The Harvest is on

I made these cookies and they were delicious. Believe it or not they only require 1 box of Spice Cake Mix, I large can of pumpkin pie filling, and one entire bag of semi-sweet Chocolate chips. They were so yummy and so easy. And now my house is all sorts of decorated for Thanksgiving. I just love this time of year.

Halloween Part 2

Next: On to the premiere party of the night. My friend Lisa lives in a darling house across town and she invited me over for a fun Halloween party. Tyree Batt went as Bat girl, the last time she could be Bat girl before she gets married and her last name changes to Jensen. And I went as a Scary Vampire Princess, in a sole effort to cure me of my undeniable fear of Vampires. I am here to say I am not cured, I was scaring myself all night.

Halloween

Halloween started with a quiet little party at my apartment with a few friends. We had so much fun. The menu included Chili, Salad, Scones, Brownies, and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Virgin Margaritas. It was the perfect, quaint introduction to a "Spooky Tricky Night".

First things First

I am so far beyond behind I can't see it, however priorities are priorities and blogging just happens to be one of those. So my goal is to get caught up. I took Friday off of work so that I could go to Vegas but we didn't end up leaving until later so it was nice to get caught up on a few things. I got my house partially clean, all of my laundry done, made a BBQ Smokies lunch for my roommates, and I defrosted my fridge. Pretty successful day I had there on Friday. There is still plenty to do this weekend. I have had the busiest couple of weeks ever. One of my best friends, Tyree, was proposed to the day before Halloween. It was a lot of fun. I have been apart of the whole proposal process before, but not as in depth as I was with Christian and Tyree's. Christian lives about five and a half hours away from us so I was in charge of the proposal. Christian told me what he wanted and I got er' done. All in all, from the three dozen roses and the three bags of chocolate to the seemingly one hundred million candles and matches, we had a lot of fun and it really looked beautiful. It was a covert operation complete with trickery and even yes a little bit of thievery. She said yes though and on November 25th she will become Mrs. Christian Jensen. Congrats Sis, I love you more than words can say.

Getting Caught Up

I am getting caught up on blogging. Stay tuned for some info on the everyday of Amy-K!

"We're all in this TOGETHER"

Well I saw the third and last of this juvenile film set last night. It was really good and kept me entertained the entire time. The ending was so perfect and just made me happy. I have been an HSM fan since the first one. I love them. They are really well put together films. I actually had no idea the phenomenon I was involved with a few years ago. I was home from SUU for Christmas a few years ago and I was losing weight and had been going to gym pretty regularly, oh that I had that determination back. So anyways my parents belong to this beautiful athletic club in Draper, and I always had a membership until about two years ago. So I was working out upstairs and I could hear all of this stuff going on beneath me. When I was finished working out I walked downstairs to see what was going on only to find a friend of mine who is pretty well known in the Salt Lake county performing arts scene, Jenifer Koplin. I asked her what was going on and she said that the producers of Disney were there in an attempt to cast the movie "High School Musical". I must have sat for about an hour just watching how they were working the open call that day. It was fascinating. So a year or so later, High School Musical debuts and becomes one of the most incredible phenomenons to ever hit the Disney Channel. I love this series and I don't care about the criticism I receive for loving it in my mid-20's. I sat in the movie just soaking in all of the happiness and joy that comes from singing and dancing and acting. People give HSM such a difficult time because of the "Cheese" factor which is undeniable. However as I watched I just thought over and over again of how incredibly wholesome this is and how if I had children I would only hope that they would love this musical series as much as I do. The musical "Grease" is acclaimed world wide for being so incredible and I agree. But it's interesting to me that HSM has been compared over and over to "Grease" and though I can see the comparison in a similar genre, they are not the same in the adult themed aspect. There is still good in this world to be cherished and there are still good people out there making films for our children. We just have to be willing to embrace the "Cheese"Factor. I love HSM and I hope that my future Children will as well.

Once Upon a Time

This clip is from the musical BKLYN (Brooklyn) which my friend Taylor introduced to me a few years ago. I really love this song and the original artist to sing it was Eden Espinosa, who is incredible, but this clip was when Diana DeGarmo sang with the Broadway cast. Her career has just been so successful since American Idol. What an amazing platform to associate yourself with, those kids are so lucky it just opens up for so many amazing opportunities. There really are few artists that can pull off this powerhouse belt in an upper range, that being said I have a new found respect for DeGarmo. Sorry that I am a nerd but listen to her BELT this out. It's SWEET!