Peculiar Thing

I want I want I want...

2010-05-13T10:59:00.007-07:00

I have realized there are many things that I want to do/accomplish that I put off for when I have acquired over my few years of adulthood I am realizing there is never more time! Interesting fact. The grass is rarely greener on the other side, there isn't always a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and there isn't more time tomorrow. (Hence why I haven't up dated my blog since January)

So, with that said I have decided to change my wants into reality as best I can. These are mostly just little things I have always wanted to do such as... Starting to dance again, starting to play soccer again, going to DC, Writing in my journal atleast once a week, Running, Making an "I love list" of all the little everyday things that make me happy (inspired by the Bean, thank you), Making a possibilities book, travel travel travel, Wake up earlier and get more done, becoming scuba certified, Go paint balling, Go bungi jumping, Hike Angels landing, Making time in my life for the people I love and to be honest thats just to name a few.

So, I have decided to hold myself accountable on my blog and keep progress reports :) As of Today my progress in this is...

I am going back East in 2 weeks with 2 of my girlfriends and will be going to North Carolina and Virgina and DC!!!

I start training next week for a half marathon I am going to run in August with my sisters

I joined a dance company! (Compass Dance) My cute friend Katie Love that I danced with in Highschool started this up for those of us now out of highschool and still wanting to dance :)

My I love list has started and is very long and makes me very happy! I will share some here

I love ...a flock of birds flying overhead, driving with the windows down music blasting and sunglasses on, diet coke with lime, dancing in the kitchen with my roomates, that song you cant take off repeat, crispy lettuce, laughing at myself(which happens often), the feeling of independence, eating fresh watermelon and getting it all over your face, lyrics, an adrenalin rush...

life is good and full of so much living :)

Recent photos...

The song that never ends....

2010-01-07T16:53:00.013-07:00

Everyday I drive past my old Pre-school and today I watched all the adorable little kids walking out and running into their mothers arms almost bursting with excitement about what they made in school that day. I wanted to pull over and just watch them all (Then i realized thats not really accepted in this day and age and I might end up with a restraining order rather than the warm and fuzzy feeling I was going for) But this got me thinking about how wonderful it was to be in pre-school...Life was so simple... Your biggest worry was something like if you got to eat ice cream and watch your favorite T.V. show when you got home. Now I can bearly make it through a T.V. show without being to distracted by the guilty feeling for all the other more productive things I should be doing at that time. "Dating" was so simple then... I had a boyfriend who was my best friend and he used to buy me candy and at 5 years old there was no doubt in my mind that we would get married one day :) Not quite as simple these days.

Don't get me wrong, growing up IS all its cracked up to be, but lets just say it comes with much more luggage that only your mother warned you about when you complained of being too young. And of coarse you didn't listen because you were in a daze dreaming of the days you get to drive and date and move out and be in College. They should have strapped us to a chair and made us realize that those were the days of freedom. I wish I would have taken all my naps that would have lasted me a lifetime.

Ok I am done with my reminiscing. I have an amazing life and friends and family and more opportunities than I can take. I have so much going on in my life and thats nothing to complain about! I had a wonderful semester and learned more about myself and what I want and need than I think I have ever learned before, Amazing what we learn from hard time. In many ways we are still in "Pre-school" for whatever is coming next. Pre-school is everlasting because we are constantly learning "pre's" for what is around the corner and its usually something thats pre for something else and so on and so on. We live in a musical for the song that never ends...

So I keep taking as many opportunities as I can! So, I started a wonderful job this semester that I love. Its amazing when you get to feel like you are doing a service project every time you go to work. I work at the Psychiatric unit at the University of Utah Hospital. It is definitely different than what I'm used to since I have been working in pediatrics for 3 years now, or actually its pretty different to what most anyone is used to for that matter, but I really love it. I have learned so much from this great opportunity.

So here are some pictures from this past semester...

As soon as I got home from sales this summer all I wanted was Powell!!!!

Possibly one of the best pictures ever taken...

Guess who's pregnant?!

Girls night out!

A few trips to the dentist...

What would a semester be without yet another best friends wedding!?

Rachele and Terrel Dimick 10-11-2009

Halloween!

