All the Right Moves

So, here’s the thing. I kind of got myself invited to this informal ballroom class last month (completely intentional, since I’ve been trying to find a youth ballroom class FOREVER) that meets on Saturdays. I decided that I’m going to drag my brother, my best friend Renaye, and her brother to it because I won’t go alone. I’m not good with strangers, okay? The first week end I ended up babysitting for someone in my ward, and we obviously ended up skipping, right? Right. Disappointed, I eagerly awaited the next week’s class.

Doop doop doop…okay, here we are at the next Saturday.

So, my brother drives us up to the building that they said the class was going to be in. HEY, there’re people wearing prom dresses in there…ummm…are we in the right place? Renaye and I sidle up to the doors and peer in, and several girls look back out at us.

There’s a sign for Prom on the door.

Quickly, we hurry back to the car and tell our brothers that we think its prom. In slow voices, they calmly explain that prom is in April, and tell us to go back and check again.

(Insert attempts at not being the one to go back in and check here.)
(Insert failure here.)

Yeah, so, Renaye tells me that I have to talk because I didn’t want to be the one to go check AGAIN, like a total creeper. And the whole walk up to the building she’s whispering in my ear that they’re probably going to kidnap us and kill us. Yeah, in their high heels and prom dresses. I am so scared. *cough, ashamed look*

But I digress.

We go up to the door and go in, where I calmly walk up to one of the girls in a dress and ask what’s going on, at which point she goes, “Oh, are you the ones from Wasilla?” COMPLETELY freaked out now, I respond that yes, we are…why? Apparently, this is a surprise party for Mason (oldest son of the teacher, in case you were wondering). *blinks, panicked look* Well, I knew his birthday was soon, but could you have at least given us a heads up? I wouldn’t have told him, I swear! We’re so under dressed…

Again, I digress.

My friends better plan me a party like that. Needless to say (and yes, I am saying it), Ren and I were dead (i.e., drained of energy) by the time we actually left, which may or may not have been half an hour to an hour after it ended.

Yes, our awkwardness didn’t prevent us from being social butterflies.

I don’t think any one of them knew what they were getting into by becoming friends with Renaye and me. *evil chuckle* Too late now. Well, although the party was fun, and Mason taught us some swing dance and waltz, we still hadn’t been to a class *headdesk*

It took some conniving, but Renaye and I ended up being able to attend the next Saturday’s class. Arriving twenty minutes late, we walked in on them doing the cha cha. Yeah…everybody looked up when we walked in. As much as I love attention, it wasn’t exactly my definition of “comfortable”. So, we learned to cha cha, with a bit of trial and error, then, we got to dance for fun. Heh…yeah, I cannot swing dance as well as people may think. Say what you want, but it’s hard to get used to being spun this way and that super fast ::)

So, after dancing some swing dance, Sister Bennett asks Renaye and I if we could fill in for this dance they’re doing on Wednesday (if you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that this is a Saturday, so we’d have four days to learn the dance). Me being me, I said that I’d love to. It took some convincing to get Renaye to do it with me, but because she is the most amazing friend in the world, she agreed to do it with me. This is kind of what I’ve been leading up to, by the way; the performance at the basketball game last night.

So, we get there a couple minutes earlier than she said we should because we’re just that awesome. Turns out she’s always late (Tanner’s, Emily’s, and Zach’s words, not mine). So, Ren and I decide it would be fun to explore the school, since we’re homeschooled we find schools somewhat fascinating and fun. We were galloping around on our imaginary horses, peering into windows (checking out our reflections; yeah, we looked pretty good), and found a couple bombs set to explode in fifteen minutes (turns out they were duds, since they didn’t go off…).Then the most amazing thing happened.

A lady with a British accent asked us to go downstairs. A BRITISH ACCENT.

Our minds? Blown.

It took mucho restraint not to answer her in a British accent.

When Sister Bennett got there, we were all sitting on this big stair platform thing eating popcorn that Ren made. At home…she brought it. She didn’t make it at the school. Anyway.

