oy vey.

Today i spent my day in San Francisco.

I AM IN LOVE.

i love everything about this place! it's not too hot (i actually wore a jacket all day.), i love all the old buildings, it has a beautiful view of the ocean. I would love to live here for like a year or two in one of the awesome apartments. IT WOULD BE SO FUN. Maybe a job on the Wharf? yine.

i took an adventure to the Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown, and the Wharf. The bridge was super awesome and quite windy! Chinatown was CRAZY! Asian people trying to speak english to me, and lots of poultry shops. But i purchased a sweet straw chinese hat and a voodoo dolL! :) and the WHARF: ahhHH! it was insanely beautiful! Walking (&walking) along the pier, shopping, and DELISH Clam Chowder in a sourdough bread bowl! and there were tons of craazzzyyy people. after that, we went to Ghiradelli Sqare. Yes, as in the CHOCOLATE PLACE.

overall, such a magnificent day. even though my feet are FALLING OFF!

i really did leave my heart in San Francisco.

{Linds.}

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i. cant. do. this.

THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT I HATE MORE AT THIS MOMENT.

PACKING.

IT'S TWO IN THE MORNING AND THIS IS AS FAR AS I AM. AND I HAVE BEEN GOING AT IT FOR LIKE...EVER. good thing Tyler is in here to keep me company. but not for long. ugh. 10 hours til departure.

and thanks to this guy for staying up. and making me laugh. hips thrust?

My Little Phony.

Thanks to Jenn and her marvelous ways of doing things... we got the clique book 5 days earlier than the rest of the world. YES. i know what i will be doing all day in the car tomorrow...

le pioneer day.

Pioneer Day: {utah's excuse to celebrate the 4th of July alll over again.}

but i love it! who doesn't?!

My 24th of July was spent working, shopping with mommy, (investing in the cutesttt yellow shorts:) and my first pair of chacos!!), then some more shopping with Jenn, going to Jason's Deli, watching fireworks, THEN ice blocking with jenn, brand, & tanner! IT WAS SO FUN!

thank you pioneers!

ice block train.

running in the sprinklees at night. it's not cold at all.

NAHt.

thennn THIS WEEK I HEAD TO CALIFORNIA FOR 8 DAYS! yine. disneyland, sanfran, beach, beach, aquarium, alcatraz, CHINATOWN. i SO need this! and am so excited..

smell ya later. XO.

[LiNDSAY]

blueberry scones.

so basically i am addicted to blogs. it's true. ESPECIALLY cooking blogs. it got me thinking a little while ago, "why don't i blog about what i cook?". so, from now on i will try and post what i cook. some of you might know that one of my biggest passions in life is cooking. and this fall i am going to culinary school!

ANYWAYS- this morning i was a kind sister/daughter and woke up early and made Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze. they were FANTASTIC. I loved the sweet blueberries and the tart lemon glaze together. AH. just too good.

if you want the recipe go HERE.

thank you Tyler Florence for your cooking inspiration.

taTA for now! and happy pioneer day Utah!

happy friday.

who doesn't love a bearded man, with flawless curls, on the cover of Outside magazine, holding a guitar?

i about fell out of my chair when i saw this.

i need to go to kohlers right now and pick up my copy. as for you, you are more than welcome to stay... and stare.

thank you, Jack Johnson.

{lindsay}

je m'ennuie.

bienvenue a la photocabine.

whenever i get bored i always go to my favorite online vintage photobooth. it takes pictures. and entertains me for a little while. here is a few shots from last night. because my friends are A)Out of town. B)On cool dates. c) Not able to play because i got home so late from le work. D)have other obligations with other people. 

today i am going to le-goon. with my family. yipee.

have a grand day.

}lindsay{

and yes. i still do wish i could speak french.