Loved my visits from Kam :)

Kait moved back to Utah!!! SOOO happy (obviously)

I cut bangs!!!

The WHOLE fam-damily all together for the first time in years :)

Mom and her kids

My best friend Kait is moving back to the beautiful Hawaii :( If it weren't for Nursing school I'd be right back on that island with her.... Sigh

I drove home to California with Kait and spent a few days there before Christmas

1st time I'd seen the beach in wayyyy too long

Santa Clause is coming to town! Kaits uncle Guy was staying with them and he does some Santa gigs so we made him dress up for pictures :)

A much needed reunion!

I finally acquired a taste for sushi and LOVE it! (Vegetarian of coarse)

A few good dance parties of coarse...

Christmas "morning"!

Bringing in the New Years with some of my best friends

Persnickety

2009-12-04T15:50:00.007-07:00

Introducing Persnickety clothing co.! My incredibly talented sister Corinne Rickenbach is finally sharing her creativity with the world.

Obviously I don't have to preach about how adorable the clothing is, it sells itself :) But another main thing our company focuses on is our "Buy one-Give one" program. For each item we sell we also donate an item to a child in need. Think how happy your little girl will be to wear these and then imagine how excited the other little girl is that you helped who has never had anything like it before.

We have a full more permanent store in South Towne mall and a kiosk in Fashion place for the holidays. Or visit us online at persnicketyclothing.com

Here are some pictures so you can see her "Fancy little Frocks"

The day I was afraid would never come...

2009-11-05T00:05:00.003-07:00

This picture is to help explain what I am feeling inside :)

This is my official announcement that I have been accepted to Nursing school!!!

Ahhhhhhhhh.... All my hard work so far paid off with much more even harder work to come :) But here is the catch, I don't even care! I'm not even scared, only excitement from this girl. I don't think I have ever wanted something so much Ever in my life (And I have wanted alot:) as to be a nurse. So I will go back to what my Dad has programmed in my brain since I was 4 years old..... W.I.T. Whatever It Takes.

So, I will be moving to Orem in January and attending a Tech. College there for a year and then I transfer to s different University to finish my last year. I am soooooo relieved. 3years of pre-req's weight off my shoulders :) Thanks for everybody's support!

Whatever gets you through....

2009-11-04T23:55:00.011-07:00

Whatever gets you through the day...

the week,

the semester,

the year........right?

Thats what I have been clinging onto these days when life is so rushed and busy and full of plans.

PLANS.... planing/planned/the plans falling through etc. etc. etc.

Lets also add in the stress that encompasses the plans. In a nut shell these stuations are called LIFE.

We all have our own lives and they are all busy and filled with our own stresses and situations blah blah blah...... I'm not sitting on a soap box today.

So... after my 21 years of trying to change these unwanted things that creep into our life I have realized... that guess what?! We can't change them.

My dad told me a quote that has stuck in my mind and is an awesome motto in everyone's life.

"If you don't like something change it.

If you can't change it, change the way you feel about it"

So I decide to change the little things.... Starting by being in a crappy situation that I can get out of... I just stick a Diet Coke in my hand and all is well.... For a moment at least :)

Its all about the little things... Thats what keeps me going.

....Dancing......Greys....Drives..... Work.....Diet Coke....Laughing.....Ice Cream...Friends/Family.....Chai Tea.....Progress

Oh the little things.

I recently fell in love with a song titled

"Keep Breathing".

Makes me think that even though Ihave a thousand other things I have to do at any given moment, all I really HAVE to do is keep breathing....

I think I can do that.

And it feels so much better breath through a smile.

I'm stil alive and kicking!

2009-06-22T22:45:00.020-07:00

Wow! I am really awful at updating this blog aren't I?! Sorry kids :) Well, a run down of the latest and greatest are: (WARNING! Lots and lots of pictures!!!)

* Since I have been back from my beautiful island (that I miss so much!) I went back to Cedar City and SUU and my very favorite job that I miss SO much now! Here are some pictures from this last semester...

Getting used to the cold again! Downtown

Rachelle, Kam and me

New years with Tara

One of our many classic trips to Mesquite with the crew...

