All About Redheads

Today I’m teaming up with Hananh over at Words As Palindromes to do an All About Redheads post. Yeah, we’re both redheads, both have the middle name of Rose, and we both love to blog! She had this FANTASTIC idea to do a Redhead Post and, can I say, the girl is a genius. I am SO glad she and I became friends, and you are going to want to check her out. So without further ado, here is our All About Redheads post:)
Isn’t she lovely?


Yay for redhead friends:)


Random redhead facts. 
   – According to Greek mythology, natural redheads turn into vampires after they die.
   – Natural redheads only make up 4% of the world’s population.
   – Redheads need more sedation during surgery than other hair colors.
   – Red hair is a recessive gene…aka each parent needs a recessive red hair gene to have a child with red hair.
   – Redheads are sometimes said to be more pain tolerant than those without red hair.

Favorite redhead celebrities.
Amy Adams, Debra Messing, Lucille Ball

Yay for redheaded, blogging friends:)



Question time!
  – Do you come from a big family of red hair? I have a grandpa on one side, and a grandma on a different side, that have red hair. I have a few cousins that also have it, but no immediate family!
  – they say redheads have a big temper, and are on “fire”  Do you have a temper or are you pretty easy going? I have an AWFUL temper. 
  – Favorite Disney princess? Ariel, duh!
  – Have you ever dyed your red hair? Never, ever, ever, ever!
  – Greatest sunburn story. Hmmmm there are so many. My favorite sunburn moment was when I got home from Pioneer Trek absolutely FRIED and everyone ran around concerned that I was going to get skin cancer!
  – What is your favorite part of being a redhead? I feel like my hair is unique, and I love that at least that part of me is special:)
  – Favorite way to wear your hair? Curled with my GHD flat iron:)
  – Nicknames for your hair at all? Hahaha well I HATE being called ginger (I know it’s the title of my blog) I don’t mind when I say it, but when other people say it it sounds insulting. I say my hair is auburn though:)
  – What is your go to outfit? Jeans, and a brown, grey, or black top. I like neutrals with an accent bag or shoes that bring in some color, since lots of colors don’t look great next to my hair. Blues and greens are the exception to that rule:)



“Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.” 

I hope you liked this little All About Redheads post:) NOW. 
Go check out Hannah over at Words As Palindromes

And check her out here:

She has a post like this only about HER experiences as a redhead. She’s delightful. Head on over to her blog and follow it! She is so funny, sweet, and an amazing blogger. She’ll have you laughing and crying at the same time! So now that you’re in the mood for some redhead info, head on over there and read what she has to say! I promise you’ll like it! 

Giveaway anybody??

Yup. I’m doing a giveaway!! I’m teaming up with the talented Abigail Brock to do a t-shirt giveaway. Just look at how cute these are!

Each thing that you do gets you another entry! 
1. Follow my blog by email 
2. Follow my blog on Bloglovin’
3. Follow with Google Friend Connect (all of those can be found on the sidebar of my blog) 
4. Go like Average Day of a Ginger on Facebook, and share the photo about Abi and her t-shirt business (you can go straight to the page at the Facebook link above!)
5. Comment on this blog about why you want to win!
You have a week to do all these things, so good luck!!!
Also:) It’s Allison Yost’s birthday today. I love you so much Al Pal and I hope today is wonderful! I’m sad I can’t share it with you, but I hope you have a great day with your family. Alli is the most sane one of us, the one who always is kind and sweet. Alli keeps us doing the right things and is just delightful. I love you Al! Hopefully in a few years we’ll get to celebrate your birthday all together:) Love you!!

Summer Reads

So I love reading. A lot. So I thought I’d share a few of my favorite summer reads to maybe spice up your library a little bit! If you have any other suggestions for me, please comment or send me a message!

1. Pride and Prejudice. Classic, one of my favorites, read it!

2. Twitterpated. Just finished this one. It’s a cheesy, LDS romance novel, but it was good. So, you should read it:)

3. The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio. This was on my mom’s book club list and I really liked it. It was sad, but so hopeful at the same time. It’s more of a life story than a novel, but doesn’t read like most non-fiction.

4. The Invisible Bridge. If you’re artsy, in love with Europe, or into history, this is the one for you! It was very well written and a wonderful read.

5. The Great Gatsby. There’s a lot of hype about this movie, but the book is amazing. If you haven’t read it, go read it now. If you have read it, maybe read it again!

6. At First Sight. Nicholas Sparks, cheesy romance, so sad I cried…but still good:)

7. Things Fall Apart. I actually read this for AP English, but I absolutely loved it. It was incredible and really made me think. If you’re looking for an intellectual read, this is it!

8. Gone With The Wind. This is one of my favorite books. It’s a long one, you could start it now and finish by the end of the summer, but it’s one that EVERYONE should read.

9. The List. Another cheesy, LDS romance. SO GOOD. I was literally jumping up and down, screaming at the end.

10. The Secret Keeper. Murder mystery, WWII mixed with 2011, romance and action. It was amazing. Less cheesy than some, more interesting than others. I loved it, and I think you will too!

