Remember this girl?

Nicole Little was one my good buddies in highschool. I had so many sleepovers at her house. A lot of these were on school nights too. After track practice I would go over to nicole's house and sit on her couch and watch tv in my workout clothes, and eat all the fruitsnacks. Oh and string cheese. Nicole's mom would usually get mad at me if I asked if I could have some food, she'd say "oh! for heck's sake you don't have to ask! you live here, just have anything you want" Then I would stick around for 4 more hours. I can remember a couple of occasions when I would help nicole get ready for a date (by eating string cheese on her bed while she got ready) then sit on the stairs whilst Sione, or Nick picked her up then continue to watch tv with her parents while nicole was on her date. Yes, I was a loyal friend. I found these pictures somewhere the other day and just thought I'd share my memories with all of you.

I just love this picture of nicole (little) wall.



Kees Lundberg's (pronounced 'case')dad was in a branch of the military. Every year a military ball was held. When we were juniors, Kees asked Kariann. Nicole was heard to say "I call dibs next year." Nicole got almost anything she asked for. Unfortunately, Kees's friend didn't have a date, but it's ok Kees let him be in a picture with himself and Nicole.

party time

It wouldn't be a day in my life if:

• I wasn't at least 5 minutes late to my 8 am class
• I didn't read everyone's blog
• I didn't start a homework assignment during class, 40 minutes before it's due
• I didn't daydream about being a ralph lauren model
• I didn't wonder where haylie is
• I didn't crave pasta with balsamic vinegar
• I didn't completely freak out about 1 million things until I had a headache
• I didn't send at least 55 text messages
• I didn't check my email to see who else my dad has told that I did something in college
• I didn't wish I was instantly in the middle of a 4 mile run
• I didn't mentally run down exactly what clothes I would buy if I could suddenly buy anything I want
• I didn't wish I was on a plane to Milwaukee
• I didn't rearrange my top three crushes based on their clothes, hairstyles, and character traits

Ralph Lauren: Fashion CzarI love burberry bags (at least how they look, I've never actually used one myself)
And this... burberry.com I would buy this for a little newborn niece (IF I HAD ONE)
ps don't tell burberry I'm using their photos, for legal purposes
This Versace watch can be purchased at Nordstrom for $1,550. I bet THIS would help get me to class on time. And those swirlies on the band will remind me of ancient civilizations that paved the way for the world. (History + puncuality)
Palm centro for verizon. This add said "You're shortcut to happy hour" and I want to be happy
October 14-17 Mallory will be out of her office, and in this city
And this one!

how to annoy me

wear my most favorite pair of earrings. and on the same day that i do.

the saga continues...

and then she gets asked on a date. phew.

the saga that is my love life

i thought the title of this post was really clever, at the same time i realized i didn't know what saga meant. interestingly, the third definition fit as 'a long detailed account', barely missing the description of '1: a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland' and '2 : a modern heroic narrative resembling the Icelandic saga.' i wish i was in Iceland right now. i also wish these stories were more herioc, and less pathetic. nat and cathy have had a play-by-play throughout my college days of this narrative of love. so by definition, this has been a saga in that respect. i'm not going to type out the whole saga on the blog. (boring) you just get a taste.
today i let sister jeffs and lili convince me to 'take a risk'. with all my careful observation, he couldn't possibly be dating someone. but he is.
so i lit some candles and got out a jar of peanut butter like a good, strong girl would and faced the fact that lili's last warning was right. she said "let's face it though, every time i take a risk, i end up looking like an idiot." tomorrow's gonna be awkward. bring it on.

Party like it's 1908

What an awesome surprise! Uncle Tracy and Aspen came down to watch the cubs game on wednesday night, and feed me unreasonable amounts of pizza. They love the cubs and baseball so much, its wonderful. The last time the cubs went to the world series was 1908, and I believe they have a good chance of going this year. They were sure fun to watch commentate! And look at their cubbies hats!

We went to shannon's reception this week. And who do you think the center of attention was? It was Garrett. He always is, and that's how we planned it.

these are the best days of our lives

We had the sister missionaries over for dinner. Sister Dumas has been transferred, she was 13 years old when my oldest brother Greg lived with her family while he was serving in the Carlsbad California mission. (From left to right) Sister Roberts from Sydney Australia, Me, Sister Milburn from London England, Haylie, Amanda, and Brittany. Both sister missionaries have the most adorable accents, and they are so funny. We had a great night eating fajitas and teaching eachother slang, and otherwise inappropriate words from our respective cultures.

Don't Rock Out...

On the Sabbath.

(It's the fourth commandment to keep the sabbath holy, so we had four fingers up. They taught me and an investigator about the commandments, and corresponding hand signals to memorize them all)

And now, Haylie keeps making fun of me and asking me how my homework is coming along, so I need to hop to it. I have more pictures, thanks to my mom for lending me the camera I'll post asap.

God Bless the USA

it's this girl

She's the one I lived with for the past two weeks. It rocked.
(because what good is a blog without pictures right?)

Provo Sunday-isms

There was a little confusion as to where and when church would be this morning...

me: "It's in the Marriott Center at 10"
Brittany: "Oh, now we know doubly where it is"

*I guess I always thought you could know something, or not know something, but apparently there is another level of 'knowing', and that's 'doubly knowing'


Me: "What time is it?"
Amanda: (looking at her watch-less wrist) "It's getting dark"

Boyd K. Packer: "...He was a French Canadian, who was...French"
(a little laughter from the crowd)
Packer: "You are a really bright group"

The worst (or best depending how you look at it):

Me: "How old is Emma now Jeremy?"
Jeremy: "She just turned two"
Me: (suddenly wondering if Jandi is still working as a nurse) "Jandi are you still nursing?"

