Sunday, September 7, 2008

AND THE WINNER OF THE "DUMBEST DUMB BLONDE" CONTEST IS......ANDREA BROOKSBY!!!!

I just recently became a blonde and I think this new hair color suites me well because I had one heck of a blonde moment tonight!
Ok, so I have to start on a little side note. I get these random cravings for things that I don't eat often, and until I get what I want I continue to crave it. Sometimes these cravings can last for weeks! So on Thursday night I saw a commercial that made me start craving a churro. I haven't had a churro in a very long time and I really, really wanted one! Well tonight I finally got a chance to go get my churro and I came into a little adventure on the way!
Now on with the story. They sell these churros at the store called Water and Ice, on Gilbert and McKellips (about a half a mile from where I live). So my cousin Trisha and I went to go get some food from taco bell, stop by the grocery store for my aunt Nancy, and to get some churros for a treat! We decided to run and get the churros first because it was already 8:15 pm, and we didn't know what time Water and Ice closed. So we ran over there, payed, and grabbed the four remaining churros out of the warmer. We were happy because we had needed four of them, and those were the last four left! After we got to the car Trisha decided that we should take the churros home so that her car wouldn't get all cinnamony while we're out and about doing our other errands. So we take the churros home and put them on the counter. Then we went and got the food and stuff from the grocery store and came home to eat dinner. After we had all finished eating of course we wanted to try our delicious churros! Trisha and I had told everyone that they probably needed to be warmed up before we ate them because we didn't think the warmer was on anymore. When we had taken the churros out of the warmer they weren't very warm, and we just assumed that it was because it was close to closing time so they had turned it off. So Nancy is getting ready to nuke her churro, but before she does that she tries to pull off a piece of it just to try it. She tugs at the end and it won't tear off...she tugs again and still nothing happens. So she says, "These are really hard and kind of rubbery. Are churros supposed to be like this?" She then proceeds to bend the churro back and forth like a big stick of rubber would bend, and then she tries to take a BITE! She laughs and says, "Girls these ARE rubber. Where are the real ones?" She thought that Trisha and I had taken it upon ourselves to play a practical joke on her. Simultaniously Trisha and I start busting out laughing! We had taken DISPLAY CHURROS from the store!!!!! We looked at the clock. The place closed at 9:00, and it was already 9:02, but we hurried over there and started walking through the door. The girl who had helped us earlier, and some other kids who worked there were just closing up. Trisha walked up to the door first and I was following behind her with the rubber churros, wrapped in napkins as to not get the "cinnamon" on my hands. When they saw Trisha all three said, "We're closed!" And then they got a look at me, rubber churros in hand, bright red, and laughing my head off! They said..."Oh hey! Thanks for bringing those back! We have your churros for you. We were just about to take them home to eat them ourselves!" So as we put our "churros" (one of which had my aunt Nancy's bite mark in it) back where they belonged, in the not warm, "warmer", I read what it said right on the front, as clear as can be. "Warmer and Display." Wow! It said it right there! The girl that had helped us earlier said that she had been wondering why we had just left without our churros (she had to go in the back to get them, so she didn't even see us leave), then she looked over at the display and they were gone!
I just couldn't seem to put two and two together. I'd had various different signs throughout the night telling me that these were obviously not real churros. They were heavy, HUGE, moved around a lot like how something rubber would move, didn't smell like churros, and last but not least they looked FAKE! What a night and WHAT A BLONDE! I am never going to live this one down that's for sure!
I hope you all enjoyed sharing in my dumb blondeness! I know it had a lot of little details, but that's what makes this story so funny! You have the right to make fun of me. I would too! Haha! Bye!

Friday, August 22, 2008

To My Best Friend

You are the one I live for,
The one I love to hold.
You are the one I cherish,
Our love does not grow old.
For you I would do anything,
Everyday my love grows stronger.
Will I love you till the day I die?
No, I'll love you even longer.

As you can see I am not much of a natural poet. I just thought I'd give it a shot. Love you all!
Andrea

Friday, August 15, 2008

John Mayer!


I recently went to the John Mayer concert. I've loved John Mayer's music for a long time, and I was so happy I got to go to his concert. He was a great performer, and I had a wonderful time! This is my friend from high school, Kailey Bell. She and I were on the dance team together! We went to the John Mayer concert on July 31! I hadn't seen her for a year and a half, so it was really good to get to see her and go to the concert together!
This is my friend Ashley and me after the John Mayer concert. Her Mom took her to the concert and they were nice enough to give me a ride!

This is Colbie Caillat. She was the opening act for John Mayer. I was glad I got to see her too! I really like her music, and she did really well live.

Family!

We had our Hiatt reunion on July 25-27, followed by our little Brooksby family get together the next weekend. It was lots of fun! Out of the 161 members of our Hiatt family all but 19 were there! That's the biggest turn out ever! I always love having our family reunion! I've been trying to post this for weeks now, but for some reason the pictures won't upload. I don't quite know what to do?! Sorry its taking to so long. I'll try and post some pictures seperately. Wow! It worked on the first try when I posted them seperately. I guess the pictures just didn't like this post. Who knows?! Love you all!

Family Pictures!

My family, including both sets of grandparents. It's getting pretty big eh?!
The Girls! (Well adults anyway)
Some of my cousins that are around the same age as me. We always take pictures together at the cabin!
My sister Emily and me smiling for the camera!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

This is Funny!

You Know You're an Arizonan When...

All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.

You think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever.

Most of the restaurants in town have the first name "El" or "Los".

You think 60 tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful yard.

You notice your car overheating before you drive it.

Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.

You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.

You can say 115 degrees without fainting.

Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.

People break out coats when temperature drops below 70 degrees.

You discover, in July, it only takes two fingers to drive your car.

The pool can be warmer than you are.

You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.

People who have black cars or black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out-of-state or nuts.

You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.

The AC is on your list of best friends.

You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.

The water from the cold water tap is the same temperature as the hot one.

You can (correctly) pronounce the words: "Saguaro", "Ocotillo", "Tempe", "Gila Bend", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", "Cholla", and "Ajo".

It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is walking on the streets.

You experience third degree burns if you touch any metal part of your car.

You know better than to get into a car with leather seats if you're wearing shorts.

Announcements for Fourth of July events never end with "in case of rain......

"When someone asks how far you live from a location, it's always in terms of minutes, not miles.

Everyone's smiling and talking about the great weather on rainy days.

You have to explain to out-of-staters why there is no daylight savings time.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Howdy Ya'll! It's Been a While!




Sorry! I know its been a while. Quite a bit has happened in my life in the past month. I just haven't gotten around to posting anything about it yet. Josh (my boyfriend) left on his mission a week ago Wednesday, July 23. He still has another week and a half in the MTC then he leave for Baltimore. I've gotten a letter and an email from him. They were both pretty short because they don't give the missionaries a whole lot of time for stuff like that. Anyway, he said he's doing really good. His companion Elder Hopper is from the Phoenix area, and one of his other roomates, Elder Kisbaugh is from Queen Creek. Don and Josie (and family) do you guys know him? I thought you might. He says that they are all extraordinary young men and he couldn't ask for a better companion. They all get to go to Baltimore together so he is excited about that. Anyway, I'm doing pretty good. I know Josh needs to be out there right now, and I can definitely feel the Lord comforting me and assuring me of that fact. I'm so excited for him! He is really a great young man, and he is very eager to get down to business. He has been waiting for this time for 19 years, and now it's finally here! Yay!