hAPPy iNDEPENdENCE daY sWITZERLAND!
aUGUST 1, 1291 AND aUGUST 1, 1985... wHAT i CONSIDER tWO oF THE gREATEST dAYS iN hISTORY! tHE sWISS foUNDED a cONFEDERATION AND i cAME iNTO THIS woRLD!
hERE aRE SOME oTHER (nOT AS eXCITING) eVENTS tHAT hAPPENED oN THIS DAY!
1994 The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour
1993 Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame
1990 Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait
1986 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia release from hospital after 3 week coma
1985 Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time
tHE sAME dAY i wAS bORN!!
1982 Greg Louganis, U.S. becomes 1st diver to score 700
1981 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
1978 Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games
1978 Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak
1976 Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon, Co. on Route 34, kills 139
1976 Liz Taylor's 6th divorce (re-divorces Richard Burton)
1972 1st article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward)
1971 Bangladesh refugee concert with George Harrison
1969 Mariner 6 sends close-up photo's of Mars
1968 Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in coins
1964 ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation
1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1
1963 Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale
1960 Aretha Franklins 1st recording session
1960 Chubby Checker releases "The Twist"
1959 New Continental baseball league formed
1958 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)
1953 California introduces sales tax, for education
1936 Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
1933 Death penality for anti fascists in Germany
1927 Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards
1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF
1903 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed
1876 Colorado becomes 38th state
1873 San Francisco's 1st cable car begins service
1867 Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South
1838 Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas
1834 Slavery abolished through out the British Empire
1831 London Bridge opens to traffic
1793 France becomes 1st country to use the metric system
1790 1st U.S. census, population of 3,939,214
1789 U.S. Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act
1785 Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet
1780 Sweden declares neutrality
1291 Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation
...sEE nOT aNYTHING tHAT iNFULENCED hISTORY aS mUCH aS sWITZERlAND aND i DID!

tHANK yOU tRIP leADER tALMADGE
aND mY lITTLE pREGO jESSIkON!
jESSICA aND tALLY WERE sO mUCH fUN TO hANG OUT WITH tHESE lAST fEW wEEKS. i FEEL bAD bECAUSE i WAS AT THEIR hOUSE FOR sO LONG! tHEY ALWAYS MADE sURE THAT i WAS sAFE AND eNTERTAINED. wHEN i lEFT fOR MY aDVENTURES tALLY WENT iNTO fATHER mODE AND wAS mAKING SURE THAT eVERYWHERE i WENT wAS sAFE. jESSICA wAS A gREAT lITTLE mOMMY, sHE wAS SO cARING AND jUST WANTED mE TO BE HAPPY aND hAVE fUN! wE HAD a lOT oF fUN tOGETHER AND i GOT tO SEE A sIDE OF tHEM tHAT oNLY a fEW oTHER spECIAL pEOPLE hAVE. tHEY aRE GOING tO bE gREAT pARENTS TO sPECIAL k. (tHEY dON'T HAVE A nAME, jUST A nICKNAME) i FEEL lIKE i LIVE AT THEIR hOUSE, aND i AM REALLY SAD tHAT i HAD TO lEAVE THEM. mAYBE i WILL GO lIVE IN sWITZERLAND AND bE THEIR nANNY!
  • tHANKS FOR hIDING THE bULL iN SUCH gREAT pLACES
  • tHANKS FOR aLL OF THE dINNERS
  • tHANKS fOR fIGURING oUT tHE fUTON... tWICE
  • tHANKS FOR dRIVING mE arOUND IN yOUR sWEET rIDE
  • tHANKS FOR lETTING ME uSE SOME oF yOUR sPECIAL sIZE pAPER
  • tHANKS fOR lETTING mE HAVE MY oWN rOOM
  • tHANKS FOR gETTING yOUR cLOTHES oUT THE nIGHT bEFORE
  • tHANKS fOR cHECKING to mAKE sURE sLOVAKIA wAS a sAFE pLACE
  • tHANKS foR nOT fAILING mE aND kICKING mE tO THE bACK sEAT
  • tHANKS fOR tOUCHING tHE eLECTRIC fENCE wITH ME, jUST SO i wOULDN'T dIE aLONE
  • tHANKS fOR sAYING mY pOTATOES wERE gOOD
  • tHANKS fOR mY rOCKING rED GS sHIRT
  • tHANKS fOR lETTING ME uSE yOUR cELL pHONE, eVEN tHOUGH iT cOSTS .07 CHF
  • tHANKS FOR nOT GETTING maD tHAT mY cRAP wAS aLL OVER tHE pLACE
  • tHANKS FOR thE cOMMENTS ON mY bLOGTASTIC bLOG
  • tHANKS fOR lETTING mE TURN tHE fAN oN TO nUMBER 3
  • tHANKS foR aLWAYS mAKING sURE i HAD soMETHING tO dO
  • tHANKS fOR cHECKING iN ON mE
  • tHANKS FOR leTTING mE sTORE bIG reD aT yOUR hOUSE wHILE i WAS iN aFRICA
  • tHANKS fOR tAKING sOME tIME oFF oF woRK tO tRAVEL wiTH mE
  • tHANKS fOR rUNNING tO tHE tRAIN tHE fIRST dAY i aRRIVED, jUST tO sAY hI
  • tHANKS fOR iNCLUDING mE iN tHE eMAIL cONVERSATIONS
  • tHANKS fOR pROTECTING mE wHILE i wAS sLEEPING iN A pARKING lOT
  • tHANKS fOR mAKING mE GET iN mY SLEEPING bAG, i rEALLY wAS gETTING cHILLY
  • tHANKS fOR sTAYING uP LATE aND hANGIN oUT
  • tHANKS fOR NOT mAKING fUN oF mY 1 gIRLIE mOMENT
  • tHANKS FOR dOING soME oF MY lAUNDRY
  • tHANKS fOR lISTENING tO ALL oF mY sTORIES
  • tHANKS fOR cARRYING mY bAGS bOTH tIMES FROM tHE stATION tO YOUR HOUSE
  • tHANKS foR aLL oF thE gREAT mEMORIES
  • tHANKS FOR LETTING mE TAG-aLONG fOR 3 wEEKS
tHANKS AGAIN jESS AND tALLY,i lOVE yOU gUYS!!

