30 day challenge:: DAY TWELVE

Day 12 - A picture of something you love

I absolutely love when i see an elderly couple that are still so in love!

Working Geriatrics i saw so many sweet couples and witnessed their unconditional love for another. I saw it in their words, the way the looked at another and their actions.

In this post ...i shared about a sweet man that came in to see his sweetheart every single morning. Ill never forget them. I still remember his sweet advice and respect his wishes for me.

I've never been in love, but i hope to one day have the sweetest love story and that 60 years from now, a cute little nursing student sees me and my husband and thinks, "ah, there goes an elderly couple still very much in love!"

awwwwww!!
haha. one love.

30 day challenge:: DAY ELEVEN

Day 11 - A picture of something you hate

pickles.


I hate pickles. yucccckkkkk!!



This is how much i hate pickles...

if i order a chicken sandwich at chick-fil-a and they didnt give it to me plain and put the pickle in there...i will literally cut a whole in the bread where the pickle touched as well as cut out where it touched the chicken.

ridiculous?


yes.


I know it is.


But that is how much i dislike pickle and its sick-nasty juice.


I LOVE NEDS CRAZY SUBS!!....and i always forget to say NO PICKLE with my sub. Thankfully, they wrap it separately so buh-bye, pickle...in the trash you go!


...sick nasty!

antm? nope..just silly roomies that get amused too easily

...long title.

sometimes i like to pretend i can model


...only to realize, i'm not antm and should probably be embarrassed. But i dont get embarrassed easily so, yay me!

just walking

i really was laughing in this picy. my photographer captured the moment.

PLEASE DONT MIND ME IN THIS PICY....
I like this one cause you can catch marshelle in action in the background. too fierce.

awkward hands but whatevs.







antm!!...not.
but that's okay,...girls just wanna have fun :)

30 day challenge:: DAY TEN

Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most ****** up things with


I'm changing the **** to SILLY!!


and who do i do the most silly things with?

We seriously do not know who let us play together...If we had cameras recording our lives, it'd be a hit show!


Just to name some random things we do::

1. we ghost ride the whip

2. we get lost in scottsdale so we go into the airport and make a big fat circle just to find the 202

3. we have booty popping lessons in our kitchen

4. followed by awesome dance offs

5. we have the same brain

6. we can't see someone bend over without thinking of a fart noise

7. we sing. ugly.

8. we quote youtube all da time

9. we eat when we're bored.

10. we fb stalk. a lot.

yep...who let us play together?!

Love her to the moon and back! I have an amazing friend in her and i'd say we do some pretty dang silly things!!

Sometimes, I'm a brat...

...See, I have a problem.

I dont know how to fix it.


Whenever i get close to someone (a male),... i get scared.


I'm scared of getting hurt (or disappointed,...it's pretty much the story of my life). Maybe i'm scared of commitment? I haven't figured it out yet.

But there's this thing I do,...and I have done it countless number of times and it has gotten me into "fights" with males lots of times.

I ignore them.

I wished I knew why i did it.


I guess, I'm so scared that I dont know how to handle it and resort to ignoring cause it's my way of "running away from the situation".

I should fix that problem. I just wished i wasn't so scared of the unknown. Really, I can't even count the number of times i've done this. I get called out by the guy and i'm happy they call me out cause it forces me to talk about it. But when they dont call me out, I continue to do it. ANd in both scenarios, I lose them. I screw up a friendship. Or I screw up a possible "something".

I'm awesome.
help?

30 day challenge:: DAY NINE

Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most

Mama & Papa.

That's all I have to say :)

30 day challenge:: DAY EIGHT

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh


So, i love the lake!! Wake boarding attempts (i can get up, i just tend to let go fast), tubing, chillin on the boat with good friends while eating doritos...yep, i love the lake!!

These pictures CRACK ME UP cause they describe me so well. here you go,..

I fell off the tube so I smile for the camera and try to get back on the tube.

Oh no, the tube is floating away and the motor is still on so that choppy thing is right under me. I better not fall. (look at tori's expression,...it is priceless!)

FAIL.


Thankfully, i didnt get the fan chopper thing. I am awesome.

30 day challenge:: DAY SEVEN

Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item

My Violin


I started playing when I was 8 years old and my Papa actually bought me my Violin while he was in Peru.

