Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! Hope you had a super day :) I got a Samsung tab4 and it is so fun! The ipod that I had been using has some growing dead spots on the screen, and then the home button broke. So I had to turn it all the way off and on to switch between apps. So this new gadget is great! Today I ordered a case for it; there are some really fun ones on Amazon.

Major Duck Dynasty fans here. So last year my mom got us the Si the Christmas Elf book/toy set. Si rules!! Here is a picture of the enameled sting ray with matching necklace from the jewelry store Valerie works at in Bozeman :)

I also received a much-needed umbrella, and fox slippers. I don't know how I made it this far without slippers XD they are SO nice! And my new Athleta leggings are the best. I received so many cool things this year :D

Oh yeah! Better not forget to mention that I graduated from MSU on 12/12/15 with my Bachelor of Arts in Music, and my Minor in Entomology. Got a spiffy new PC as a gift. My old one was nearly 5 years old! :O

Both Bozeman and Kalispell are having very white winters. Snow is so fun!

Happy New Year!

September Adventure

This post is about the Kirtley Beartooth hike in September, 2015! I forgot about my blog since summer...
Bekah and I left Bozeman and drove to Redlodge (3 hours??) and got to the trail parking lot, where her parent's vehicle was. However, Bekah doesn't do things like check her phone for important information that her dad left for her. But somehow she still managed to find the key and open up her dad's suburban, and we got out her pack and some gear. Now mind you, this is after 6pm in the evening, and we are STARTING a 6-7 mile hike...My friend/landlord was concerned for our safety (and probably sanity. She has a knowledgeable background in wilderness safety and such). So she let us borrow flash lights and bear spray and bedrolls. Our main concern was that it could rain and we wouldn't have a way to dry off. But it didn't rain! Lots of prayers ;) We also did not run into or see any wildlife (dusk is when everything comes out) maybe because we were trying to make so much noise. At any rate, it wasn't too long before we had to RELY on our flashlights to get anywhere. Then we were scared. Bekah had been on the trail once before, but it had been at least a few weeks I think, and we had no map and didn't have a way to contact her parents (they hiked up the day before). So we were relying on Bekah's memory (sketchy) and both of our judgement (no comment) to find a campsite 7 miles into the wilderness in the evening. We were probably 4 or 5 miles in when we were really freaked out. It was super dark, and we were trying to find a bridge that would mean the correct direction. We were relying on footprints in the mud that we assumed were her family's (younger brother, older brother, his wife, and mom and dad). Plus we were mostly looking for dog tracks, because she assumed they brought Duke. We discussed going back quite a bit, but I kept convincing her that we were probably close and that walking in the dark takes and seems longer. We were elated whenever we found more dog tracks! Picture two girls freaking out in the woods haaa. FINALLY we found the bridge!!! We thought we were close then. But it was probably close to another mile before we found the site. And boy was that a scary mile. The edges of the trail were quite steep, and pitch black. Do you know how dark the woods are at night? I do. Bekah had the dumbest pack in the world, so it was hurting her back. I had rented mine from the rec center and it was fabulous (I want to buy one someday) although later I found out it bruised my hips (that's where the weight sits to take it off your back). There was a fork in the trail, and I really had to trust Bekah to go on the one she wanted. It was the correct one!!! After a bit, we heard barking, and we were SOOOO happy! I think we woke her parents up, haha... I told Duke (the dog) that I loved him (we relied on his tracks). Now, this is significant because I do NOT like most dogs. I only tolerate the clean, behaved ones. Duke is neither. But he sure did help Bekah and I that night!! Of course Bekah's dad had something to say about our craziness, but we were so happy and relieved that we didn't really care. So we put up our tent and in the night it was rainy. In the morning it wasn't very rainy, but everything was wet and by the lake it was very windy. But I got rainbow pictures! Bekah's mom made some great pancakes. Her family had been there two nights, so we packed up and left pretty quick. I wanted to stay longer :( oh well. On the way back down we stopped at another lake. By the time we got to the cars, I was exhausted and my legs hurt. Then I think we all went to Bekah's parent's house. Wow! What a time we had.

Bekah!

