Alicia Kaye

Lazy Man Iron Man

2011-10-25T23:16:00.002-06:00

Lately, I have been seriously lacking in motivation to work out. Every time I say I am going to go I talk myself out of it. So I had to do something. I took a challenge sponsored by the school. I will be completing an IRON MAN!!!! That's right I am going to
run 26 miles
bike 112 miles
swim 2.7 miles

Don't think I'm really that cool. I have a month to complete the challenge, which is the lazy part. But I think that I will be just the motivation I need to work out. I am actually accountable for working out now. Woo!

Also, there is going to be a Turkey Trot (5K) November 19, also sponsored by the school, and I really want to run in it. So I'm looking at this as a training opportunity. So go me. I'm two days in and I have run 2 miles and biked 10 miles. Man I have a lot more to go!.

Recipe's Needed!!!

2011-01-26T19:57:00.002-07:00

Hi Everyone,

My roommates and I have apartment dinner every night. We have been trying to eat healthy but we are looking for some new recipe's. So far the hits have been White Chili, pizza (whole wheat crust), Chicken and vegetables (only cause I'm a seasoning master!), BBQ/Salsa Chicken, and taco salad. But we need help we need cheap, easyish, and HEALTY recipe's. Help a girl out! Thanks!!!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2010-11-13T19:08:00.007-07:00

For Halloween this year. My roommates and I decided to be the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. At first I was not into TMNT because I thought it would be super cliche and we would end up looking like doofs with a sled attached to our backs but my roommate Jessie is amazing and made these amazing costumes!

Don't these shells look AMAZING! Hours of paper macheting and painting

We brought Casey Jones along with us but we found shredder was already at the party

We took second place at the costume contest!

We looked Dang good! Also, funny little tidbit, guys loved that we dressed up as there favorite turtle.

Health Fairs

2010-10-16T10:02:00.002-06:00

For my internship I have been going to a lot of health fairs. I tell people about the importance of pre cancer screenings and if cancer is caught early it is more treatable. Then I proceed to throw brochures at these people. At one of my fairs last week I had all my brochures displayed as well as two models on the table. One of a colon and one of a uterus. At the beginning of the health fair a guy in his late 20's with tattoos and piercings walked up to the table took one look at the uterus looked at me and turned around and walked away. Too funny, I thought this guy was hard and nothing could bother him, but apparently a plastic model rattled him!

Towards the end of the fair another man walked up to the table looked at the colon, looked at me and smiled and proceeded to bend over and sniff the colon. I looked at him and then the colon and I said, "Sir, It's not scratch and sniff"

Oh the people you meet at health fairs.

And I'm back!

2010-09-06T22:43:00.002-06:00

Hey everyone,

First off I would like to apologize for my extended absence. Due to extenuating circumstances I have not updated my blog. First off I was having a lot of computer problems which made for some really horrible headaches and very frustrating nights especially towards the end of winter semester. Thankfully, Melissa lent me her old computer so I would have one that wasn't quite the headache, but it was still not that great (sorry Melissa, really appreciated it though). Then I moved to Alaska where internet access is not that easy to find and must be sought out. So I got a little lazy and just didn't care about updating.

Here's the good news. I now have a beautiful mac book pro thanks to Mom and Dad! Its a wonderful birthday present, and I am so excited to have a reliable, light, and may I add pretty computer.

More good news. I heard back from my number 1 choice for an internship in July and they accepted me! I will be interning at the Huntsman Cancer Institute this fall as an Outreach Intern. I am moving to Salt Lake and although everything seems to be working out I still have a lot to do. My apartment practically fell into my lap and I am very grateful for it but I just barely started thinking about what should go in the apartment, most importantly a bed. I totally don't own one of those. So we'll see how that ends up, it might be couch city for me for a while though.

I'm starting to get nervous this is a really big change for me and really excited to see what is going to happen.

