ago.
Well a lot of things have happened since then.

1. I finished my first year of college
2. I got a job at.........McDonald's. I know that its the worst job in the world, but I've kept at it and kept the job for the longest I've ever held a job.
3. I started my second year of college and I got all A's and B's fall semester and I'm so happy about it. 
4. The most exciting thing is I've decided to go on a mission!

 I'm almost done with it all! I just have to go to the Dentist (which hopefully will be soon) and then I need to call my Stake President and then I'll have my mission call soon! You cannot believe how excited I am that I'm going to go on a mission and serve the Lord.
Now I know I'm not one to preach my religion, but if anyone has any questions about the LDS church you can go to lds.org and you'll be able to have all of your questions answered.
I'm going to try to be better and update my blog more often. I've been reading one blog and she just talks about her normal life and it makes me just want to post more often.
Make good choices!
Carolin

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

After a break up there is a winner and a loser. Meaning what one person does after the break up is way bigger and better than the other person. This is what they say on How I Met Your Mother. I didn't really believe it till last Monday.

Last Monday I went on a date to go see the Hunger Games again (I'll try to remember to make a post about my opinion). Anyways because my date doesn't have a car I decided to drive. While I was driving to my date's apartment I was just driving along and then I saw this guy that sort of had a jacket that looked like my ex boyfriend Kyle's. Turns out it was him! He looked like a hobo and I'm not even joking, he had longer hair it looked like it was getting close to his shoulders. He had a long beard and he was carrying a backpack.......yeah he looked like a hobo.

Anyways as I was driving I started laughing my head off because he looked SO ridiculous and then I started figuring out the things that I've done in my life that he hasn't.

1. I graduated from high school. As far as I know he hasn't even gotten his GED and he's turning 21 this year.
   
2. I'm going to college and this time next year I'll be graduating with my Associates.
3. I haven't been engaged to 3 girls in the last 3 years. He has been with countless girls since me and he has been engaged at LEAST twice and has never gotten married.
   

I'm just so grateful that I got out of that relationship when I did, but all in all I have to say that I'm SO happy that I didn't drop out of high school like him, and that I"m in college and doing really well. I am the winner of this break up!

Long Time No Blog

Wow its been a really long time since I've blogged at all. Last time I blogged Missionary Boy had just gotten home from his mission and it didn't work out. Which sucked, there were a lot of long nights where I just cried and cried because I didn't want it to be over, but things work out the way they're supposed too.

Biggest things that have happened in the last two months:

• I bought my Hunger Games Tickets!!! We're going at 12:13AM Friday. We meaning Tedi, Chase, David, and me.
• I kind of got written off by Cory " I have my 'soul mate' narrowed down to 2 girls: one you might know the second you definitely don't know" Yeah he forgot about our deal we made over two years ago. How's that for awesome?
  
• I saw Ryan on the bus and he acted as though he didn't tell me in January that he didn't want to be my friend anymore.

Those are the biggest things that have happened.

I am still writing my friends who are on missions, and also writing this guy who's on his mission in Canada. It takes like 3 weeks for the letter to get there and then about a week or so to get here. Its a long process and I've only gotten 2 letters and I started writing him in December. I can't read the crazy Canadian mail system ink on my letter otherwise I'd be able to tell when I got my last letter, but its just been a really long time.

I love the show Grey's Anatomy, I've watched all I can on Netflix and I'm dying to watch the next season but I can't find it anywhere! I need to know what happens! The season finale was a killer! Anyways that's all I've been up to lately.

Home

Well the missionary i was waiting for came home before Christmas. We hung out and he kissed me and then decided it would be best if we just stayed friends. Then the next day told me we can't even be that. Happy Christmas to me......not.

He then told me like a couple days later that we could be friends. Then after I asked for my pictures back he told me I was being too dramatic and couldn't be friends with me anymore and that our personalities were too different.

I should have known it was going to be the same when he got home. That he wouldn't be the man he was in my letters. That him "signing" himself over to me would be real. I was so naive to think that he would have changed in the last year since I'd seen him.

I'm just glad I figured out that he wasn't for me before I got way too attached, that I didn't end up in a relationship with him that wasn't a healthy one. Don't worry I'm not upset or anything i'm perfectly fine. I'm just happy I still get to go out there and look for men!

The Doctor's

As most people know I got into a car accident 6 months ago. Well I had chest pain for the first couple of weeks maybe a month. But up until about a month ago I didn't have any problems but now I'm having chest pain. So my mom took me to the doctors and we found out that I either have excess cartilage in my sternum or I have a crack in my sternum that is still healing. Also if my chest doesn't stop hurting in the next couple of weeks I have to go see a specialist. Which I'm not looking forward too because I'm pretty sure my chest isn't going to stop hurting any time soon.

That's just an update on the crazy thing I call my stupid chest.

What's Up with Guys?

So as you guys know I'm waiting for my friend Ryan while he's on his mission. He's been out almost 5 months and he's in Minnesota. Well I have a new friend who's name I won't put here but I'll put his nickname I gave him. It's Pony Boy, because he's a boy who likes ponies. I wish I was making this up.

Anyways PB knows I'm waiting for Ryan and PB is waiting for his best friend to come home so he was giving me some tips on how to wait. Yeah a GUY was telling me how to wait because I was kind of sad this one day and really missing Ryan and I was talking to PB and he was telling me all these things I need to do like, keep myself busy (which I am I'm taking 15 credits this semester and next semester check!), Go out and have fun (um I went to a girls night the week before so check!) and I can't remember what else but I was thinking is he REALLY telling me how to wait?

Then this last week he was asking me what Ryan is like so I told him and PB says "I approve" Umm sorry buddy but I don't need your approval. Ryan and I will decide if it's right for me to wait, not some random third party.

So all in all I'm hating guys, they just aren't as up to snuff as Ryan. Its making me wish that the next 19 months go by fast.