{Clue}

Sean and I had the funnest time Saturday night. We went to a date night hosted by the Monte L. Bean Museum on campus. It was a live Clue game!!
We started the evening with dinner (pizza...) and then broke up into teams and went throughout the museum answering riddles and getting clues to see who killed our host, Mr. Jimmer Fredette. We ran into some friends there and were on the same team as them so that was fun! We had a couple people on our team who were great with riddles and another guy came up with a brilliant idea of how to keep track of our clues. Thanks to our fabulous teamwork our team won! That's right! We solved the mystery. It was Mrs. White in the kitchen with a Ram Horn. True story.

Here are some pictures from that night!

This is the guy announcing that we won

 This is our whole group with Mr. Jimmer

 Here is our group with the cast Members - Plum, Peacock, Mustard, White, Green, Scarlett

 Going through our prizes...

 Awesome stuff

 Check out our cool toys...

 The group with our new toys!

 Sorry, I can't figure how to rotate this pictures right now... They were the right direction when I uploaded them and then they changed on me...sorry! Just tilt your head.

It was an awesome night!

I got an internship!

Exciting news!

Two days ago, I signed an internship offer with Sears Holdings Corporation. Sears HC is the parent company to Sears, Sears Auto, Lands End, K-Mart, Crafstmen, Kenmore, and a dozen other brands.

I'll be working as a Business Analyst there, which basically means that I'll be working as an internal consultant between the various groups I mentioned above. The Business Analysts are brought in to help various product-line managers with any challenges/difficulties they might be having. This is very similar to the idea behind normal management consulting, described here, but instead of working for a firm that's hired to fix other business' problems, I'd be working in a team brought in to help a business unit's problems.

It's going to be really neat. I admit, upon first receiving the offer to interview with them, I wasn't very excited - it was just a back-up plan when I applied. But after having first round interviews with Boston Consulting Group and LEK (and being denied 2nd rounds there), and not even being offered an interview by Bain and McKinsey, I started looking into it more. The more I learned about the opportunity the more I became excited for it.

My interviews with Sears HC really firmed up my interest in them - the two people that interviewed me were both engaging and fun, and I grew very intrigued by the type of work I'd be doing for them. Then they flew me out to Chicago for a recruiting event last week (Feb 24-25) at their corporate office (where I'll be working) and I just fell in love. I'll be paid well, it'll be a great job, and I'll actively be making a difference in a company that is seeking change. They want to hear my ideas - I won't be drowned out by a culture of complacency - they know they need to be improving and they're willing to try-out any sound ideas to do so.

I'll be interning there mid-June to mid-August. We'll be living in a suburb of Chicago very near the Sears HC headquarters called Hoffman Estates - a beautiful little "village" - about 40 minutes north west of downtown Chicago. Heidi and I are super excited.

{Doodles Part Dos}

Remember when last semester I showed you some of my doodles? Well, I am still in school and therefore still doodle during class. Here is my most recent drawings. Enjoy!!! :)

{Baby Brother}

Here's a shout out to by baby brother, Scott, for being accepted to BYU!!!!

 I cannot wait for him to be up here this fall!

  

Yup. Props to this kid.

{Movie Reviews}

Guess what! It was a long weekend and that means that the Husband and I watched a few movies in the last couple of days. I love hearing people's opinions on movies so I'm going to share mine with you. If you don't care then stop reading now.

Secretariat

I loved it. It was a great inspirational movie. It was hopeful and it was awesome. There was nothing fancy or tricky with this movie. It was one where you walked out of the theater feeling great. There weren't very many big name actors in the movie but I thought their choices were stupendous. This movie is based off of a true story and that just makes it that much more exciting. During the races I would sit at the edge of my seat with my hand clenched up waiting to see how 'Big Red' did. It was a great "feel-good" movie. I definitely recommend this! [Also, Mrs Tweedy had the most fabulous outfits in this movie]




Stranger than Fiction

I watched this movie when it came out in 2006 with a dear friend of mine and loved it, but hadn't thought much of it since. I recently found out the entire movie can be found on youtube here, so you should watch it tonight.
It's a lesser known Will Ferrel movie and it's great. It's not your run of the mill movie, but it's very clever. It's witty and smart and funny. If you like Will Ferrel, or if you like to laugh, or if you like to smile, or if you need to find the motivation to bake a batch of cookies, watch this movie. [Yes, I'm serious about the cookie part. While we were watching this movie, about half way through we had to pause it and the Husband and I went and made some homemade cookies {at 11:00 pm.....} before we could finish the movie. You'll know what part I'm talking about when you see it]