Midterm slump

2010-02-26T14:02:00.002-07:00

As many of you have probably noticed by my many facebook status' that I have had a hard couple weeks. Tons and tons of homework, 5 tests and 3 quizzes, and trying to juggle work and a social life. Lets just say all the studying payed off, well mostly. But last night as I was preparing for my last test I was incredibly tired and fell asleep on the couch. Lets just say it was the worst grade all week, but I can deal.

After all this I think I deserve some relaxation. But instead of vegging out on the couch all weekend. I'm going to dance! Where am I going to dance? In Utah! I am going on a road trip. I'm getting out of Rexburg!

Graduation!

2010-02-02T16:48:00.002-07:00

I've finally figured it out! After countless hours of pondering and searching byui.edu. I have a grad plan!!! I also just declared my minor something my major is required to have. So here you have what my degree will be in.

A BS in Health Science, Empahsis in Public health. Minor in Organizational Communications.

Here is what my year will look like. I am moving to Alaska for yet another summer but I will be taking 6 credits online. This fall I want to move to SLC and complete an internship. I will also be taking 6 credits online. I then will move back to Idaho to finish my last two semesters! Yes I have decided to stay the spring semester. Hopefully with that I will finally be able to put on a cap and gown!

Another tid bit of exciting news. I called the Dean of Communications and asked her if my summer job working for Alaska Coach Tours would count as an intership for my minor. She said no thats not really what we're looking for, but I think it will be a great practicum. All I have to do is email here every other week telling her how many hours I have worked, what I did during those hours and what I learned. And I get full credit! WOO HOO!!!

I am so happy that I finally have worked this out!

What I have learned at College

2010-01-08T15:53:00.002-07:00

After standing in lines for a collective total of 5 hours, talking to adivors for over 2 hours, being sent form department to department which are across campus......

I have learned

College allows for no degree of indecivesness.

My Crazy Year

2010-01-01T20:31:00.002-07:00

I just read Melissa’s blog about her year. I thought it would be fun to do the same.

January: Started yet another semester of school. I was called to serve as the Relief Society president in my student ward. With that I had the huge blessing of seeing firsthand how a ward is organized.

February: Seriously, cannot think of anything eventful that happened during this month. Probably just the same ol’ studying and stuff.

March: Started my training as a bus driver. Before I could even step inside a bus I had to pass 3 written exams. So not fun.

April: Successfully wrote a health program and decided that I wanted to make that my career.

May: Moved to Alaska for my third summer. It was my favorite summer yet. This was my first summer driving a bus and I really enjoyed it. I had so much fun.

June: The company that I work for in Alaska asked me to help out in Juneau. I started flying there almost every weekend. It was really fun to switch up the routine, and meet some new people.

July: With the hottest weather on record for Southeast Alaska we celebrated the Nations birth with fireworks on the 3rd at 11:00 p.m. Funny little tradition but so much fun. On the 4th we celebrated with a full day of activities. Town egg toss, parade, dunk tank, BBQ, cliff jumping, and last but not least my crazy friend Ali performed a FIRE DIVE for us. One of the coolest things I have ever seen.

August: I went on the craziest impromptu camping trip with my great friend Ali. We ended up camping just off the Davidson Glacier. On the 18th I turned 22. On my birthday I had the director of The Simpsons on my bus and he drew me a picture of Homer.

September: I started the fall semester at BYU Idaho. Moved to a new place. A very cute little house.

October: I went to Lake Powell for the first time. So beautiful and fun. Stayed on a house boat and slept under the stars with my great friends Liz, Ali, and Savi. On the way to the Lake. My beautiful little car suffered a tire blow out. My first time experiencing that. I also went wake boarding for the first time. I was able to stand and move around a bit. I call that a success.

Halloween was an event to remember. I dressed up as Audrey Hepburn and attended that crazy party that the cops shut down at Melissa and Kaylin’s.

November: Thanksgiving Break was crazy. I bummed around stayed with friends all the way from Ogden to Provo which is so far but crazy when it is all on the spur of the moment.