wHERE dID tHE tIME gO?

sO iN THE lAST 6 WEEKS i FEEL lIKE i HAVE bEEN eVERYwHERE. i TRIED tO caLCULATE aLL THE hOURS i HAVE SPENT iN pLANES, tRAINS, aUTOMOBILES, AND bOATS. iT IS aN aBSURD nUMBER!

i HAVE bEEN iN....

3 sTATES :uTAH, cALIFORNIA AND nEW jERSEY

9 cOUNTRIES: uSA, sWITZERLAND, iTALY, nIGERIA, gHANA, aUSTRIA, sLOVAKIA, cZECH rEPUBLIC, aND fRANCE

aND oN 3 cONTINENTS: nORTH aMERICA, eUROPE, aND aFRICA

i'VE aLSO sPENT... 64 hOURS oN A BUS

14 hOURS iN A CAR

2 hOURS ON a bOAT

35 hOURS oN tRAINS

47 hOURS oN A pLANE

tOTAL hOURS OF tRAVEL: 189 / aBOUT 8 dAYS

(tHATS nOT EVEN iNCLUDINg tHE coUNTLESS hOURS i SPENT TRAvELING bY fOOT....tHE woULD MAKE THE nUMBER EVEN mORE aBSURD)

wHEN i LOOK AT IT ALL AT ONCE iT'S cRAZY, bUT iT wAS tHE oPPORTUNITY oF A lIFETIME!

tHE fINAL hOURS.....
tHE LAST DAY iN sWITZERLAND wAS REALLY sAD, i PRETTY mUCH jUST pACKED AND wANDERED aROUND tHE cITY (i aM rEALLY gOOD AT IT nOW!) jESSICA aND tALLY goT iNVITED tO gO oUT tO dINNER wiTH pEOPLE fROM woRK. bEING tHE tAG-aLONG tHAT i aM, i gOT tO gO tOO!

sO IN MY 100 tHINGS i MENTIONED THAT i LOVE tO PEOPLE wATCH...weLL wHEN WE WERE IN cINQUE tERRA WE ATE AT THIS lITTLE pIZZA pLACE THAT WAS oN THE 2ND fLOOR aND aCROSS FROM THE bEACH. iT WAS A pERFECT lOCATION FOR mY fAVORITE hOBBY, aND nOBODY COULD SEE THAT i WAS TAKING pICTURES!

sO HERE IS a lITTLE tRIBUTE TO eUROPEAN bEACH fASHION!

