May 8---The Day.

We've been working towards this day all year.

Today, my AP students' portfolios were due by 1:15 PM.
This meant all 10 of them were in our classroom by 7:30 AM scrambling with last minute printing, mounting, writing, constructing, and finalizing.
It ended well, as everyone finished and turned in their work,
but I won't lie, it was definitely a stress/scare as we neared the fateful deadline...

May 7---The End of Birthday Week.

It was my last day of classes (YAY!)
and I got to continue the celebratory day
with birthday ice cream cake with the cousins and nana & papa.
(N&P gave me a framed picture of matt & I---how cute is that??)

May 6---A Delicious Ice Cream Situation

I babysat the twins and emma today
and they surprised me with delicious birthday ice cream cake!
As we began eating the cake, abby exclaims,
"this is a delicious ice cream situation!"
sooooo darn cute. and it was.

May 5---It's My Birtay!

I woke this morning to a dorm full of bday signs and a table set for a wonderful cake breakfast!

I found out later that Manal was up until 4:30 making a cake and banners--hence the posters saying that I'm her "rooie" and that it's my "birtay"

My friends surprised me with birthday [extreme] bowling and cupcakes tonight! It was pretty amazing.

My ex-roomie, Jamie gave me the idea to create an A-Z list describing my 19th year.
So here it goes:

Attended a new school.
Began blogging about my oh-so-interesting life.
Chai Latte: Gave Starbucks LOTS and LOTS of business.
Dealth with the 100 degree Northridge, nasty weather.
Election 2009: Voted for the first time.
Fought off strep 3 times.
Got out of my comfort zone.
Homes: I am thankful to have many of those these days.
I got on the dean's list!
Jamie had this brilliant idea!
Killed George Nelson.
Learned to be less-narrow minded and accepting.
Mike the Mechanic & Macky enlightened me on car maintenance.
Nashville: I finally accepted it as a home.
Oil: Learned how to change it (thanks to being stranded somewhere in Oregon).
Picked a major that I'm happy with!
Quarters: Necessity for bus/laundry.
Roadtrip from Seattle to California with the Bestie, our fishies & all of our belongings.
Seattle: Lived there, left there, missed there.
Tripped and fell....a lot (and documented it with Manal via the "oops board").
Umbrella: Don't need one of those in CA!
Vagabond.
Wisdom teeth: Got them yanked by Dr. Taylor which resulted in resembling a chipmunk.
Xray: Got a new fish (who has lived longer than the others).
Youtube yoga w/ Manal & Carly.
Zipping down the 210: got my first speeding ticket (after 4 yrs of driving).

May 4---IT IS FINISHED!

The 20 page project that has been taking over my life for the last month is FINISHED
and ready to turn in tomorrow. oh man, life feels so good.

May 3---WE HAVE COME TO A LIVING DECISION

After making too many pro/con lists,
we have come to a living decision for next year.....
And the winner is......................
HOUSE HUNTING OPTION #2!

We're super excited. The above pic is Manal & my room.
(minus the furniture, plus a bunk bed, dresser & knickknacks, and minus the huge closet)

May 2---House Hunting Option #2

We spent the whole day on the hunt.
We looked at 6 different apartments.

I saw this & fell in love.
(it comes unfurnished of course, but how stinking cute is this place??)

(AND the walls are already painted green and yellow tones = so awesome!)

May 1---End of Semester Stress

US History.
Huge project due soon.
Had to visit the library today.
I hate libraries.
My card was 4 years expired
with $30 of fees on it (yay)
Got all of these books (and more).
Now I have to write.
I'm sorry for the lack of blogging lately
but I'm a tad overwhelmed.
This is only 1 item on my long to do list.

April 30---Daffodils For My Mommy

Mom always decorated our house with Trader Joe's $1.29/10 stem daffodils.
So I did the same today!

(hoping to clear some stress via pretty little flowers)

MISS YOU MOM!

April 29---House Hunting Option #1

The girls and I went apartment hunting today. This is one of the places we're interested in (unfurnished of course). It has 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, new carpet, and doesn't smell like mold/trash (which is more than we can say about our current living arrangements) AND it's cheaper than our current apartment! Who woulda thought...

(That big open space on the right side of the kitchen is for a fridge...anyone have one they'd like to donate to the Meghan, Manal, & Carly need a fridge fund??)

April 28---Spring Changes.

Spring has arrived. Well, kinda.
and today I realized that a lot of changes are soon coming my way.
From moving out & completing another year
to finding a job and starting a new major.
So I decided to honor the new changes with a less winter-y looking blog and change up the colors and banner a bit.
So what do you think?
(the banners kinda silly-and no one but kate will appreciate the old man on the left, but i'm satisfied) 

old:

new:

April 26--My Day Filled with Many Frustration Squiggles

Logan & I caught up on this week's SNL rerun which included
Andy & Justin playing Cathy & Irving from the comic strip "Cathy".