December: During the semester at school I was on a talent board committee. We were in charge of the final show of the semester where we chose the best talent from all the previous shows and let them perform in a show called the BEST OF show. After the show I was able to plan a surprise birthday party for my friend with out her knowing.

I drove home for Christmas with Melissa and Kaylin. I literally did not leave the house for 6 days. It was great just spending time with the family and recharging my batteries.

There you have it a recap of my year. I think I need to do more exciting stuff..

Goals!

2009-12-29T11:52:00.003-07:00

Last night I spent with my great friend Ali and her family. It was really fun. Her family had an FHE on goal setting. We all wrote down some goals for 2010. It really made me realize the importance of goal setting and even more the writing down of those goals. I always seem to have a goal in my head but everyday that I don’t do it it’s really no big deal other than it just bugs me. So I decided that it would be a great idea to write a check off list in my journal so that I would see my goals often. I want to share some of my goals, maybe then they will be accomplished.

So here are a few.

Write in my journal at least 3 times a week.

Complete an Internship

Have 100% visiting teaching

Work out at least 3 times a week.

Learn how to cook some healthy meals

Cook and make meals so that I do snack.

There you have it. Some of my goals for 2010.

Meteors and Jump Rope

2009-11-18T11:15:00.013-07:00

As you may know the Leonid Meteor shower was in full swing last night. Some friends and I decided to drive out to the dunes and see what we could find. My car was packed meaning there was 6 people in my little 5 seater. In the freezing 20 degrees we all huddled up and peered into the abyss. After seeing a few here and a few there. We decided to call it a night. Driving back towards town we were about to drop some people off, we saw an intense burning light. I looked over just in time to see a bolide meteor, which means bright flashing meteor. Apparently, It is pretty rare but not too terribly uncommon. According to some news reports it lasted around 13 seconds and was seen from Southern Idaho across Utah. It was a magnificent sight. I only wish we were still out in the boonies where the meteor would have been optimal to see, instead of in town.

Here is a picture of a bolide meteor although this is not the one that I saw.

On Saturday Tim and Kaitlyn's jump rope team put on their annual Extreme show. My first time seeing this show was last year. And it was just incredible! My friends all thought it was weird that I went to got WATCH jump roping. This is is how I explain it. It's like jump roping and gymnastics fused together. A friend of mine who was the only one willing to go with me, Loved it. We both felt the urge to jump rope after watching this show. Here are some highlights!

It's pretty crazy what these kids can do. Good job Tim and Kait. It was a lot of fun. And so cool to watch!

Brownie, Anyone?

2009-11-11T17:54:00.004-07:00

For Environmental Sanitation class my teacher signed us all up for a presentation. No big deal right? Well, it wasn't necessarily a requirement but it is common knowledge that if you bring in treats then 1. Everyone loves you, and forgets if you didn't do such a good job because you brought some yummies 2. everyone else before my partner and I brought in a treat and 3. This particular teacher really really like treats. I think this is why we are required to do presentations because he gets treats.

My presentation was on Mold. Now, what kind of treat do you bring in for this? Of course there is the option of reaching in all the way to the back of the refrigerator and finding the leftovers that you have completely forgotten about that now have more hair then Donald Trump. But I didn't want to gross everyone out. So, I started asking around. About 2 days before the presentation and still nothing. The only thing I thought would be cool enough was to make a "mold" of my teachers face fill it with chocolate and hand that out. I thought that was really funny and clever, but that far exceeds my artistic abilities.

So this is what I decided on. Well, with a little help from my boss Kristine. I was going to make Moldy Brownies. Just sprinkle a little powdered sugar on them and bam!...moldy brownies. Now, to go way above and beyond. I tried to dye some of the powdered sugar a lovely blue gray mold color. Only to find out that powdered sugar and food dye do not mix at all. Really, the food coloring will just sit on top. So I mixed the food coloring in with water and then added it to the powdered sugar. What did I get then?.....Paste. So I then added as much powdered sugar as my concoction could take and let it sit over night. I broke it apart the next day. I was hoping it would still have powdered sugar texture, but it didn't.