SO, we find our way into a back room place where we can practice the dance. We practice. We laugh. We start singing Phantom of the Opera. We rocked that place. Then, we go into the gym to watch the game. Renaye and I keep up a running commentary and cheer for whoever we feel like at the moment.

Then…we’re going to dance.

Dun.

DUN.

DUUUUUN.

*giggles* I had fun. I really did, I love performances. I really like attention, and I am always in my element on stage. Don’t get me wrong, I get super nervous all the time, but really? I love, love, love performing. Drama queen? In a sense. Not in the overly dramatic about drama at school, but in theater and the arts? Completely.
Yes, if they asked me to perform with them again, I would be jumping for joy. That’s how much fun I had.

Total creeper? Indeed.

And then, when we left, Ren and I took pictures with the most amazing St. Bernard in the back of this truck…like creepers *cough*

So, yes. I’ll have pictures and a video as soon as I can get them out of Renaye. She’s refusing to send them to me…or she can’t send them to me…or something.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

Mormons

Heh heh heh.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

The Land of Shortened Names, Sprinkles, and Coffee

In the words of my wifey, Beka;

Once upon a time there were four friends; Bri, Beka, Elle and Rora. They all had their own blog and on these blogs they each had their own daily challenge. Each of these challenges were different but the same, much like jellybeans. All of them will be differently flavored and yet they are all candy.
One of these bloggers, Elle, had the brilliant idea of putting all of the daily challenges into one blog. The others agreed and thought it'd be an amazing idea. In one day they created the blog "Bri, Beka, Elle and Rora" and it was amazing. This new blog is where they now posted their daily challenges and it made them happy.


The End!

So, I won't be posting my "I Will Survive" stuff on here anymore, but I will keep up with my random posts like before :)

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty-Four (and counting)

Day Twenty-Four

Lyric stuck in my head:
Sing once again with me, our strange duet. My power over you grows stronger yet.


Something making me happy:
We had pizza for dinner

Something I learned today:
There are two kinds of birthday suits ::)

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Friends.

11:11 Wish:
I wish I could sleep in.

Somewhere I want to be:
Sleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Dances.

Some thoughts:
Being a teenager kinda sucks. Period.

~La vie est belle, la plupart du temps, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty-Three (and counting)

Day Twenty-Three

An applicable song lyric:
There ain’t no troubles that we can’t rise above, with a handful of faith and a heart full of love. Carry on, carry on; What don’t kill us makes us strong.

Something making me happy:
It's the end of the day.

Something I learned today:
Cleaning+high heels+no music=grumpy Sabrina

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Not having to wear heels every day.

My 11:11 wish:
PLEASE LET THE KITCHEN STAY CLEAN.

Somewhere I want to be:
Getting a massage.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Food. <3 food :D

Random piece of conversation:
"QUICK, STARE INTO EACH OTHERS EYES WITH MEANING!"

Some thoughts:
Life would suck without food. Food is amazing. Plus, we'd die without it. But whatever; I love food. <---period, the end.
Helen and Renaye are my bestest friends EVER. Yeah.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty-Two (and counting)

Day Twenty-Two

Memory provoking lyric:
Someone holds me safe and warm, horses prance through a silver storm, figures dancing gracefully, across my memory.

Something making me happy:
Re-living last night through wall posts :)

Something I learned today:
How to make this.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Free time.

Somewhere I want to be:
Reading. Sleeping. Writing. Dancing.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Ginger ale.

Some thoughts:
Laughing is good for you. Unless. you're eating...

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty-One (and counting)

Day Twenty-One

An applicable song lyric:
She wants to party, she wants to get down. All she wants to do, all she wants to do is dance.

Something making me happy:
I got to dance. More than I expected :D

Something I learned today:
A different way to swing dance, waltz, and the people in Eagle River are awesome.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My veddy patient older brother who didn't just up and leave me even though I kept talking and talking until  around 10:30 last night.

Somewhere I want to be:
Shleeping; it was a tiring night :D

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Parties.