Jer and Kam and I went to bed on the floor with Kam and Jer cuddeling like a normal couple would and we woke up like this! Sorry Jer! We told you were are kinda close :)

My favorite boyfriend for the summer :) This is Kim and Kyle's baby Kalel

All the girls together for Sara's baby shower!!!

Corinne, Kim, Mamma, Me and Sara

And here iss the cute little long awaited baby Bennion! Hannah :)

A fun trip to SLC=Seeing my favorite girls!!!

Kait, me , Rachele and Jamie

We LOVE when Kam comes for a visit!

Jessica McCommas, me and Kam

My friends are kinda pretty huh?

Kait, Jess Mc, me and Jess hall

Some of my favorite people all crammed into one car

Our valentines day present from Jeremy! A ride in litle airplane around beautiful

South-Eastern Utah!

Kam, Jer, me, Kait and Griffin

And I got to fly the plane!!!

And then there was that time I got mono :(

(So I just had to take a picture in front of this sign!)

Little Macie Jane. Corinne's 3 year old :)

A little family reunnion.... Corinne, lily, me, Kimmy, Kalel, Denny and Emily

My family was gone for Easter sunday so I got to spend it with my second family the Jensens!

A girls weekend!

Me, Rash and Kam

Jess Hall, Rachele, Me, Kamry and Jessica McComas

"Studying" for finals in the sunlight :)

Jess McCommas, Jess Hall and me

Deit coke keeps us wide awake through finals!

Jessica Hall and me at 3 am in the library!

Jessica's graduation from Nursing! We are so proud of our girl :)

Me, Jess Mc and Jess Hall

Last night in Cedar city!Caving with the boys

Jess Hal, Kayden, me, Jess Mc, Mandi and Chaz

One of m last days at Premier :(

My second mama Cyndi Lou and I. Love her!

*I got to go back to my island for Spring Break! (thanks to tax returns:) We had an absolute blast, hands down best vacation ever!

Dear Hawaii.... We are back!

Jess Hall and me

Yeah we didn't reall mind the fact that there were about 10 guys to us 4 girls :) ....

And it didn't take us long to try and show them up!

Jess H, me and Jess Mc

One night we decided to go swimming.... fully clothed that was so when we got back to the boys room we needed to borrow some clothes, we were very styling :)

Jess H, me and Jess Mc

We got kinda dirty on our 4 wheelers!!!

My favorite place on earth!

Tara, Jess H, me and Jess Mc

Us girls just watching a beautiful sunset!

Jess and Jess and me and Tara

A fun day at the PCC

Jess Mc and me

A night out on the town in Waikiki!

Jess and Jess and me and Tara

Typical day at the beach. Waiamai bay

Tara, Tom, me, Neil Birel, Jess H, Jess Mc. and Jonathan

The best part of the whole trip?!.....

I GOT TO SEE MY BABIES!!!

Me holding Shaylee, top:Tevita and bottom right Malia

* Well for those of you that already knew I was supposed to working in Regina Canada for the summer..... but LONG story short we ran into many unknown problems with our workers visas and so we moved onto plan B which is.... North Dakota! That's right, I am living in North Dakota! Ha, of all places, I know :) I am doing security systems sales for Security One International. Yep, I finally caved! But it has already been worthwhile, probably one of the hardest things I have ever done but its been good! I get to be out here with my cute sis Kim and her crazy hubby Kyle (jk jk gotta love him!) And my very own boyfriend their 2 yeah old son Kalel :) and of coarse one of my very best friends Jamie and her hubby Leo who is my manager. So we have a good time out here! We know how to make the best even out of North Dakota!

On the way up to Canada we hit a deer! Yeah, pretty sad day for my car but we were all ok so its all good! My car, Betty is pretty sad though :(

(See Jamie Sagebin's blog for all the details)

*I am very pleased to announce the marraige of Jeremy and Kamry Arthur!!! Th

e 2 were married in the SLC temple on May 23rd 2009. I was so happy o be able to come home for the wedding and get a break from selling and be with my best friends!...

Hugging my new Bestie and lucliest man in the world!

Jeremy and I

The happy couple!

Jeremy, me and Kam

Typical....