aKWARD pALE MAN

yOU CAN'T gO ANYwHERE wITHOUT sEEING tHOSE tOPLESS wOMEN (aND aS THE bOYS sAID, iT IS nEVER THE hOT yOUNG ONES THAT go toPLESS, i CAN'T SAY tHAT i kNOW wHAT tHEY aRE tALKING AbOUT...i TRIED tO sHIELD mY eYES!)

fAT sPEEDO mAN, gOTTA lOVE iT!

gUY IN yELLOW hOT PANTS. i CAUGHT HIM IN THE pERFECT stANCE. hE hAS A sPEEDO oN UNDER tHOSE!

rANDOM sPEEDO mAN (YES tHAT IS A cELL pHONE aROUND HIS nECK!)

sUN-bURNED mAN WITH aN 80'S sTYLE sUIT (HE WAS bRIGHT reD)

bLISTER mAN (hE WAS bLISTERING AND pEELING AND nEEDED TO hEAD FOR sHADE.)

i HAVE nO WORDS tO EXPLAIN tHIS cOUPLE!

i ALSO WENT TO cINQUE tERRA WITH tALLY AND jOSH. i WAS THE nAVIGATOR, WE HAD hIKE mASTER fRAMMY, AND tRIP lEADER tALMADGE. wE HIKED THROUGH ALL OF THE cITIES, EXPLORED THE tOWNS, SAW fIREWORKS, SWAM IN THE mEDITERRINIAN sEA, AND SLEPT ON A pARKING TERRACE. iT WAS QUITE THE EXPERIENCE. i HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THEM. wE STOPPED IN lUGANO ON OUR WAY HOME AND HAD sOME GOOD pIZZA AND gELATO, YOU cOULDN’T ASK FOR A bETTER DAY.

i WENT TO vIENNA, bRATISLAVA, AND pRAGUE ALL ALONE. i TOOK A NIGHT trAIN TO vIENNA AND WAS IN A SMOKING CAR WITH 2 DOGS LICKING ME AND A CRAZY sLOVIAKIAN WHO WATCHED ME WHILE i SLEPT. tHEN i FOUND MY WAY AROUND THE CITY AND TOOK A BIKE TOUR THROUGH vIENNA. iT WAS AMAZING TO SEE ALL OF THE HISTORICAL PLACES.

i TOOK A BOAT FROM vIENNA TO bRATISLAVA, sLOVAKIA. iN LINE FOR THE BOAT i MET jOSH, kERIM, AND wILL. 3 bOYS FROM nEW yORK WHO HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM jOHN'S hOPKINS. wE HUNG OUT IN bRATISLAVA UNTIL MY TRAIN LEFT. tHEY WERE HAVING A mUSIC fESTIVAL THERE AND tHERE WAS aN oRCHSTRA pLAYING cLASSICAL mUSIC RIGHT IN THE mIDDLE OF THE tOWN sQUARE. iT WAS SO cOOL! i TOOK ANOTHER NIGHT TRAIN FROM bRATISLAVA TO pRAGUE. tHIS TIME i DIDN'T HAVE THE WEIRD PEOPLE OR THE SMOKING cAR. i ARRIVED IN pRAGUE AT 6AM AND WALKED AROUND THE CITY. iT WAS bEAUTIFUL TO SEE ALL THE PLACES WHEN THE SUN WAS cOMING UP. tHERE WAS BARELY aNYONE UP. i TOOK A WALKING tOUR AND sAW EVERYTHING tHERE IS TOO SEE THERE. wE ALSO GOT TO SEE THE cHANGING OF tHE gUARDS AT THE pRAGUE cASTLE. i WALKED FROM 6 AM UNTIL 4:30pM WHEN i FOUND mY HOTEL. mY FEET HURT AND THEY WERE DISCUSTING. iT WAS ALL wORTH IT! i FINALLY TOOK A PLANE BACK TO bASEL, sWITZERLAND AND A TRAIN TO MY lITTLE HOME.

SO AFTER MY AMAZING EXPERIENCE IN GHANA I CAME BACK TO SWITZERLAND TO HANG OUT WITH JESSICA AND TALLY. I DID EVERYTHING THERE IS TO DO THERE. I WENT TO CHURCHES, WATERFALLS, HIKES, ETC. I LEARNED HOW TO USE THE SELF TIMER ON MY CAMERA SO SOME OF THE PICTURES ARE A BIT OFF, BUT WHEN YOU ARE ALONE YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO ADAPT.