It means a lot to me:

1) It was a special gift from my number 1 man, my Daddy
2) It brings me tranquility whenever I play it, it's a nice way to "vent".
3) I play for ME.

I am not good, at all. My vibrato is terrible and my shifting is very weak. But i love it.

Whenever my step niece passed away in 2003, I was 13 and i felt like i was sinking myself into a sad, blue person. I was still young and didn't fully understand the idea of Death and I certainly didn't know how to cope. So i picked up my Violin. I remember playing pieces that I used to think I sucked at. But that day, i remember just letting go and wanting to make as much noise as possible with my violin. I played with a full heart and I dont think i have ever played more beautifully than that day. I played for ME, to let out my emotions and really...it was such a beautiful experience. I felt like a let out a huge sigh of air when i finished the piece and i felt better already.

Violin is therapeutic. I wished I played more, or that there were adult lessons i could afford to polish up in. Nonetheless, I love my Violin and will always treasure it close to my heart.

one love.

30 day challenge:: DAY SIX

Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day

First of all, she is beautiful.

But the real reason why i'd want to switch places with her is because she is dating Justin Bieber and....I love the Biebs.

Case and Point.

30 day challenge:: DAY FIVE

Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory

This one's easy,...I cannot get PERU out of my mind!!

(( click HERE for my Peru post from last August ))


I think that post, though super long, doesn't even begin to describe my feelings about Peru.

I miss it so much and I am seriously desperate to go back....right now! I want to see my family, do more service and talk and learn more from all the amazing people there! Their view of the Gospel inspires me so much for they are so poor, but so thankful for every thing they receive. They take nothing for granted and really work so hard.

There are so many sad moments, like the children working in the streets or elderly begging for money. I cry every time, and by cry i mean i hyperventilate and give myself fevers from all the crying. There's only so much I can do for them, but i always say a prayer for everyone i meet along the way.

So many of my experiences there are so special to me that no one besides who i was with knows about. So many tender mercies and so many testimony builders...I am in love with Peru and i cannot wait to go back!

this be my house in Lima. Where i took my first steps,...aww!

Eating in "norky's" in Mira Flores after my dentist visit. Pollo a la braza is probably the worlds best chicken. no joke. MmmmMmMM!!

Plaza de Armas...aka presidential palace. too cool.

One of the many Cathedrals in Lima. So beautiful!


Peru, is and forever will be my most treasured memory :)

30 day challenge:: DAY FOUR

Day 04 - A picture of your night




March 9th


Happy Birthday, Parker!!

[[ these girls are my favorite!! Our love story on how we became friends is a cute one, so stay tuned for a future post about them. Culdesac-Crew!! ]]



Today is Park's 22nd birthday and he invited me to get together with some of his buddies. I got off work late and by the time Marsh and i got there it was nearly 10. So that is what i did tonight :)


he's silly...

(someone please convince him to shave...i have been failing miserably, but if he likes it, i'll like it....for now)

Oh and i got him this

He saw a cup like it at my house and liked it so...badabingbadaboom! he is now the proud owner of his very own mustache-cup.

Happy birthday, Park!!


PS. i can't stop thinking about going back to Peru. it's only been 7 months since i was last there and i'm dying to go backkkkk. Extraño mi Peru!!...k, done venting.

Ever walked into the wrong reception?...I have.

Saturday, March 5th, 2011...Congratulations to Melanie & Henry Castellanos on being sealed for time and all eternity!!

I love receptions. It's impossible to be sad at them, it's full of love and joy and FOOD!


Anyways, my roomie is a bridesmaid and I was going to meet up with her at the reception.

After a very long Saturday, i get ready and call her for directions.

I "get there".

You see, Melanie is happily married to a Latin man and they are beautiful together.

So i get to the reception and first thing I do is get in line for the sign-in book and notice the spicy Latin people dancing. "hmm, that's weird, Melanie told me she wasn't going to have dancing" was my first thought. But no biggie.

I proceeded to notice a framed picture of the couple where her back is to the camera as his face is looking down on her shoulder. Tender picture...but wait,...her hair is long. Mel's hair is short. "hmm, that's weird, she must have gotten extensions put in for her bridals" was my second thought. No biggie.