After the day that I just had, Andy/Cathy's "Frustration Squiggle" pretty much says it all.

April 25---Today's Adventures...

I got an easter basket in the mail from my parents today and of course while I was trying to open the bag of recess eggs, the bag exploded everywhere, leaving recess eggs all over the kitchen. I used "taking photos of this event for my blog" as a way of getting Logan & Austen go clean it all up for me! I'm the worst cousin...
(but it worked--Austen even got the vacuum out)

Then my Aunt took us on an adventure to Taco Bell...

and Landon needed to make a few phone calls....

April 24---An Unlikely Prom Night

Matt & his friends decided they could find something better to do instead of spending hundreds of dollars on prom this year.
Because of a lack of scheduling coordinating, I ended up having to work for a good portion of the night, so I left the boys to do what they wanted with their prom night. They met up with some of their girl friends before the girls left for prom and had a 5 course dinner at one of their houses (i'm pretty sure the delicious food was the highlight of their night). I don't have any pictures from tonight because by the time I got back to Matt's house, the house was dark and all the guys were sleeping on the floor--it was only 11 PM.

--PROM 2007--

April 23---"Row Up Yer Windows!!!"

Landon learned how to pump gas today!

Then he got to "drive" us through the drive thru carwash!
He was a little suspicious about it at first, begging us to "row up yer windows!"
but after it started, he realized it was just like Disneyland!

Afterward, we had a small photoshoot of Logan and her friend Juliette
with the scarves I'm going to sell on Etsy.
Landon wanted a picture too (minus the scarf)....
*officially my most favorite picture EVER of Landon*

April 22---"Show Me Your Silly Bathtime Faces...."

April 21---It's Official!

As of 2:00 today, I'm officially gonna be a speech pathologist when I grow up.
(only after 5 more years of school & lots & lots of clinical hours)

April 20--Mountain Street Memories

Growing up on Mountain Street, Hunter and I spent a large majority of our time with all of the Hillier kids.
Looking back on our childhood, I immediately connect 2 activities with it:

1. playing an (almost) nightly game of hide & seek (in the dark) with all the kids, until we see the outline of my mom in the driveway and hear the infamous, "MEEEEGHAN, HUUUUNTER, time to come in and get ready for bed." (yes, we were usually the first ones who had to go home)
2. watching Corina, Corina & playing Mancala with the other Meghan & Michael

Tonight when I saw Corina, Corina on TV, I yelled in excitement and begged Matt to watch it with me. He wasn't excited about it, but because I had enough excitement for the both of us, he left it on for me. As we watched the poorly made, classic '90s movie with bad lighting and the occasional microphone in shot, I got to reminisce on the good ole' days while Matt actually got teary eyed!

April 19---Preview...

So I've been making candles lately (duh)
and I've made more than I can burn
so I'm going to try my hand at selling them!
(we'll see if it works or not)
I'm in the process of setting up an etsy.com account
so if you're at all interested in a soy, eco-friendly candle
(all containers are recycled from thrift stores/garage sales)
then stay tuned for the web address.

April 18---Study Date with the Boyfriend

Big projects are soon due for both of us.
Homework dating was today's endeavor.


photo edits by Matt White

April 17--Nancy Homemaker & Her Bacon Soap

It looks like bacon.
It smells like bacon.
BUT
don't eat it
cuz it's SOAP.

April 16---My Guitar Heros

April 15---Manal is going to kill me

but it was time I captured this.
(atleast I left her face out of it)
she is famous for sleeping on her bed
no matter how many other things are sleeping with her.
last time her bed was full of laundry
and she slept right on top.
i really don't know what I would do without Manal
and the laughter she brings to my life
(in an incredibly good way)


she is so going to get me back for this photo...

April 14---Dinner with Uncle "G"

I drove to LAX to have dinner with my Uncle Gary tonight. After almost getting lost twice (I usually take the EASY fly away so I had no idea where I was going) I arrived safely and ready for dinner! He's in town for business and since the last time I saw him was maybe....um....I think, 5 years ago-ish....I decided to make the drive and see my long lost Uncle "G".

April 13--- Liz Logelin Foundation on Oprah

(photo from mattlogelin.com)

A few months ago Teri introduced me to the blog of one of her friends, Matt Logelin.
As I began following his blog and learned of the unique and tragic story that his family went through only a year ago, I quickly became an avid reader (even though I've never actually met him). Today his story was broadcasted on Oprah and if any of you are curious to read more and see adorable photos of his little girl, I high recommend you visit his blog at http://www.mattlogelin.com (even if just to read the welcome message).
He & his daughter, Madeline will capture your heart and his writing will bring tears to your eyes. If you are compelled to, he has started a foundation in his wife's name that would happily except your donation. (click the below photo for more info)