Mr. Paul is coming to town!

in other news. the love of my life, Benton Paul, is playing his last show as a resident of Utah in 24 days.(aug 14.) SCREAMS OF ELATION!!

i will marry him. i love him. so. so. so much. i missed his last show. see?
i can't wait.

le whatever.

why do i have to take a dumb test at UVU to place me in a class i don't even want to take?
     why wont ATT let me trade in my ghetto taped up phone?
          why was the AC broken at work. it literally was over 95 degrees.
               why are people so dramatic and blow things out of proportion?
                    why won't they talk to me?
                         why do i obsess over the could be, but the unrealistic?
                    why won't my toe feel better and stop feeling like it's on fire?
               I. AM. SO. SICK. OF. THIS.
          yes. today was not my best of days. sorry. this was 100% pointless.

imma go watch Hannah Montana, or the 10 Things I Hate About You. Can't decide which one i will stay awake for.

update: good thing netflix is CLOSED FOR MAINTENENCE RIGHT NOW! NAHT!
UGH. AND MY NAIL POLISH REMOVER RAN OUT WITH 4 NAILS TO GO. HATE HATE HATE!

le whatever.

(thats all i can say. seriously.)

letters to juliet.

please go see this movie. I LOVED IT.

the best best.

today-- me and audrey ogden went on a picnic. and played. just like the old days!

because.. youknow...we always say we will play and never do. but now she is going to BYU and I, UVU and playdates needed to be arranged before all that nonsense.

we rode our bikes to the cedar hills park and ate a deelish lunch consisting of Alfredo, chips, fruit snacks and sugar cookies. and a snapple.

and we read OLD OLD NOTES. (6th grade-8th grade?) HILARIOUS. We laughed so hard at our/my immaturity.

then we rode our bikes to the temple. it was perfect. and we just talked about life. she is such an awesome person and i am glad to call her my good friend SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

love you so much Audrey. you are just the best best.

lots and lots of love.

                                                                           LiNds.

exaggeration minimized

last night I went and saw AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER.
i NEVER thought i would watch a movie like that. it's just not really my thing.
It wasn't the GREATEST movie-- but i certainly wasn't as terrible as i thought it would be. (i was expecting full on boredom, having to pry my eyes open to stay awake, and maybe a little nausea.)

But my friend Waidon took me.

and it was fun!

ALSO. em & i went hiking in Pleasant Grove. we saw a few water falls.

-then Jenn, em, and i drove down to Barnes and Noble to get My Little Phony. AND WE FOUND OUT THEY PUSHED THE RELEASE DATE BACK TO AUGUST 3. FURY! so, heads hanging down, and eyes welling up with tears, we headed over to sensuous sandwich for lunch. thats about it.

Carnimovie.

whada a weekend. consisting of work, work and work.

 and this movie. which is quite excellent actually! love love the combination of Ashton & Katherine. and Ashton is not bad to look at :)

and the first sleepover with both jenn & emzy! YES THE FIRST OF THE SUMMER! since when do we wait until the middle of July to do that. usually it's 100% more often. whatair. it was fun. NERTZ and alll.

then on saturday i went to the Steel Days Carnival--IT WAS WEIRD! between the men who looked gay, but were creepily staring down Brandee, Emily, and I, ladies with no shirts on when they clearly needed them, & creepster carni workers,  I didn't feel like i was in Utah anymore! We went on two rides. I believe they were called the Stargate 2000 and The Orbiter. Yep. Just two rides and I feel vomitacious. But it was still fun! It was an exciting night for sure :) :)

and tonight. well, i watched Jonas LA (<3 4eva.), looked at wedding stuff (yes, i am currently planning my wedding that probably won't take place for at least 5 years. i just love it too much.), rode my bike, found new and good music, and wrote a letter to my best friend.

have a great week erebody. i will because...

1) The #14 Clique book is coming out! MY LITTLE PHONY.

2) I am going hiking!

3) i MIGHT be going to an exclusive TEA PARTY. (no em/shelle/jenn, this is not a confirmation.)

4) I am going to see a weird movie with a friend! haha

5) Going to take Tyler to the temple.

6) Cooking great food with Emily and dominating her in a game(s) of Monopoly.

i'm just sho excited.

