Paradise Square at Berkeley Rep

Get 20% off your tickets to Paradise Square from now until 1/13/19 with the discount code: REPRESENT  Find tickets here. So it’s been another minute since I’ve blogged (I’ve had a real grownup job for a year now) but I experienced the wonder and magic again last week that can only be experienced in the theatre.  And it …

Wisdom Teeth, Warp Speed, Weddings, Wardrobes, and Woods

Wow, this year FLEW BY.  And wow, was it way better than 2016.  Even with the ups and downs that come every year, my 2017 was interesting, awesome, challenging, exciting, scary, and a lot of other adjectives.  We lost our deeply loved cat Kitty over the summer, but welcomed the little light that is Baby …

An Unpleasant Event: Part 2

“Mama…there is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event, and it’s final certainty.” -Elinor Dashwood, deleted scene, Sense and Sensibility, 1995.  A week ago today, we took our sweet Kitty to the vet and after some very tearful goodbyes, she was reunited with her cat family up in heaven.  It surprised me how quickly …

An Unpleasant Event: Part 1

"Mama...there is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event, and it's final certainty." -Elinor Dashwood, deleted scene, Sense and Sensibility, 1995.  I recently watched this exchange between Elinor and her mother on the bonus features of S&S, and when I watched it I had been going through a trial completely different from the one …

I Shut Down BYU-Idaho in the Most Christlike Way I Know How

Bonjour friends.  It's been a year and minute since I posted on here, and today something happened that I've been WAITING for:  I received an email from BYU-Idaho asking me to complete a survey about why I didn't return to school there.  *cue my evil laugh and cracking of knuckles*  First off, I was like …

That One Time In France…

Bonjour mes amis!  I know it's not Thursday but I have to post SOMETHING before I enter the show hole after the Season 3 finale of the CW's Reign last night! Reign is currently my favorite show (besides The Bachelor(ette)) and last night's season finale killed me almost as much as the amount of characters they killed off. …

Amanda’s Ultimate Guide to Seeing WICKED the Musical

   I've been getting A TON of questions and (usually supportive) comments from people asking me how in the world do I get to see Wicked the Musical so much! Well because it's my favorite thing, I decided to break it down for ya so that YOU TOO can see Wicked a potential 20 times …

I Think The Speaker Was Talking To Me

My cat is sitting on me as I type this.  But I have to share this crazy amazing night I just had with you guys. Tonight I went to our stake Women’s Conference.  Begrudgingly- because after the crazy day at work I just had I just wanted to sleep. The speaker happened to be Sister …

Priesthood Blessings: The New Vitameatavegamin!

Hello friends!  I'm your Vitameatavegamin Girl! Jk, I'm not.  Lucy is. Fun fact, I have this actual tin poster of Lucy hanging in my room, and it really never ceases to make me smile after all this time.  Always. (RIP Alan Rickman) The premise of this particular episode of I Love Lucy is that Lucy gets …

The Birthday Optimization

  Bonjour mes amis!  (I named this blog post using The Big Bang Theory episode title format ha).  I've taken an extended break from blogging about my Europe study tour, and instead bring you this update on some recurring thoughts that have been on my mind. So it may or may not be my birthday …