THESE ARE PICTURES OF RHEIN FALLS, MT. PILATUS, RAPPERSWIL, AND MY HIKE.
I ALSO WENT TO THE TEMPLE IN BERN, SWITZERLAND AND THE LENZBURG CASTLE WITH AARIKA. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO TALK TO.
ONE DAY I WENT TO THE ZURICH ZOO. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE LAST TIME I WENT TO A ZOO. IT WAS HUGE AND THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS TO SEE THERE. IT DIDN'T COMPARE TO MY SAFARI BUT IT WAS STILL FUN.

SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU A BREAK FROM MY MANY ADVENTURES TO TELL YOU 100 THINGS ABOUT ME. THIS WAS JESSICA'S IDEA AND SINCE SHE AND TALLY DECIDE WHAT I DO THESE DAYS I HAD TO OBEY!

1-I love to travel!

2-I cut off my toe when I was 4 while I was telling my brother that axes were dangerous!

3-I love being the only girl. I hated it when I was little but now I have 3 protectors and I love it!

4-I spent 3 weeks in Africa working in the hosptial and an orphanage.

5-I love meeting random people. (Taveling alone is a good way to fulfill this one.)

6-I am a list maker, crossing things off is what I live for!!

7-I can't go to bed without brushing my teeth. If i fall asleep I have to get up even if its 4 am.

8-To go along with #7, I love going to the dentist, what a great feeling!

9-I'm slightly obsessed with Grey's Anatomy. No country dancing for me on Thursday nights!

10-I love babies. I got to watch a c-section in Africa and Jessica's ultrasound... it was amazing!

11-I love to mow the lawn! My mom and I actually fight over who gets to do it.

12-I've traveled to 18 countries: England, France, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Lichtenstein, Haiti, Mexico, Ukraine, Jamaica, USA, Greece, Monaco, Nigeria, and Ghana

13-I think saying things at inappropriate times is hilarious.

14-I buy a postcard from all the places I travel to.

15-I LOVE the beach. The sand between my toes is the greatest feeling on earth!

16-I wish I lived underwater. After I learned to Scubadive I fell in love.

17- I love being outdoors. Hiking, camping or just sitting outside, I love it all.

18-I love Utah because it has 4 different season!

19-Tally, Jessica and I have a special cousin bond that nobody else has!

20-I have a slight obsession with bowling! (first date is always Applebee's and 3 games of bowling at Bonwood Bowl)

21-I swam with stringrays in the Cayman Island and thought it was amazing!

22-When I can't sleep I organize my closet.

23-I tend to watch pretty random t.v. shows. (usually while i'm cleaning my closet)

24- I promised I would never join Facebook or Blogspot...now I have both.

25-I love to look at my pictures from past vacations.

26-I "window" shop on the internet, I just like to see what's out there.

27-I love fruit (except the melon family)

28-Hiking in Italy, swimming in the ocean, pizza in Lugano and top it all off with Gelato... my perfect day

29-Mammoth Mtn. is one of my favorite places to visit, it brings back wonderful memories.

30-My extended family is freakishly close and I wouldn't want it any other way!

31-I want 4 kids- 3 boys and a girl. I know me, why would I want more of that?

32-I've never tasted Coke (drink or drug) Dr. Pepper or Pepsi...don't want to be addicted like some people I know. I didn't grow up drinking soda, so I usually just want water.

33-I've never said a swear word...I just have an exceptionally clean mind and mouth!

34-I HATE Single's Wards...went once and can't bring myself to go back.

35-The worst part of my day is blow-drying my hair.

36-I wish I could go back to my younger days and play night games during the summer. Cops and Robbers!

37-I like to color...yep I like to bribe kids to sit with me at church so I can color with them, and I get mad when they try to color on my picture.

38-I REFUSE to marry a guy with jacked up teeth, a good smile is the first thing I notice.

39-I'm EXTREMELY sarcastic. Sometimes it gets out of hand, but oh well.

40-I'm not an open person. The fact that I am sharing all of these things about me is quite weird.

41-Shari will always hold a special place in my heart!

42-I've gotten my heart shattered (not just broken) once in my life, I don't want to ever go through that again.

43-I would rather hang out with boys. (girls=drama, something I didn't grow up with)

44-I became good friends with my Gambling Addiction teacher and now I am going to intern for her! She is the coolest teacher ever!