I hope I can recover from that one. It was one of the most awkward moments of my life.

But today was really awesome. I had the opportunity to hear from President Uchtdorf, President Packer, and Elder Marlin K. Jensen. The Marriott Center was packed full. My roommate Amanda is from Nebraska, and she continued to express her excitement and wonder at so many mormons. She told us how she had never seen so many mormons in her life. It was a reminder of how blessed I am, and what I take for granted: to have the opportunity to be in the presence of living prophets, and so many people who are members of the Savior's church.

A Friday Night in the Life...

Last night started out with a bang by Haylie whipping up some spaghetti. We watched an episode and half of Alias, then I went to pick Becky up from work. Haylie and Meg, being the sweet things they are paused the episode for me, and read while I went to get miss Tucker. Right when we got back, I realized my new roommate Amanda would just be getting off a 12 hour shift at Target, and if she rode the bus home it would take and hour. So I ran up there, and Becky joined Haylie and Meg in the read-a-thon. When Amanda and I got home, Brittany had joined said a-thon. We all started saying hi etc. then Amanda proceeds her unrehearsed stand up comedy:

"It is so hot in here, I swear to gosh."
"I almost said God, but I caught myself."
"I cannot BELIEVE ya'll are sittin around readin! You will never in your life see a bunch of black people sittin around readin on a Friday night. Is this a white people thing?"

Haylie and I were literally in tears at this point. (Also Amanda is black, if that wasn't clear.)

Surprise, Surprise

Do you ever misjudge someone badly? You think, 'we could be best friends forever' or 'what a goof'. Well I do it all the time. I did it big time, and found out how wrong I was last night. Everything that I saw was wrong, I somehow saw past it last night and realized everything there was what I wanted to be. I felt so rotten, lost, and useless. But then I realized as much as I would like to beat myself up (and rightfully should) the only respectable thing to do, is start trying today to ditch those habits. I guess I'm grateful for the exposure I have to so many wonderful (and some not as wonderful) while I'm young.

I'm a Junior now, ok? A JUNIOR...

I had to buy a packet for a class yesterday, but the bookstore ran out. Because of my loads of experience with the textbook department in the bookstore, I know the drill. You fill out a little card thing, go pay for it, pick it up a few weeks later. Easy enough right? I pay 10 bucks for the paper, and the cashier staples the reciept to the little card thing.
Then she asks "Have you done this before? Do you how to pick this up?"
"Oh yeah, thanks" (hand outreached, ready to grab and go)
"How do you do it?"
"... I take that slip over to that counter"
"How do you know your book is in?"
"... ... ... um I don't know"
"Ok, you go to this website, type in this number, then go get it at that counter over there. Don't get one off the shelf."
I THINK I got that. Give me the receipt already.

For Heck's Sake

I'm having a mid-blog-life crisis. Why is it so hard to find a decent background for my blog? When Al Gore was inventing this piece of junk called the internet I wish he would have put a little more thought into easy access, classy blog skins. Thanks for nothing man.

It was a summer of fashion, fun and frivolity

Today is the first day of my junior year. It's been an absolutely fabulous day. I am still looking forward to seeing faces I haven't seen for 4 months (elyse). As Summer fun came to a close last night, I wanted to tell the season thank you, but fell asleep. So it's a little late summer, but here's all my thanks:

Spring Semester/May/June.

• I was the Primary president for two short months in the 79th ward. I got to meet with the primary aged children belonging to the bishopric once a month. Those two meetings were awesome. We went on walks, played a lot of hang man, settled some arguments, got glitter on everyone's face (thanks mya clayton), and learned a couple Book of Mormon stories.
• Brian walked me through my elective electrical engineering class.
• My social scene was lacking, but I had an awesome goal to fill that time. My goal was to run 80 miles in the month of June. I only ran 70 miles, during which I ran the longest run of my career (8 miles). It was sweet, I loved every step.

Summer Semester/July/August

• I took an organic chemistry lab and wore old jeans and a huge t-shirt to school almost everyday. When I finished the lab, and dressed normal, everyone at work wouldn't stop asking what I was dressed up for. Awesome.
• I was called to the Relief Society presidency (hence removal from the primary) as 1st counselor. I love this calling. I love having girlfriends in the ward, and they are sort of forced to be my friend, and I like that.
• Our family went to Bear Lake and it was such an awesome vacation! I went on the water weenie with Matt and Brian and threw them both off, I got up on the wakeboard, lit some fireworks with Matt, gave some massages, and got a serious sunburn. It was one of the best vacations I've had a while.
• I contributed to a paper this summer, that was recently published. We also submitted it to a conference where I will present it next week in Salt Lake. I recieved a 'travel award' from the conference that I am using to go to Milwaukee in October and hang out with Mike for a few days before we both fly home. It will be my first commercial airplane ride. But I'm more excited to see Mike.
• Becky lived me for two amazing weeks, and we really got our friendship on.
• Haylie (my cousin) moved in, and we are having a blast! (plus she made the apartment adorable)
• I have been over to my mom's cousin Lon and his wife Rita's house and enjoyed fun company, good food, and competive 'dive for the torpedo' in their pool.
• I rode a few miles on bishop Jeff's bike in Provo canyon.
• Ate it hardcore on my longboard (and recovered)
• GAP came out with the V-neck. Enough said.
• Learned about ALIAS, and SUPERNATURAL
• I made awesome friends: Lili and Becky
• And Eric and I really got our friendship on. We've had fun.

Thanks for reading family, I love you guys. Send me an email at mallory.phillips.byu@gmail.com with your email address so I can add you to a list, to keep my blog a little private. XoxoXOO