All the girlfriends there! We had to do our usual cheeser face :)

Chantel, Tara, Rash, me, Kam, Krista, Mandy and Nikki

Our whole Hawaii family was able to come! It made the whole day just perfect

Shaylee, Rachele, me and Malia

Our typical cheese face!

I'm gonna miss this girl so much!

Tara and me

Here is at the reception held in Monticello. Such a beautiful and fun night!

Kam and me

My parents were even able to make it! Everything about the night was so perfect

Papa Don, me and my mama Susie

*I sent off a missionary... kinda :) One of my very best friends Tara Jensen left on her mission to Yekaterinburg Russia! So exciting but I already miss her so much! Luckily Tara's last couple weeks and her farewell and everything were all when I was home for Kamry's wedding so we had so much fun together! So proud of this girl... Here are a few pic's of her last days here...

Some people say we look like sisters :) We pretty much are!

The whole crew at her farewell

The girls...

Amy, Carlee, Lauren, McKenzie, Tara, Michele, me and Allison

My little girl is all grown up! She did an amazing job on her talk :)

Packing her all up in 2 suitcases for 18 months! Mind you this was at 2 am the night before the MTC!!! Ha ha, can't say I'm surprised :)

Bree, Tara and me

Adjusting to life back in Utah....

2009-03-07T15:23:00.003-07:00

I just found this old post saved as a draft that I never published! So here it is even though ALOT has changed since then! I will post a new one as well so your not too confused...

Good thing we warned Jer we are a package deal! :)

Jess and I took the kids out for a "date night" We got all dressed up in our red and went to a SUU B-Ball game and they had a blast!

Gotta hit up the dunes when you get back to Utah!

Reunited when some of my favorite girls!!!

This is the one thing Hawaii didn't have, I will admit I missed this!

I thought I should let all of you know that I am still alive and kicking! Just to catch you all up I am back in Cedar City Utah completing my last semester of pre-requistes for Nursing. I have also started applying to some nursing programs and am waiting to hear back! So we will see.. I hate that my fate of where I will be this fall is not in my own hands... its a werd feeling. But thats part of the excitment of life right? Ha, other than that I don't have too much going on... Just working back at my old office Premier Pediatrics which I am so happy about! I love it here!

Free Falling!!!!!

2008-12-10T00:54:00.008-07:00

Growing up I was always a daddy's girl. I wanted to be just like my papa Don. Which is why he couldn't give me too much grief when I told him I was moving to Hawaii for 4 months since he did the same thing! So to take his example a bit farther I decided to "fall in his footsteps" my latest endeavor.......
SKYDIVING!Best thing I ever did! Everybody should go! I wasn't nearly as scared as I thought I'd be. It was AMAZING!!!!

2008-12-03T23:40:00.008-07:00

I am officially the WORST blogger ever! But as I have said before I blame it all on the beaches and beauty of Hawaii! It has been the most amazing thing of my life! I am in LOVE with this island! This has been the best choice ever to come out here. I definitely miss my family and everybody at home but Oh my gosh I love this island! I am going to miss it SO much!

For the most part we have just been playing outsidedoing all sorts of stuff like hiking waterfalls....
Going to the surf competitions......Watching amazing sunsets....Riding all over the island on scooters!...

I have so much more to write and tell about but my bed is calling to me after a long day! I will definitely write more soon! Love you all and I'll see you soon!

Just some pictures for my people!

2008-10-14T15:57:00.005-07:00

We get really board waiting for the bus!

The gang at Sunset

Me and my girl Kam! Love this girl so much!

The Foodland runs for ice cream at night!

Our Beach nights :) First trip to Honolulu!

Our first tie surfing here!

We tried to find Karaoke all night and this is the ghetto place we had been looking for!

My new favorite picture!

We decided we needed some new games to play at the beach cause we get too board laying out!... Enjoy!

Aloha!

2008-10-06T15:59:00.010-07:00

I am so sorry I haven't posted! I guess all I can use as an excuse is this picture....
It is safe to say that I would rather look at this than my computer...believe it or not! This is my beach! I am lucky enough to say that this is about a 5 minute walk from my house. I have been here for about a month (can't believe its been that long by the way!) and out of those 36 days I have been to the beach 33 days! Ha. It is really hard to go a day without it. So basically we got here at about 10 pm Hawaii time after leaving Salt Lake about 5 in the morning. Long long day. We had a 8 hour layover in L.A. and we were already super tired. So we had our handy dandy Grey's Anatomy with us luckily and the lap top to watch it on! We were well prepared. We found a "cubby" if you will and stayed there practically the whole time....