So these are my summer read suggestions! Hopefully you enjoy them.
Also. Today is the 13th, which is a special day for me. So here’s a little shout out to my favorite missionary, and to another 13th down:)
Happy Thursday everyone!

Keep the first date conversation going!

So yesterday I went on a date. Yup. A date. It was good! At the end of the date, he asked me to “accept this rose” like on the Bachelor. Because we’d talked about that a few days earlier. What a cheeser:) 
I hadn’t been on a first date in a while, so I made my foolproof list of topics of discussion (yeah, I can be THAT girl) and I thought I’d share it with you!
1. Ask him about his family. Number of siblings, nieces and nephews, his parents, stuff like that.
2. Ask what he wants to be when he grows up. That’ll get him into something he’s interested in!
3. Ask him what kinds of things he did in high school; sports, musicals, band?
4. Ask if he plays any instruments or likes to sing.
5. Ask him what his favorite movie/book/band is.
6. Find out what his typical day is like.
7. Ask him what he likes to do in his free time.
8. Where was his favorite vacation?
9. Where would be his dream place to live?
10. What are some things you need to know about him?
These questions will for sure last you through the evening. Trust me:)
So I also had a record high of readers yesterday. Which is AWESOME but also very intimidating. My dad said “now make sure you blog about things that people will like to keep that readership up!” Ummmmm I don’t know what people like…? Soooo that’s one thing….
But really. Thanks for reading. Thanks for coming back. Ya’ll are great:)
Happy Tuesday everyone!

Tid+bits

Lately things have been crazy! Good crazy, but crazy. Here’s just a little peek of what’s been up recently.

Working on figuring out my college schedule. I’m getting into my major soon so it’s starting to become a game of what classes to take when…all of it is stressful and confusing, but I’m so excited for all of these classes! Hello journalism major and art history minor, and hello junior year!
Congratulations to all my Davis High seniors who are graduating today! Makes me remember my graduation: the long lines in the heat, the speeches that I actually really liked, walking around with over 700 other people to get a diploma, the teachers who were smiling and shaking my hands, my best friends and my family all being there to support me. Yeah, that was a good day. Congrats to all you kids graduating today! Good things are coming!
It’s summer AKA I never wear shoes. Not on the grass, the sidewalk, or even in the road. And yes my toes are still messed up from ballet. It’s fine. 
So that’s what’s up! Now I’m off to work for 10 hours at Cherry Hill…that should be fun right? 
Happy last day of school to all my Davis County friends! And happy Friday everyone! 
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Bridal Shower

So yesterday I threw a bridal shower. It was scary. I semi threw one with Alyse for Amy, but this one was all at my house. I had to make things look cute. If you know me, you know that I try to be crafty, but 99% of the time I lack the patience to make things look really good. So that was a little intimidating.

But I think it went really well! We had fun and laughed and Jessi even got her fiance to come and help tell their story (adorable, PS.) So all in all I think it went well!

Here are a few of the things I did that were really simple, but helped a lot!
Excuse the fact that these were hastily taken iPhone pics….

I bought four dollars worth of that pink tulle ribbon..yeah it’s amazing. I would recommend using that for EVERYTHING!

I used paper plates and cups that went with the pink and green thing I was going for. Yeah it’s cheap, but when you have 17 girls at your house, paper is best!

Chalkboard? It’s very in right now, and I think it looked good on the gift table:)

This is Jessi and behind her is her fiance Stefan. This is a gift Jessi got. Cute, right??
We also had these yummy things called pie pockets for our treat and they were so delicious! Thanks to Alyse for being a lifesaver and making them:)
We played a little game where I asked Stefan some questions before hand, and Jessi had to see if she could figure out what Stefan would say to answer the questions! It was so fun to see how well she knew him.
Here’s a copy of the questions I made him answer
·         What is your favorite thing about Jessi?
·         What is your favorite color?
·         Where did you and Jessi first meet?
·         When did you first fall in love with Jessi?
·         How many kids do you want? How many does Jessi want?
·         What is your biggest fear?
·         What did you do on your first date with Jessi?
·         When did you know you were going to marry Jessi?
·         What is your favorite sports team?
·         If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
·         What is Jessi’s most annoying habit?
·         Who wears the pants in your relationship?
·         Where was your first kiss?
·         What is your favorite food?
·         What is your favorite memory with Jessi?
·         How many girlfriends did you have before Jessi?
·         What is your favorite movie?
·         What was your first impression of Jessi?
·         What is your biggest pet peeve?
It was a really fun night (well I had fun. I won’t speak for everyone else;)) and I loved getting to mingle and see Jessi so happy! 
Well that’s about it for today! Just so you know, I’m going to be having a few guest posts in the coming weeks and be guest posting on a few other blogs! So stay tuned for that fun little adventure.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Rules for Summer

Summer is REALLY beginning this week. Now for me it’s been summer since May, kinda. But I haven’t been counting it because everyone else is in school and then I would have to start doing the things on my summer rules. So now that summer, in my opinion, is REALLY upon us, here are my rules for my summer!