Here's how they turned out.

Surprisingly, they were almost all eaten. I really wasn't expecting people would want to eat these, but they wolfed them down.

Another Ali and Alicia Adventure!

2009-09-22T19:21:00.013-06:00

Ali, my roommate from Alaska, and I always are up for adventures. Considering we only live 4 hours apart we decided that that we would have yet another adventure. So, I packed my bags and headed to Utah. This time my adventure included a stop to Sarah and Jimi's so that I could meet little Gracie.

It was so good to see this little girl. Everyone in the family has been waiting to meet you ever since we heard the great news. I especially loved this part of my trip because I got to talk to Sarah and Melissa about my Grandfather's funeral. It was really good to hear their memories. Sadly, I was unable to attend because I was in Alaska working. While talking about the great memories we have of our Grandpa we also talked about the special connection Gracie has with Grandpa. Just another reason to love this baby.

Meeting Gracie! So Adorable, I love her crusties and all.

The next day Ali and I geared up to go four-wheeling! We got up at 7 which was not fun considering we stayed up talking! We headed to Ali's dads work to pick up the four wheelers. At first Ali's dad seemed concerned with my driving, but then he chuckled and said, "I guess if you can drive a bus, you can handle one of these little things." I thought it would only take an hour or so to get ready, it took about 3. After all the business of getting ready, we finally hit the road. Here are some of the pics from the day.

Ali and I 20 minutes in and already dirty!

Our great Lunch. Chase took care of us!

Apparently you're not supposed to put sunscreen on right before you go out. Because all the dirt will stick to you!

I look like a little Kid. All Dirty. Actually this is my first time riding a motorcycle.

Proof that my teeth would be whiter if I had darker skin.

When we got back Ali broke off this branch with the trailer. We later hid the evidence!

Culture Shock

2009-09-04T11:49:00.002-06:00

Some of the words you can hear coming out of my mouth, "It's been an amazing summer." I will truly attest to that. I'm sad to see summer leave, but something new will start. As I left Skagway, I was truly saddened to see it go. Skagway had some really ugly weather the last few weeks but my last day was perfect. The perfect goodbye. I was really sad to see my simple but yet amazing life left behind. I am really going to miss hopping on my bike and riding to wherever I need to go. Going out for walks and hikes, just to enjoy the beautiful mountains.

When I got Juneau. A friend let me borrow her car so that I could say some goodbyes to some other friends who lived across town. I hopped in her car and was not accustomed to such a small steering wheel and listening to the radio, a good radio station for that fact, was a lot of fun. This was the start of merging into a crazier form of life.

Then next day was the killer. I went back to the airport to start my way to WA. The airport in Juneau was my last goodbye to Alaska. As I sat and people watched, there was all the classic Alaska people. Men with beards and Xtra Tuff rain boots. Patagonia fleeces, and hiking boots. Hippies with unshaven legs. Once we landed in Seattle everything was instantly crazy.

As I walked off the plane I was assaulted with crowds of people. My next terminal was all the way across the airport and I had to take 3 trains to get there. I couldn't believe it. It was really funny going from hippy to fashionable. Chacos to stiletto heels. I couldn't believe it. Stilettos while traveling! Yuck! My life is changing. I'm going from simply driving a bus and giving a tour, to running late for class and juggling 16 credits and a social life. I'm going from amazing to crazy! I keep finding all this hesitation in me because of starting another school year. I just want to run away and do the easy simple things again.

Here is my motto for the year, Keep Moving Forward. I can do it, and I will do it.

An Update!