But that flight and 8 hour layover was well worth it! Our awesome landlord came and picked us up and we made it home at about 10 that night. We got just enough unpacked to go straight to bed! Our house is pretty cute and we love the neighborhood and all of that. Needless to say the ocean. Its amazing! Anyone who needs a vacation please come out here and visit! Open invite. Its amazing.

So we promised ourselves that the first thing we would do is find a job. So, we decided to be grown ups and took the whole next day to look for jobs.... which actually turned into a 3 week long job search. It was ridiculous! There are NO jobs in the little town of Laie that I live in. So we finally looked outside of the town and after a month of being here I got my first paycheck! Which was very needed but sadly my first day was the last day of the pay period. but every little bit counts!

We finally made it to do the things we really want to instead of looking for dang jobs! So we laid out at the beach practically all day and got fried! Which was expected and I guess its all part of the experience right? Then later that day we wanted to go on a hike so this (on the right) is us at Wiamea Falls.... It was such a great day. We loved it.

So one of the best parts of Hawaii for us is that we nanny for our landlord. We get to watch the cutest kids ever! Tavita is 4 Malia is 2 and Shaylee is 5 months. They are the best kids ever and are adorable! I am going to take some better pictures of them and will post them soon for you guys to all be jealous :)

Love and miss you all like crazy! I promise I will be better at updating this in the future :)
Love always Danielle Sue!

With Love

2008-08-24T01:42:00.003-07:00

With deepest regrets and prayers I would like to tribute those who lost their lives yesterday in the fatal plane crash. Every person on that plane lead a wonderful life and were serving others up to their last hours of life. May their families feel out prayers and know of our love and gratitude for their loved ones. May they rest in peace,

David White; Dr. Lansing Ellsworth; David Goddard; Mandy Johnson; Marcie Tillery; Valerie Imlay; Keith Shumway; Dallon Ellsworth; Camie Vigil; and Cecilee Goddard.

If you would like to leave regrets for the family please do so at the link below:
http://www.cedarcondolences.blogspot.com/

We will miss you and love you all...

Really?

2008-08-12T00:31:00.006-07:00

About 6 months ago my amazing friends Kamry and Rachele and I made a pact that none of us would back out on Hawaii... Although we later talked about the more than likely situation that something would fall through and it wouldn't happen. I had my money that I was going to loose both of them to 2 young missionary's they had both been patiently waiting for but lucky for me it worked out to my advantage...

Is this happening, REALLY? I officially have 3 weeks until I will be sitting on my new and improved territory on the islands.... I can't even tell you how excited I am!
However, I have to sit back and admit how ironically sad I am to leave Cedar City Utah. Really? Am I honestly feeling sad when I moving onto much warmer and brighter things? :)
As a sophomore in high school, if you would have asked me where I would be in 5 years I would have had no clue, but I can assure you I was not thinking I would be leaving my home of 2 1/2 years in Cedar City Utah and taking off to the Islands... Really is this happening?
I feel like I am moving away from where I have grown up. And in a way that is a very true statement. I have done more growing up here in Cedar City than I did in my entire 17+ years in Sandy Utah. The times and lessons I have had here are completely priceless and I wouldn't trade them for the world. I will always remember a huge chunk of my heart left here in the Southern Utah (Now if thats not the cheesiest thing I have ever said)

I have had the most wonderful opportunity to work here as a Medical Assistant in a pediatric clinic that I have absolutely fallen in love with. I might already have this story on here but... I will never forget when I had my interview and they told me I was hired on the spot and Dr. Dowse (the owner/head physician) said "Welcome to our family!" I remember thinking really? They think of their office as family? How neat was that to hear as a 17 year old who had graduated early and left her family behind. Now it makes so much sense to me, they are my "Premier" family there and it is so much more than a job to me. I appreciate so much all I have learned there and how much fun I have had. Thanks so much for the knowledge and especially the laughs guys :)

I will write more about me leaving Cedar but more importantly my upcoming adventure of Hawaii!!!! Thanks for everybody that has helped make it happen :)
But once again.... is this happening, REALLY?!