Some thoughts:
Someone better throw me an awesome birthday party like the one I went to tonight. I mean...seriously...that was awesome. *hint Renaye hint*

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty (and counting)

Day Twenty

An applicable song lyric:
Think good thoughts,think good thoughts; imagine what the world would be if we would just think good thoughts. Stop the bad from feeding. I won't let the negativity turn me into my enemy,promise to myself that I won't let it get the best of me,that's how I want to be.

Something making me happy:
We're having pizza :D

Something I learned today:
Bad habits die hard.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Ibuprofen

My 11:11 wish:
That tomorrow will run smoothly.

Somewhere I want to be:
Sleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Life. Weird, I know.

Some thoughts:
I ran out of days on my 14 day trial of Pixillion Image Converter...so pictures will wait until later tonight.
Pizza is yummy.
BFTD at the temple are the best.
Smile, it'll make you feel good :D

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Nineteen (and counting)

Day Nineteen

Applicable lyric:
I believe there are angels among us, sent down to us from somewhere up above. They come to you and me, in our darkest hour. Show us how to live, teach us how to give, guide us with the light of love.

Something I learned today:
I'm good at side leaps :D

Something I'm thankful for:
My brother.

11:11 wish:
That I get a good spot in my jazz dance.

Somewhere I want to be:
Choreographing at the AK Club

Some thoughts:
I've got a head ache from blasting Stevie Nicks in the cr on the way home from dance. Today was a good day.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Eighteen (and counting)

Day Eighteen

An applicable song lyric:
Football, soccer and ballet; squeeze in Scouts and PTA.
And there's that shopping list she left that's seven pages long.
How much smoke can one stove make?
The kids won't eat my charcoal cake.

Something making me happy:
I have access to a computer with Photoshop. Hehe :)

Something I learned today:
How to decorate a cake :D

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Sleep.

Something I'm praying for:
That everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

Somewhere I want to be:
Shleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
The Earth...and cake.

Some thoughts:
I can't wait to go to the temple this Saturday.
The snow needs to melt. <---period, end of discussion.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Seventeen (and counting)

Day Seventeen

An applicable song lyric:
And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, there you go and do it all again. I hope this feeling never ends, 'cause you, you make me happy. You, you make me happy.

Something making me happy:
Conversations with my friends :D

Something I learned today:
DON'T DRINK COLD WATER RIGHT AFTER BRUSHING YOUR TEETH!

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My family.

My 11:11 wish:
That I would do better in class.

Somewhere I want to be:
Shleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
My cell phone.

Some thoughts:
 All the things I'm saying I'd miss if the Earth were destroyed are superficial...but I'm not saying "My family" because I know I'll be with them forever.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Sixteen (and counting)

Day Sixteen

An applicable song lyric:
I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

Something making me happy:
Food. Heh XD

Something I learned today:
I need to go to college.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Picnik *sniffle*

My 11:11 wish:
That he'd like me.

Somewhere I want to be:
Talking to Renaye.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Quasedillas.

Some thoughts:
Food is good. Dancing is good. Life is good.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Fifteen (and counting)

Day Fifteen

An applicable song lyric:
Cuz when you worry, your face will frown, and that will bring everybody down.
So don't worry, be happy.

Something making me happy:
We had roast for dinner. It was yummy. Hehe.

Something I learned today:
Patience is a virtue that I struggle with.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My dad.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish I was prettier.

Somewhere I want to be:
In bed. Sleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Cookies.

Some thoughts:
Don't worry, be happy.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Fourteen (and counting)

Day Fourteen

An applicable song lyric:
You can count on me like 1 2 3
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2
And you'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do

Something making me happy:
I'm going home today *victory dance*

Something I learned today:
Watching children is exhausting!

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My momma.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish he'd like me.

Somewhere I want to be:
Hooooome.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Cars.

Some thoughts:
I need to get an iPhone stat. And a new laptop.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Thirteen (and counting)

Day Thirteen

An applicable song lyric:
And I'm juggling all the thoughts in my head
I'm juggling and my fears on fire
but I'm listening as it evolves in my head
I'm balancing on one fine wire

Something making me happy:
Fuzzy socks.

Something I learned today:
Boredom is so boring, it's not funny. Not that you said it was, but seriously.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My entertaining friends.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish I could match Levi's awesome writing skills.