2009-08-12T00:51:00.008-06:00

Hi Everyone,
Sorry for being so bad in updating on my life. For starters I would have to tell you that I am having so much fun in Alaska this summer. Acutally, I would have to say that this is the best summer I have ever had, and I am very happy. After the stress of last school year I have loved the freedom of my Alaska life.
Skagway has been such a blast. Believe it or not it has been so warm here. And when I say warm I mean HOTTT!! Seriously, this summer has been the warmest I have ever experienced up here. We have actually been swimming. We go swimming quite frequently. I never thought that I would go swimming for pleasure up here. In the past we would just jump in just to say that we had done it, but now we actually go swimming.
One thing that I have come to enjoy here is the spontanity of life. A couple of weeks ago, my roommate Ali and I decided to go to Haines and do some camping out there. As I was parking my bus after work on Wednesday, Ali called me to tell me that she had gotten us on 5:00 p.m. ferry. I looked at the clock and it was 4:00. Since we were so short on time Ali picked me up in her car and we ran home to pack our bags for a fun night of camping. While packing we decided that it would be best if we took our bikes with us so we could get around the town of Haines more easily. But since Ali had picked me up from my bus my bike was still in the luggage bays of the bus. Quickly we ran down to bus yard and grabbed my back. I looked at my watch again and it was 4:50, and we were about 10 minutes away from the ferry terminal. We quickly biked as fast as we could to get there, and pulled up right on time.
We were so excited to be on our way to Haines that we talked and gabbed the whole way there. Once we pulled into the town of Haines we about to get off the ferry when a guy who works for Chilkat Guides came to ask what we were up to. We told him about our impromptu trip and that we didn't really have any plans. He then asked if we would like to go camping at Glacier Point. Which is where the company Chilkat Guides runs a really cool tour where you canoe out to a glacier called Davidson Glacier. I had been there before on the tour and I knew it would be cool to camp out there, because no one goes out there to hang out. So we decided to stay on the boat and continue another 30 minutes to Glacier Point.

It was an amazing trip here are the highlights.This is Ali and I. It was a rainy day but it was still so beau tiful! Check out the fireweed behind us.We went for a bike ride and this dog which is one of the guides decided to come with us. She was really fun and would run around looking for us.

We found some wild strawberries! They were so good. We went back the next morning and picked some to take home! So tasty!We were riding around in the woods when we found this! So weird. It's called a Yert and its owned by some basketball player that lives in Haines.This is the inside fo the Yert. It was really cool. Still creepy though!

Woops!

2009-07-02T13:19:00.002-06:00

First off I would like to apologize to everyone. I'm sorry I haven't been so active in posting my adventures. I am trying to be better, but it turns out having limited internet access makes things quite hard to update my blog.
Enough of that, Let me tell you about Alaska. It has been such an amazing summer. I have had so many amazing opportunities. I really would love to post about them now but I'm making a promise that I will write about all my adventures and post pictures as well. I just have to compile all my pictures from about 3 different cameras and then I will share with all of you.

And So the Adventure Begins!!!!

2009-04-27T19:59:00.005-06:00

For the past two summers I have come up to Skagway, Alaska to work for the season. It has been a great experience for me. I really think that I have done a lot of growing while I have been here. My first summer I came up here as a 19 year old fresh out of my first year at school. It was definitely a growing experience to be all the way out here meeting new people, luckily I had my brother and sister-in-law to help with the progress.
This year I am totally on my own. Tim and Kait are not coming up this year and I feel like I am ready to go on. It's always nice to have family around but I think I will be able to go on and have a fantastic summer full of adventure.
Here are some highlights from the time that I have spent here.

The Del Sol gang having a bon fire.
Out at Dyea bear watching. Check out this grizzly!
Hiking the Chilkoot Trail.

So here I am ready to start a new adventure. Bring it on.

Bad Day!