Time...

2008-07-12T10:57:00.004-07:00

There are moments I think, I have all the time in the world. And at other moments I think to my self, maybe the world really is flat and it is just a giant clock we are all walking around on and getting smacked in the butt by the second hand, leaving us flat on our faces. I'm not sure how to overcome that...

"Yes, time flies.
And where did it leave you?
Old too soon...smart too late."

Sometimes I find myself thinking "if I only knew then what I know now..." and then I remember how ridiculous that sounds because I am only talking from nearly 20 years of experience where as most people who express that statement have decades worth of experiences. So then that makes me think, what am I going to look back on in another 20 years and think the same statement about? My mind leads a very tangled web of thoughts. It is a very scary yet thrilling idea... There are so many answers that I won't learn or understand because of time...

.... When did this time thing start and how do we make it stop it?

On the other hand we all know Danielle and that with out time and a little push from those that do have it all figured out, this girl may not do anything more than travel her way through life taking still shots on her way that she might savor the moments without having to commit to keeping anything the same. As my father has told me many times, "Change is the only thing that is constant." I think I took that a little more literal than he would have liked.
My solution to this problem of feeling overwhelmed by the whole stressful time issue is to escape to Hawaii for four months with 2 of my best friends :) It sounded like a good idea to me at the time of about 4 am in the middle of last semester (aka the semester from hell) as Kamry and I were brainstorming escape plans. We thought about it and to be honest, I didn't think it would really happen but now that I am $750 and 4 new swimsuits into it , I'm now thinking there is nothing that could stop me. The Hawaii plan is slowly becoming real to me and coming into effect. I do have slightly more than some new bikinis as I do have my plane ticket and a contract and deposit down on a house. I leave to the islands on September 1st and don't return until December 22nd just in time for Christmas. I'm going with tow of the best people I know, Rachele Gardner and Kamry Maughn... the three amigo's are officially coming and Hawaii has no idea what is going to hit them :) We found a basement apartment right on the beach and a great landlord that has a cute little family we get to nanny the kids for a cut down on rent. Although that has all panned out , I still have to find a job which I heard can be very hard out there, I can use all the prayers you would like to offer !
In the mean time I am trying to figure out life's bigger plans like getting into nursing school. I have very high hopes of getting into Touro University. It is a small private university in Las Vegas. I have looked into it alot and it seems to be a wonderful school and I just have a really good feeling about it. So I hope at times like this I can trust my somewhat "broken in" instincts.
I am less than two weeks away from no longer being able to fall under the category of a teenager. And can I tell you how good that finally feels! I feel like I have been 19 for about 3 years now... I'm definitely ready for the break through.
The only downfall of me moving to Hawaii is that I am leaving Cedar City. I have now been here for almost two and a half years. Time is definitely one thing that I can say I have appreciated in this aspect. Cedar City has definitely become home to me and I have so many people to thank for that. Its funny you know, As much as I make fun of this small town feel, I can't tell you how much I have loved being a part of it. The hardest thing to leave here is my amazing job. I know, it just a job some say but it want to me, I have learned so much from it and will miss it so much. When I had my interview in April of 2006 my adorable manager Becky said to me, "Welcome to our family!" I remember talking to my mom right afterwards and telling her how good it felt to hear someone say that in a job setting and now that I have been there for this long, I can't imagine anything better to call my job but like a family. I will truly miss Premier Pediatrics.
Ok, enough with the sappy. I am taking the next big adventure in the life of Danielle Wright and that is.... escape into the land of pineapple and the deep sea.... deep deep sea...

The next Gate...

2008-04-01T08:40:00.003-07:00

As a child you often say the words, "No! I can do it myself Mom, let me do it!"... Now that your an adult you begin to think the words,"Mom, just do it for me, make the decision for me" It is quite the change. You have your good and bad days and your good and bad decisions to make or break you. Thats the scary part, we aren't in elementary school anymore trying to decide what treat to pack in our lunch today or which of our hundreds of gadgets to take to show and tell. Nope, today I am actually making choices that will have an effect on my next 3 years of life. And that my friends, is scary as what I would have said in the fourth grade... "H.E. double hockey sticks."