45-I've cleaned the choir seats in the Conference Center (with a ghost-buster like vacuum).

46-I don't like getting flowers, they die...just give me the money!

47-I'm not a jewelry person. I usually take it off about an hour after putting it on, then I lose it.

48-I love to go to Brookstone and look around (more like play with all of the gadgets)

49-I look at the SkyMall Magazine everytime I fly, I've seen it hundreds of times.

50-I HATE to shop. I figure out what I need and go straight to it, I only stop and look when there is a sale!

51-I love going to Target, Walmart, Lowe's. Now those are places I can wander around in!

52-I hated pink until I was 16, now I like it!

53- I organized a blood drive for my Laurel Project and hated every minute of it.

54-I LOVE FIREWORKS!!!! The July 4th is my favorite. Another plus of living in Utah...we have the 24th too!

55-The wedding ring that I want is very inexpensive. I don't want to take an eye out with a large ring. (and i don't ever wear rings, better start working on that)

56-When I was little I dressed Josh up like a girl and would put his hair in fountains, he looked so cute!

57-I have way too many flip-flops, how many does one need? I only wear my favorites, which is about 3 pairs.

58-I love the sound of waves crashing on the beach, if I could wake up to it every morning...it would be heaven.

59-My all time favorite classical song is Pacabel Cannon in D. I listen to it over and over.

60-I've slept in a parking lot in Italy on a blow up pool toy that I found on the beach and it deflated during the night, oh the memories.

61-I'm a pyromaniac. I love to play with fire!

62-I love the smell of campfire, waking up in the morning to a crackling fire & the brisk mtn. air is wonderful.

63- I get along with (older) married people better then single people. Weird I know.

64-I love to laugh. (at other people, and at myself)

65-I remember the most random details, usually just little things that everyone else didn't even notice.

66-I wish I could fly. It would save gas money, time, and the environment.

67-I'm a perfectionist.

68-Aunt Panties, Shell, Shelly, Bob...those are just a few of my nicknames.

69-The most girly thing about me is I love having my nails done, not the actual process just the finished product.

70-I love to watch the snow fall, and the way it looks before anybody has driven on it is beautiful.

71-I like going to bed early, not big on the all night partying.

72- I usually fall asleep during movies, especially if they are started after 9 pm.

73-I hate snakes, and things the flutter in my face but I don't mind killing a spider.

74-I'm very competitive.

75-I'm a people pleaser, I just want everyone to be happy.

76-One of my favorite quotes is "It's not like I go into your house and take your Hello Kitty Backpack."-Angela

77-I wrote a missionary for 2 years, never missed a week and sometimes wrote a letter and an email. I call that dedication.

78-I'm outgoing and crazy yet, shy and antisocial at times.

79-My all time favorite book is Nancy and Plum (read it in 3rd grade and never forgot)

80-I want to travel to every country in the world before I die.

81-I love my name, all 3 of them. I am not looking forward to changing it when I get married.

82-I'm weird, I know it, and I like it!

83-My first kiss was on Jan 4, 2003 in front of Melissa Dredges house.

84-I love akward moments, I like to point them out and laugh about it.

85-I think blind dates make good stories, but I hate them (it's all about the story)

86-I didn't own a 2 piece swimming suit until I was 21.

87-I love to wear skirts, especially in the summer.

88-I hate cats, sorry to all you cat lovers but I can't stand them.

89-I like my small handwriting. It took me years to perfect it.

90-I finally perfected my signature after 21 years of trying out different ones. Now I don't want to get married, what if it takes another 21 years?

91-I got my first credit card at 21 and it gives me lots of stress, I want to get rid of it.

92-I like hard boiled egg whites, no yolks they are gross.

93-I think all boys 12 and older should wear white shirts to church, no excuses just do it.

94-I love to people watch. European beaches and campus are perfect places for this!

95-I like to sing in the car and I think it's funny when people look at you.

96- I only like to write with certain types of pens. RSVP pens are the best, they allow me to write small and its still be readable.

97-I don't have a favorite type of music, don't like rap or screaming, but other then that, if it's good I'll listen.

98-I'm addicted to gum. When the flavor runs out I have to get a new piece. If I chew a piece for too long it makes me sick.

99-I am "The Navigator" there is also "Trip Leader Talmadge" and "Hike Master Frammy"

100- I did this whole list during church in Swtizerland, just for Jessica to enjoy!