2009-03-01T20:09:00.001-07:00

I had a pretty good day today! I had stake conference which meant we got out at 2:00 p.m. instead of 4:30 which was really exciting. Having a few extra hours to enjoy the day was especially nice, because it was a beautiful day in Rexburg. And then the day made a sudden drastic change. A good friend of mine came over and she seemed upset. So we went up to my room to chat. But when we got to the top of the stairs. She turned around and started shouting at me about her boyfriend making out with another girl. I was startled and took a step back. But I was standing on the edge of the stairs and I fell. That is my bad news. And look at my bad face.

Just Kidding! My roommate is taking a theater makeup class and I let her practice on me. I just wanted to see if I could get you guys all going because it looks realistic. Now check out some other photos of my beautifully bruised face.

Things on my end.

2009-02-19T16:23:00.003-07:00

Hi Everyone,

It's been a long time since I have blogged. Even though I have a very busy life right now, I feel like it is boring and I have no new news to update everyone. Also the Internet at my apartment complex has not really been working at all for the last month, so it has been really hard to blog.

Enough of excuses. So here it is, My new calling has been going really well. It seems to have quieted down compared to the first couple weeks when I had meeting after meeting, and training after training. Even though I still have a lot of meetings it has been a very rewarding experience to see how a ward is organized and to know on a first hand basis the revelation the Lord gives to His leaders. I am very thankful for this experience.

Something different about this semester compared to others: its been extremely nice not worrying about having something to do friday night and making sure that that something is better than what happend last weekend. Don't get me wrong I still like to do fun and crazy things but I have learned thatI don't need to go all out every weekend.

Speaking of fun things. My roommates and I have started a tradition. Every Tuesday the cheap theater has $2 Tuesdays. My friends and I decided to take a some time off from studying and worries to go and see a movie every Tuesday. This Tuesday we saw Bride Wars. I was really excited to see this movie because it looked hilarious! And it was! This movie showed how catty ladies can be. Especially the best of friends. But in the end the two friends realized that they would rather have their friendship than the victory of a hurtful trick on their side.

I just wanted to let you all know how I am doing. Hopefully, I will have some more to report later.

Busy, Busy, Busy

2009-01-16T17:26:00.002-07:00

This semester I decided to take a lighter load of classes so that I can have more time to study, and to train for new job as tour guide/driver this summer. This new job requires me to obtain a commercial drivers license (CDL). My company brings a bus down to Rexburg and generally trainees train and take the test down here and Idaho. I thought it was time for to make some changes in my life so I have made some goals for myself. One of my goals was to become closer to Heavenly Father and also to do the things that I have been neglecting. Well I think the Lord heard my prayers to become closer to Him because I got a phone call from my Bishop the day before school started and he asked me to come in for an interview. At first I didn't think anything of it, and then I walked into his office, and he asked me to be the Releif Society President. My heart stopped. I immediately thought, how am i going to be able to pull this off. I felt like I had huge shoes to fill because the Relief Society President was way cool, and cared a lot about every each girl. As this week has gone on its been full of meetings. And I have been really busy. I hope things quiet down and I can be a good example to all the young ladies in my Relief Society. Wow! I need help.

A New Beginning

2009-01-03T15:39:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone,

I have decided to begin a blog partly because it's a great way to keep in touch, and partly because I have become addicted to checking all of your blogs. Seriously.
As I start this new semester, I have a lot of goals that I have chosen to accomplish. I have finally realized that studying is a lot of work. I need total lack of distraction to finish the studying I need to get done. So I want to get some better grades than I have in the past. I am trying to get no less than a B. Another thing I am not the best at is time management. This semester I will have to jobs. I work on campus in the Information Technology department as a student secretary. Mostly, I do a lot of grunt work and its really easy. My second job will be training to get my Commercial Driving License. For the past few summers I have worked in Skagway, Alaska for a tourism company. This next coming summer I will be a driver/guide! I am really excited for this opportunity. I love Alaska. It's been a great place to meet new people and discover who I am. But as for the here and now, I have decided it's time to learn more about myself and what I want in life. I first need to conquer the bitter cold of Idaho.

What I am going to learn to drive a 45 ft. long bus.