1. No more than 2 hours of TV per day (I will break this Netflix addiction!)
2. Read for 30 minutes to 1 hour every day.
3. Have scripture study EVERY night (I’m good at this during the school year, but I slack in the summer. Not this time!)
4. Help my mom with the housework every day.
5. Make dinner once a week.
6. Do my best in both my jobs.
7. Write my Journalism Portfolio essay and study for the benchmark exam.
8. Blog often!
9. Write Randy once a week (I won’t have a problem with this;)).
10. Work out for 30 minutes every day.
11. HAVE FUN and BE HAPPY!!

So those are my summer must-dos.

Mmmm nice right?

Happy Monday everyone!

Extension of yesterday’s post……!

Alli Yost got called to Milan, Italy. She’s one of my best friends and she’s going to do amazing! Love you Al!! She is such an example to me and I am so proud of her.


My cute cousin Kelsey gave her farewell today. She’s headed to Lima, Peru in a few weeks on her mission. She is going to convert so many people with that strong testimony of hers. I love you Kels!

I’m still figuring out what I am supposed to be doing, and this kid in Japan really knows EXACTLY what to say, even when I don’t tell him what’s bothering me.

After telling him about different mission calls, and mind you, I didn’t say A WORD about how I was feeling about any of it, he sends this.

I still feel the same about you going though. I don’t know. Don’t feel like you’re choosing wrong paths. Cuz you’re not! You’re doing great things. I really hope you’re happy hon.”

Yup. He lives in Japan, had no idea what was up, and still managed to know exactly what I needed to hear. That folks is inspiration.

I couldn’t be more proud of my missionary friends, and I couldn’t be more proud of my engaged/married friends, and I couldn’t be more proud of my home girls who are in the same boat as me. We all have different “missions” and I am so lucky to know the people that I do, who are doing the great things they are doing.

Happy Sunday everyone.

Grasp The Moment Challenge

So lately I haven’t known what to blog about! Nothing really huge is going on, I get to spend lots of time with my family or working everyday, which is wonderful. But nothing really crazy or interesting to readers has happened.

Then I realized something. It’s up to ME to be happy. It’s up to me to do something interesting or find the good in the days so that I do have something to say! If I just wait to say things that are very exciting or funny, I’m not being true to the name of this blog, “Grasp the Moment.”

I haven’t been “Grasping the Moment” lately. And that stops right now!

So here’s the story of how this blog came to have that name.

I was creating my blog the summer before senior year. I had blogs prior to this one, but didn’t post very regularly and they were sapppppy. Junior High stuff, we’ve all been there.

Anyway.

I was picking a background (which I’ve changed a million times) and a URL (average day of a ginger? Classic) and then came time to come up with a title. I couldn’t think of anything. I started thinking about what I wanted this blog to be about. My life, the things I was doing, the things I found interesting. I wanted to make every moment of my life matter.

BAM.

Grasp the moment. I typed that in, felt very clever, and that was that.

So now here’s my “Grasp the Moment” challenge for myself. Feel free to join in:)

So here’s the challenge
Grasp The Moment Challenge:
1. Every morning, wake up and pick one thing you want to accomplish that day. Not a daily, menial task, but maybe you want to make someone smile, or you want to have ten minutes to yourself. Pick something meaningful and DO IT.
2. Look for one good thing in a bad situation. Something you can learn, something you’re glad you have now, or something you could do to help another.
3. Laugh at every single opportunity. Don’t be too cool for something, don’t stress out about something that isn’t worth it. Just laugh instead.
4. Recognize and vocalize your appreciation. Look for things you are grateful for, thank someone if necessary, or make a mental not that you are thankful for something.
5. Every night, write down how you Grasped the Moment that day. 
I’m doing this challenge, and I hope you’ll join me!!!
Happy Thursday everyone:) AND. Happy 4 months to me:)

AP Test Week Tips

I’m sure you’re probably sick of my tips, but here are a few for my high school friends as they start AP test week!

  • Don’t wear sweats to your test. Wear something comfy and easy to sit in, but I wouldn’t wear sweats. It makes you a little sloppy and you do better if you dress better!
  • Eat breakfast! I know you’re nervous but eat some toast and juice or milk or SOMETHING before you go in!
  • Bring plenty of pencils with good erasers!
  • Leave your phone and other belongings in your car. That way you don’t even have to deal with it.
  • Don’t study the day of. It won’t help, it’ll mess you up.
  • Recheck your work but be careful when you erase answers! Most of the time your first instinct is right!
  • Bring water. Sometimes they offer it to you and sometimes it’s juice or milk. You’ll want water.
  • Go to the bathroom before and go again during your break!! EVEN IF YOU DON’T THINK YOU HAVE TO!
  • Bring a jacket. If it’s cold, you won’t be able to focus.
  • Say a prayer. Cliche, but it helps!
  • Don’t stress about how many you need to get right or what essay score you need to pass. Use that time studying instead!
  • Read the whole question and all the answers.
  • Relax! You’ve studied hard and you’ll do great:)
Happy Monday everyone and happy AP test week!