Somewhere I want to be:
Home.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
My 16th birthday. Heh.*Warning: Dry humor detected*

Some thoughts:
I'm going to destroy the movie Up. It can die in a hole somewhere. I'm not violent, just a tired teenager who's watched Up over five times in the last two days.

   

Yeah, my fuzzy sock looks like the carpet. 

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twelve (and counting)

Day Twelve

An applicable song lyric:
All we can do is keep breathing.

Something making me happy:
My brother's iPhone.

Something I learned today:
Add libs with Andrew after midnight is hilarious.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My house.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish I had an iPhone.

Somewhere I want to be:
Home.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Movies.

Some thoughts:
Being addicted to Facebook sucks.
Being without Internet sucks even more.
Being bored sucks most of all.
Money is good.
So are books.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Eleven (and counting)

Day Eleven

An applicable song lyric:
I am trying not to tell you, but I want to. I’m scared of what you’ll say, so I’m hiding what I’m feeling. But I’m tired of holding this inside my head. I’ve been spending all my time just thinking about ya, I don’t know what to do. I think I’m fallin’ for you.

Something making me happy:
Renaye singing on the other end of the phone ::)

Something I learned today:
Work samples are not fun.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My mom.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish he’d like me.

Somewhere I want to be:
Not at dance.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Renaye. Wait….

Some thoughts:
I GOTTA GO BYE!

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Ten (and counting)

Day Ten

An applicable song lyric:
'Cause I'm just a summer girl, I wear my flip flops, and when I let my hair down that's when the party starts.
And who needs a boyfriend? I've got my girlfriends, and when we get together the party never ends.

Something making me happy:
I look pretty. Hehe :)

Something I learned today:
Patience, patience, patience.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My momma.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish I wasn't so awkward. 

Somewhere I want to be:
Getting a massage. 

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Cinnamon rolls.

Five random things about me:
I can cook. Excepting mac n' cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches.
I love sugar.
I like taking pictures.
I almost have my right splits.
I have nine siblings.

Quote of the Day:
"Pahaha yeah you married the female version of your father ;)"

Some thoughts:
IDEA asks too much of us, trying to get work samples. Helen makes me laugh so hard tears stream down my face. HURRAH! for new friends who know how to dance.  I can't wait until the next stake dance.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Nine (and still counting)

Day Nine

An applicable song lyric:

What if we were made for each other, born to become best friends and lovers?
I want to stay right here in this moment with you. Over and over and over again.

Something making me happy:
Helen's cute shirt. Hehe.

Something I learned today:
I didn't exactly LEARN this today...but I re-realized it. Music and dancing makes everything better, especially cleaning.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My curly hair.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish he'd notice me.

Somewhere I want to be:
Anywhere but here.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
All mah music.

Five random things about me:
I love to dance (lyrical, ballet, jazz, hip hop, modern, ballroom...you name it, I love it)
My favorite color is blue.
I haven't gotten my permit yet (I need to do that soon...)
I have naturally curly hair.
I'm LDS.

Quote:
"Dating is the process of sifting through all the stalkers to find the one you want to stalk back."-Stephanie Nelson

Some thoughts:
My cellphone is seems indestructible. It's pretty amazing, and I've dropped it more times than I can count. Helen is pretty amazing, listening to me complain about random stuff that won't even matter in the long run. Renaye makes my days.
Picnik is so much fun to mess with. 

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Eight (and counting)

Day Eight

An applicable song lyric:
This night is sparkling, don't you let it go. I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home. I'll spend forever wondering if you knew; I was enchanted to meet you


Something making me happy:
I slept in. Heh heh heh. Oh, and we're having strawberry waffles for dinner. WHAT NOW?

Something I learned today:
Staying up til 1am doesn't help you get up at 7am.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Alarm clocks.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish he'd like me.

Somewhere I want to be:
Dancing.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Computers. They're pretty amazing, you know.

Some thoughts:
Dancing is so much fun.
Divine Comedy makes my DAYS...
I am so giddy I think I might accidentally hurt someone.
Also...I got a little carried away with the camera...

~La vie est belle, Bri~