Tron

Yes, I was a good wife and went to go see Tron with Husband over the weekend. I don't want to say that I put up a fight about going and that I had absolutely no intention of going to go see this movie with my Husband....so I won't....but I did. Before Husband wanted to see Tron he said he had to see the old one. Luckily some friends of ours lent us their copy. Here's the trailer for the 1982 Tron:

It was probably the most boring movie ever. I could not stand it, sorry folks. The Husband loved it though. LOVED IT, friends. I cleaned the kitchen while watching it because I couldn't just sit down and do nothing through that whole movie...
Anyways... Basically I had no interest AT ALL to go see the new Tron. None. But, with much coaxing and a promised massage I went with the Husband. It was better than I had anticipated, but I had zero expectations so....yeah. Better than I thought, but it was still a little weird. I probably won't watch it again.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1



Great movie! It was a little bit darker than I had anticipated, but it was awesome. Since it was only the first half of the movie it ended a little abruptly, but I don't know how they could have done a better job of that. It was exciting and I loved it. I haven't read the books in forever so I can't say how true it was to the book, but it was a great movie, either way. I cannot wait for the second half to come out!! The characters were great and the whole thing came together beautifully. Go see it if you haven't already.




[Yes, these are all older movies that have been out for a while but we're too cheap to go see movies at the regular theater so we had to wait until they came to the dollar theater :) ]

{Backpack/purse/wallet problems}

Ok ladies, this post is for you.

I remember back when I started middle school I noticed on the first day of school that ALL of the girls [ok, probably not ALL of them, but when you're 11 everything is exaggerated] were carrying purses. I NEEDED a purse because I was all grown up and in middle school now. I remember going to the store with my mom to pick out a purse. I selected a little light blue Mudd purse. It is that one on the left in the picture [I can't believe I found an exact picture of the purse! Amazing!]. Please don't laugh, it was perfect for my little 11 year old self.


After getting home I could NOT think of what to put in the purse...nothing. I looked through my mom's purse to get ideas ....wallet - didn't have one, checkbook - didn't have one, lipstick - didn't wear any, calculator - why?!, cellphone - didn't have one, tissues - why?!, and the list continued. I settled for sparkley lip gloss and a couple of my favorite gel pens.

Let's be honest, I was not a good purse type of person. I left that thing in class so many times it was unbelievable. As I grew up I learned the valuableness of a purse and once I started to acquire things that I needed to have on me at all times namely phone, keys, wallet, etc... then I become much more of a "purse person."

Throughout high school I carried my purse [don't worry, I went shopping and got me a few good hand bags] around everywhere. EVERYWHERE [NOT an exaggeration]. If family was going out to dinner well then I needed to bring my purse. Why? No idea. I wasn't paying, I didn't need to drive, and I didn't need to bring all that junk. Oh well that's what I did.

Then I went to college. My first day of classes I loaded up my backpack and purse, as I did in high school, and left for my classes. NOT A SOUL [ok, that's probably an exaggeration, but when it's your first day of college everything is exaggerated] was carrying a purse. That night I went to my dorm and loaded everything from my purse to my backpack. I stuck my wallet, keys, tissues [I know..], phone, chapstick, everything into the backpack.

I am now currently out of the habit of carrying a purse. I do not like to do it. Sometimes if I'm going to the store I will throw my wallet, phone, and keys into a little purse that I have and drive off but then the next morning I forget to put my wallet back in the backpack and then I end up on campus without my student ID card so I can't print anything, no money so I can't buy any food, and no keys so I'm locked out of my house. It's ridiculous.

I have become such a non-purse person that I will frequently just carry my drivers license and my credit card in my pocket and carry my phone and keys whenever I need to go somewhere. You know what happens then? Lost drivers license and credit cards floating around your house or the laundry room that you hopefully find [I always have... just found my student ID last night after 2 weeks of it being missing... in my workout pants].

Since I have been married it's been worse. If Husband and I go out I will carry NOTHING [NOT an exaggeration] on me. Nope. No way. He's the man. He has a wallet. He has keys. He has a phone. I will not bring anything.

I hate it. I can never find any of my "essentials" [wallet, keys, phone, chapstick...that's all I ever really need] anywhere because I keep shuffling them from backpack, small purse, church purse, and pant pockets. It's insane. I don't know what to do about it.
Oh! Yes I do! I'll graduate in April and then just leave all of that stuff in my purse and I won't need to shuffle it. Brilliant. I will probably have to become a purse person again.

[please tell me I am not the only one. kthanksbye.]

{Calling in Life}

Dear Friends,

I have found my calling in life. It is to make really really good guacamole all the time. Yes, that is it. I LOVE guacamole and it always turns out freaking delicious. We made some fajitas for dinner and I made some guac to go along with it and it was divine [not to toot my own horn or anything.....]. Just thought I would let you all know that I have discovered my calling in life. That's all.

Heidi