I know the heart of life is good.

Post title lyrics from my one and only Mr. Mayer.  Oh, what a dream boat!

10 Little Lovey Dovey Hannah things, v. 3

Special Edition: 10 things I'm most passionately in love with at this moment. 

1. My iPhone. Seriously, this is most definitely a sin, but I cannot live without it. I can watch cute little videos like this on it, plus do a million other amazing things. And it's my favorite thing ever when my texts turn to iMessages with fellow iPhone users. Cue some Instagrams:

Love my Baby Girl Eva and our back seat car rides together. 

Sticking to my goal of trying a new recipe each month! Check it out. 

I'm glad that at least one of us has been accepted to Grad School so far. YAY AMANDA! WE  LOVE MARTINELLI'S!

Homemade "Cinnabon" rolls that my Sexy Bexy made for us. 

2. My day job. Did you know that I'm a Speech Language Technician 4 days a week? I work with 30 adorably uniformed kids in individual/group therapy sessions and it's literally the best time of my life. Kids in uniforms? OMG IT'S THE CUTEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN.  I love these little guys so so so much. Even when they can't quite bring their tongues back to properly make the /r/ sound. Good thing I know what I want to be when I grow up, right?

3. Mexico. This week I bought mangos (mangoes?!) at Sunflower Market. But like the yellow kind we had in Mexico last summer. Did you know I lived in Mexico last summer? And so I just wanted to give a little shout out to that beautiful country that I miss dearly. I love you so much. Don't ever forget it.

4. Mexican Children. Listen, I'm not gonna talk even more about Mexico except to say this: In addition to my time at the Alpine school where the population is like 97% White,  I now work at an "inner city" dual immersion school in SLC where 97% of the students are Hispanic. My first day was Wednesday and oh my gosh, I walked through the front doors and fell head over heels in love. I was like this close to tears, people. THIS CLOSE. First of all, it brought back my favorite memories of Mexico. And second of all, if you think that white kids with speech disorders are cute, then get out of town because I promise you Hispanic kids with speech disorders are absolutely the sweetest things on this planet. There's just something about them that touches my heart so deeply, and I can't even contain my joy and happiness now that I'm working there.  And they switch off between Spanish and English so frequently it blows my mind. I LOVE MY DAY JOB.

5. Water. If there's one goal I've stuck to since New Year's,  it's drinking more water and less soda. I think I've only had like 3 sodas in 3 months, and that's really great for me. But I have come to love agua sooooo much. Our relationship is definitely to the next level, ifyouknowwhatimean.
And how embarrassing... I wrote nearly the same exact thing in my last blog post. It must be that important to me.

6. Temple. If there's two goals I've stuck to since New Year's, it's drinking more water and also going to the Temple once a week.  I love my time there and the peace that I feel. I totes recommend it.

7. My bed. Oh Mylanta. We're together right now and it's pure bliss. Sleep is my favorite luxury.

8. We Are Young. I can't stop listening to this song. I know I'm always behind the times lately with pop music, but this is the best. It's playing right now. NBD.

9. Let's just skip #9 and just talk about how my new Utah dentist sent me a thank you card. What? Yeah, that def happened.

Also, they wished me luck on grad school applications! Love those guys. 

10. Movies, but especially We Bought a Zoo. All you need is 20 seconds of insane courage, just embarrassing bravery. Something great will come of it. Matt Damon, you promised. I'm living by these words in the next 2 weeks.



Stay tuned for blast from the past videos later this week. (To make up for the month long hiatus I took)

Happy Birthday, Georgie!

I love President's Day.

And I love this video. There is no relation between the two. I just wanted to put it on my blog and maybe copy it one of these years.



Happiest of Birthdays, Dearest George Washington!

Thanks for being born so I could go out of town and celebrate life with my GFs.

Piccity pics to come soon, but probs only on the FB.com.

xoxoxoxo

Sing it out loud and let yourself free.

post title lyrics from song here.Thanks Brooke and Jack for the Tradish Birthday CD. You done good, like usual!

10 little Hannah things, v. 2

1. Whitney Houston died. If you can't blog about this, what can you blog about? Can't stop listening to this in tribute to her.

But this will probs always be my favorite role of hers.

Oh, great! Now I've done it. I NEED to watch all Rogers and Hammerstein movies IMMEDIATELY or I might die.

2. Grad school application completion. Yeah, you heard me.  Finally, after driving all the way up to the U of U with Brooke and Baby Jack Attack to hand deliver a writing sample and letter of intent because they wouldn't accept an electronic copy,  I officially completed the process of applying to 6 graduate schools. Then of course we had to stop at H&M and get our shop on to celebrate.

There's a reason he's my boyfriend.

You're almost a year old! Where has the time gone?! 

3. Old Navy Sweater. Sisterhood of the traveling sweater, mabes? Amanda bought it first. Then Em Nor and I had to have it immediately. We went and bought it not 10 minutes after Manda walked in the door with it. I think I've worn it everyday since for at least 5 minutes because I'm obsessed with it. Originally $40 something marked down for $15. I mean, really. How could we not? 

4. Birthday that keeps on giving. I forced my friends to go eat delicious carbohydrates in my honor as we celebrated my birthday yet again with a big ol' group of girls lunch date at Noodles & Company. And it was delicious and perfect just like me.

I also forced them all to take thousands of pictures with me that will probably surface on FB soon. 

5. California Road Trip. What?! More time with my favorite girlfriends!? Get.a.clue! I love my besties and we've planned an excellent getaway for President's Day weekend. I know it will be hard to compete with last year's trip, but it will definitely be the BTOOL.

6. Skiing with Sarah. Def haven't been on the slopes since my BYU skiing class freshman year, so maybe I fell like 23 times. It's not even a big deal. No broken limbs, so we're all good. Sarah on the other hand is currently in the BYU ski class and she fell approximately 0 times like a champ.

Don't even worry that the mountain behind us is completely brown and gray. Snow of 2012, where the H are you?! 

7. Pesto. I would eat tortellini and pesto every.single.day for the rest of my life so long as my mother or thighs/booty didn't find out about it.

8. Agua. If there's one New Year's Resolution I have definitely stuck with, it's drinking more water. I am in love with my CamelBak water bottle. Me+Straws=Match made in heaven. You want proof? Por ejemplo:

Tucano's Graduation Lunch, Provo, UT,  April 2011

Best freaking tacos of my life in Puebla, Mexico, July 2011

Annual Afternoon Tea at the Grand America Hotel, SLC, UT,  April 2011

9. Manicures. I've been spending my hard earned cash on manicures at a nail salon since I can't even remember. It's just what I do. And yes, they usually assume I know their language, notevenjoking.  I'm obsessed. Here's a glimpse of my latest purchase: O.P.I. Elephantastic Pink pretty nails, for all my gangsters out there. Yep, this is what I do on my lunch break stuck in the closet that is the Speech Room. #getalife. p.s. thanks Momma and Fam for my V-day package with a little extra cash that contributed to my special V-day manicure. You're the bestttttttttt.  TREAT YO SELF 2012. 

I literally took maybe 30 Instagrams for like 10 minutes while eating popcorn alone waiting for my next student. Feel bad for me. 

10. Wednesday night smiles. I have gone to bed with the biggest smile on my face every single Wednesday night for like the past month. I can't deny it, Wednesdays are by far my favorite day of the week for 2012.

**Bonus Pics**

We at least have the decency to put Eva on a plate before we devour her at The Bachelor Club. We have manners after all!

Look at me making more cupcakes in 2012 than ever before in my life.  Cept these are good old fashioned Pillsbury from the box. Get over it!