Two years ago a girl named Danielle from Salt Lake made the decision that she wanted to move out and"see the world". So, she moved to good old Cedar City Utah. This was a very good choice indeed but a vegetarian, city girl an only hold out so long in a town with no mall and more talk of hunting than she can handle. It was time to see the bigger and better. She was able to make a decision on her own this time and inform her parents after (which actually went over better than expected). This change in "scenery" is going to be made at the end of her "so called summer" when she takes her suitcase, some of her best friends and her bathing suit to live in for 4 months in the land of pineapples and beautiful Polynesian men... Thats right. Hawaii. What more could a girl ask for? So, low and behold, one decision has been made. One she is very happy about. until then we are not exactly sure where she will be or what she will be doing. Her small country girl side just might kick in and she will stay in Cedar City this summer working at her job that she has grown to love more than is healthy for a collage job. But this all depends... We do know she will be finishing her pre-requisites by the end of this summer for the nursing program that she will apply for very soon. This dream of being a nurse has stayed strong while it has also completely kicked her butt (and is now throwing a tantrum in her face :) The dream will more than likely take her then to the city of lights, Las Vegas where she hopes to start the nursing program in July of 2009 at Touro University. (This is a private non-Government funded school so there will be an address attached accepting credit cards,cash and even checks made out to Danielle's dream fund:)
Will keep you all posted on how this portion of Danielle's crazy adventures pans out!
Love you all!

Still Here!

2007-11-18T22:36:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would let everybody know I am still alive! It has been way too long... I have had a very crazy summer/semester which isn't the greatest excuse but hey, we'll try it! I am in Cedar in my (not so new anymore) townhome with some of my best friends which is so great! I am busier than ever in my life doing the working/college student/starting a company/staying sane/trying to have a life thing. And its still pretty good when I step back and look at it! The company I am trying to start up is my very own photography company. Last I was in Salt Lake my dad and I went out an he co-signed with me to get a very nice camera that I am loving!So look soon for my link I am trying to put together to show some of my work. It will be ranging from bridals to abstract photos so I am very excited! I am also very excited to go home for Thanksgiving this week! I sure need the break :)

Coming to an end

2007-06-27T15:26:00.000-07:00

Wow, I thought I would be writing alot more than this but here I am in Costa Del Sol, Spain at my last Hotel! I guess I fould out how much there is to do when traveling in Europe. Its crazy! I have had such an amazing time. Between seeing insane ammounts of everything you can imagine from the beautiful hills of Tuscany to the run down streets of Morocco. Having nights that you can barley make it to your bed you are so tired and others that you can´t get enough of the world. From having incredible lifechanging experiences to some things you think you never want to happen again! Its all so amazing and I have learned so much! There are so many people in this world its hard to imagine but when you see just glimpses of it like I have it makes you think more about the kind of things you spend you time worrying about. We have so much to be thankful for! This sounds so cheesy but boy am I proud to be an American! If you haven´t already, everyone needs to experience this! You will not regret it.

So, I have been everywhere starting from London to Paris to Zuric to Venice to Florence to Barcelona to Madrid to Morocco to Costa Del Sol! And so many small cities in between. Its so weird to look back over all of them!

I love you all and can´t wait to see your familiar faces! I will post pictures when I get home!
Love Danielle in Spain!

Viaggiare

2007-06-11T04:05:00.000-07:00

Well, here I am in a little city called Abano Terme just outside of Venice in Italy! I can't even begin to describe how beautiful it is here. I am in Italy! It feels so weird but so right at the same time. I wrote last in London I belive and have been to Paris, France and Lucerne, Switzerland since then! I am sorry I haven't wanted to spend much time on the computer as you can imagine. Also pardon the mis-spelled words but the keyboards are different and hard to get used to :) Well, I went on a little boat ride around the Effile Tower and to the top as well! It was an incredible view from there, you can see everything. After we left the Effile Tower we turned around to see it from a little farther out and right then they turned on these crackle lights all over the tower. it looked like there were fireworks all around it. it was awesome.
Lucerne has so far been myt favorite place. It was so beyond beautiful! I went to the top of Mt. Platius and that was amazing. the most beautiful place I have ever been. Here in Italy last night we went to a Sacra which is a town celebrtation. Oh my gosh it was so fun! We arte their food and interacted as much as we could with the people, we danced with for all of you that know me at all mae my whole trip complete! And I am only half way through! It was so fun. We danced the night away, and the Italian people were so wonderful. Well, I am off to Florence tommorrow and will keep you posted as much as I can!