A cute elderly lady asks me in Spanish if i knew the bride or groom, i say "bride" without naming names. Anyways,...i continue in line and finally, my turn to sing. I bend over and notice another framed picture in front of me.

"HILLARY AND BLANK BLANK"....



OH CRAP! wrong couple

my heart fell to my butt and i felt my face burn up in embarrassment.

*"RING RING"*...oh, looks like i'm getting a "phone call". I should put down the pen and answer the phone. It's an important one....*walk away darlene, walk away*..."hello? oh heyy ill come outside and get you"...i said to my fake phone call....*walk away darlene, walk away*...

I got in my car and cracked up at myself for a good while.

I call my roomie in mid laugh and she says, "did you go to the wrong reception? cause there's one just a block down from us."....she knows me so well :)



Before waiting in line, talking to family and singing the book...double check that you're at the right place.


one love.

30 day challenge:: DAY THREE

Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show


SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?...


booyah baby, i am IN LOVE with this show!! Their cast changes every year (duh) but here is a pic of my favorite season:






Their concert was my favorite! i went to last years concert too but i wasn't as in love.

After the show, we waiting for a good while in the cold and met them all!! we got pictures with everyone of them and it was dang awesome!!

FB ALBUM FROM SYTYCD


((idk if that link will work since my fb is super private, but if you're my friend then stalk away!))


I can't wait for this years season...!!

30 day challenge:: DAY TWO

Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest






This is my mitto kitty buffalo, Victoria Kate Wadsworth. We met junior year in high school and have been Best friends ever since. We can sit and watch paint dry and think it was the funnest thing ever. K, maybe not the funnest thing ever...but we can basically do nothing and still enjoy each others company.

I am so immensely proud of her...she graduates in May as a DENTAL HYGIENIST ! so so so proud of her!!

She is beautiful, smart, loving, talented, caring and such a great example to me and so strong in the Gospel.

She has been there for me from my first crush to the latest "heart break". I love her to the moon and back and i am SO grateful for her!!

30 day challenge:: DAY ONE

So I thought it'd be fun to do the 30 day photo challenge so here i am. Day one :)




Day 01 - A picture of yourself with ten facts




1. I am in the Nursing Program and wanting to ideally work with Pediatrics or something fast paced like the ER

2. I am from Peru. Born and raised till i was 6 and yep, i speak the language of love

3. I love dance! I'm not good, but i enjoy it very much anddd wished I could do it more

4. I am not patient with arts and crafts. That's the one gift i really wish i had...to be crafty. I can't, i just can't. scrap booking, decorating, making stuff...ah, I have such talented friends and here i am...the girl that super glues things together cause i'm too lazy to sew. oops?

5. I think i'm easy to get along with. I mean, i'd be my friend. And plus, i love everyone...i really really do. Nothing better than making a new friend and sharing a smile.

6. I volunteer at hospitals in the cardiology unit

7. I love chihuahuas and all tiny dogs. sooo cuuute!

8. It takes a LOT to get me mad. I rarely get mad. I can get annoyed but ill fix it with myself to get over things. But i dont get mad. and the rare times i do get mad, i cry.

9. I love to see the Temple, I'm going there someday :)

10. I dont like to be the center of attention, hence why i never do anything for myself like birthday parties or host game nights.

Beards, Beards, Beards!!

I, Darlene Ines, am a fan of the facial hair.

le beard = le spicy!


I've always loved a good looking beard. It makes guys,...sexy. Yep, sexy. And i likey!




How can anyone not like a sexy beard? it's manly.





JT and the sexy beard.






McSteamy and the sexy beard.






Paul McDonald and the sexy beard. (btw, he's the sexiest man on earth. American Idol just got good!)





Gerard Butler and the sexy beard. ohhh, gerard.




Hugh Jackman and the sexy beard.







Patric Dempsey and the sexy beard.



Josh Duhamel and the sexy beard.






Enrique Iglesias and the beard.



SO...point of the post is...I LIKE BEARDS!! Scruff is equally hott. Scruff scruff scruff beard beard beard. I LIKEY!!!

HOWEVER,....
MUSTACHES....Though some guys can pull it off and it's just as sexy, I am not a fan.




hehe, attractive?


LONG LIVE DA BEARDS!!!!


one love.