Sincerely,

a really happy {Lindsay Erin Ivie.}

DEATHLY HALLOWS. DEATHLY HALLOWS.

WHO ELSE WAS CRYING WHEN YOU WATCHED THIS? I CRIED. I CRIED. I WEPT. I CRIED. and screamed during the Eclipse previews.

summer beats. (and literally!)

these are my summer melodies.

i just can't get them out of my head! old and the new!

faithfully: Glee Cast version & journey version

how deep is your love: Bee Gees

we didn't start the fire: billy joel version and Vitamin String Quartet version

Don't Stop Believin: Vitamin String Quartet

Somebody To Love: Justin Bieber (yes. i did just admit that.)

Shark in the Water: VV Brown.

I Am Not a Robot: Marina and the Diamonds
Hazy: Rosi Golan
I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing: Aerosmith

Run: Benton Paul

Drowning & As Long as You Love Me: Backstreet Boyys.

Turn Right: Jonas Brothers

Telephone, & Makin Out: Pomplamoose (magical. please check out and LOVE.)
Oh Father, Never Gonna Leave Me: Sia (basically the whole We Are Born album.)
Belief: John Mayer
Secrets: One Republic

and that really is all i can pretty much think of at the moment. there is just so much music that i love right now. its just too good of a thing.
ALL-SO! Ok, I like to say, i am pround of my wounds. I sort of think it is cool when I have some gnarly bruise, or cut. I don't know. I don't like the pain, but i feel like some sort of warrior or something. Right now, i am definitly a warrior. Broken Toe, bad burn mark on my arm, sliced finger. But the broken toe is truly a sight. Bad bruising. I will show a picture. and also my other bad bruise i had.

broken toe. July 2010. (ps. this happened while i was on a swing.)

july 2009. this doesn't not give the size justice. and it was way swollen. (this happened while golfing.)

 hmm. wow. that was really random. have a good day everyone.
{Lyndz./Linds.}

midnight quesa-D's.

Eretime my cousin, Corinn comes here from Boise, we have a little tradtion.

MIDNIGHT QUESA-d'S.

it's pretty self explanatory. we make quesadillas at midnight. and i am so serious when i say that they tast 43 times better then they would at 11:59 pm or earlier. try it. i am sure you will be pleasently surprised. (also, everything is funnier after midnight, mind the video.)

XOX. LINDSAY. & CORINN b.

america the beautiful.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ~Abraham Lincoln

I really do love this country. I hope today, on Independence Day you think about how truly we are BLESSED to live in this land. Even though some things might be pretty crappy here, i really don't think you want to live anywhere else.
I would like to thank all the people to fight everyday to keep this land free. to keep me free. Especially, my cousins husband, Stephen. I know they all sacrifice so much. So, thank you so much. I am so greatful to live in this land.

battle scars.

counting 3,2,1 and i'm having fun.

tuesday night/wednesday in the wee hours of the morn, me n' some of my pals saw Eclipse (just like half of the femail population). I LOVED IT. It's a total classic Twilight, serious-- yet, HILARIOUS. I am serious. We ERUPTED with laughter (during the second time seeing it, Jennica guffawed. the ENTIRE theater was laughing at us.)(*battle scars.) i had TEARS both times i saw it. If you have not seen it I completely recommend it. And just TRY, TRY to keep a straight face when Jasper talks. (who knew he was southern!?)  Bella is a skank. Jacob has a lot of attitude, but is still gorge. (j)Edward toned down the awkward facial expressions, and was pretty dang cute at some parts. Charlie is still the best. thats about it.

Then last night, some of the greatest peeps (shelle, brand & em) went for some good old shopping. Sensuous shoes, and Ghettotron dresses in tow... here are some of the appropriate pictures.

and this AM i did a 45 minute intense cardio thing. my thighs are currently malfunctioning. i need to stick with pilates. bleh. but i went to the temple! of course, it was the BEST ever.

HOW IS YOUR SUMMER. people people. i want to hear from you! text, comment, call me, WHATAIR.
 yours truly,
Lindsay Erin Ivie.