Chow! Love Danielle Sue

The Journey

2007-06-02T10:14:00.000-07:00

Cherio mates!(Thats what I hear all day!) The long awaited trip has arrived! I am sitting here in London in a internet cafe. I never thought I would actually say those words while I was sitting on the plane coming over. I leaft S.L.C. at 8 in the mourning on Tuesday and arivedhere in London about 7a.m. on Wenesday, now that was a long day! But now that I am here it is incredible. I love everything about this city. There are flowers everywhere which is my favorite detail so far. The food is so great. And the history packed in hereis unreal! The only thing that I haven'tliked so faris the exchange rate. They use puonds here and one pouund here is equal to one dollar, which makes everything double. Not to mention it is a tourist city so everything is expensive anyways! But thats ok, I can't complain cause I am in London!For those of you who are 'Friends' fans, picture Joey saying... 'London baby!'

Well, I have been learning an incredible ammount and having so much fun while doing it! Hopefuly I can takepart of the accents home with me which are so fun! Here is a breif list of what I have seen: The city of Bath and the baths as well, Stonehenge, Westminster Abby (Went to a service today), St. Pauls catherdrale (I climbed 435 stairs to get to the very top of the domb! It was amazing), The Globe theatre, Les Miserables and Phantom!, Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Covent Gardens, Natonal Art Gallery and even more I can'tremember now! It has been amazing already and I am only 4 days into it! My next stop is Paris which we take the chunnel to tommorow. I am sad to leave London but I have so much more to see! Try to hold down the U.S.A. without me although i reealize it will be difficult:) I love you all and, Dad & Mom- Thank you so much for making this happen. Its even more than I am sure you could have hoped it would be for me.

Cheers!- Danielle Sue

This Peculiar thing called...

2007-04-03T17:54:00.000-07:00

Well, I thought I would start this new thing called blogging. I figured that it would be especially good for those of you that like to keep track of your friend/niece/cousin/daughter Danielle, and even better when I go to Europe I will be posting here.
To catch some of you up, I am living in Cedar city Utah in a rental home with 6 other girls. Its actually not as bad as it sounds. We get along incredibly well under the circumstances that we are all female/very busy/are all having our own boy/family and school issues/and are all poor. But even with all that, I love it. My roommates are amazing and we have a blast. I am working at a pediatric office as a Medical Assistant and I absolutely love it. Aside from the fact that I get to interact with adorable kids, and the staff is the best, I also have some of the dirty work like giving those adorable kids shots and taking their blood. Oh well, welcome to medicine Danielle other than that my job is pretty much perfect. I am going to Southern Utah University where I am completing my pre-requisites to get me into the nursing program also here at SUU. It is a really good school, I am even enjoying English which if any of you know me well, is quite an accomplishment :)
Other than the general things there, today it hit me... I am an adult. When did that happen? What is this peculiar thing called being an adult? Yeah you hear since you are young that at 18 years old you are a legal adult but it doesn't really mean anything until you are paying rent and a car payment and buying groceries and working full time while going to school and making life changing decisions all while trying to stay sane... Once again, when did this happen? I guess I started becoming an adult when I moved out at 17. Technically though I am only 2/3 adult since my amazing father stills pays 1/2 my bills. Thanks again dad. Although being on your own does have its perks, I have my own car, I don't have a curfew, and I guess I could legally smoke if I really wanted to (don't worry dad, just found out I am allergic to cigarette smoke) But what happened to the old days when my biggest worry was that I had to clean my room, or that I didn't get invited to the most popular girls birthday party. I actually miss the early morning dance and even better the chores that would only take me 30 minutes top. Now my chores take me all day and into the next morning.
Oh to be a kid again...