Me :)

Rainbow

Feel that cold :/

Me again :P

Finally! A great shot

See them beartooths?

..You can see that's in Eastern MT.

Fun People

Two weeks ago something happened on my way to work. I was on my bike, and waiting for the traffic light to turn green. A motorcyclist pulled up next to me (a baby motorcycle) and I could tell it was a young kid (18? 20? Idk.) So after awkwardly waiting and avoiding eye contact for a bit, he suddenly asked "Wanna race?" It was hilarious! Haha, I said I didn't want to make him feel bad, lol. Just fun stuff like that is such a mood booster! :D Here are some nature pics!

Discovering

My mom found a crazy insect last night!!! I have never seen one of these alive. It is an adult antlion (Order Neuroptera, Family Myrmeleontidae). There are 92 species in North America. They are attracted to the (porch) light. If this is gibberish to you, just know that these are related to lacewings (that fragile, pale green bug on your windowsill) :)

Pops Concert

This weekend I played with the Hit Men in the Glacier Symphony at Rebecca Farm. It was great! So much fun. The first night, at dinner, I offered my second chicken shishkabob to Paul. He said that it "reminded him of gopher on O Brother, Where Art Thou". To which I instantly replied, in Delmar's voice, "Care for some gopher, Everett?" Other great moments were when orchestra members were dancing along (specifically, doing the Locomotion) and when a dragonfly flew over me. Here is a great sign at Camp Tuffit.

I Work

Long time no see! The Rosauers has taken me captive, but the customers are entertaining. Such as the customer who bought $231.14 worth of Amish butter (and two bags of chips). And the old guy that said I was "prettier than a spring blossom in a mountain meadow". And the ancient people who leave their hearing aids at home, and the lady who yells into her mom's ear because she's probably 102 and can't hear. And when the Warner brothers came up with Granny (on Sylvester and Tweety Bird) they turned to this customer that comes into Rosauers. They even got her to do the voice on the cartoon. And on 4th of July, D was checking and was trying to get the total of someone's bill to be $17.76. That didn't happen. But on July 6th, I got that total! $17.76!!!! I have the receipt to prove it (didn't think D would believe me without it). And the customer who bought $1200 worth of sunflower seeds and used $600 worth of coupons, so he only paid $600. And the customer who bought ALL our bagels (for a hotel). Yesterday a customer said I looked exotic. Not sure what made her think that, but thanks anyway, lady!! #AdventuresinRosauers #NoMoreWasps

I like fish

Hay y'all!! This week I get to tell you about Lake Mary Ronan, fish Heimlich, and Rosauersing. Caught your attention, did I? HA! See what I did there?? :P Hm...Now I see...I get that from my grandma. At Lake Mary Ronan my dad and I brought the kayak and we individually used it to paddle out and catch some perch!! We got 10 each. I got one big one! My dad's relatives were there, but I don't know them well, so it was hard to get past "what year in school are you and what's your major and what are you going to do and YOOUU caught FIIISH???." So plenty awkies, all day long.

So...the fish Heimlich. Technically, I did not perform the Heimlich on a fish. I did, however, save it from choking on a dead fish it had accidentally half-swallowed. My female albino bristle-nose plecostomus eats algae, not dead fish. So I don't know if sucking up the dead fish was a mistake or if she was curious or what. Anyway, the tail was hanging out and I saw her panicking and freaking out. My mom and I tried to siphon it out, but that didn't work plus it was going to do bad damage if it hurt her. So I put on the knife glove my grandma sent, soaked a rag in aquarium water, and held her in my hand over a chair. I then alternated between using a toothpick and tweezers to get the rest of the fish out (head and ribcage; it was really stuck!). I can't imagine that felt very nice :( But she is just peachy now!!

Rosauers keeps me on my toes. I am working 8 days in a row this week...don't think about that math too hard now. My brain is fizzling out fast. But I'm also learning produce codes! I memorize about 4 more each day. Some interesting customers as of late: a guy who bought $1200 worth of sunflower seeds, then used $600 worth of coupons. A few minutes after that, I sold a guy one banana for his 14 year old rabbit. 

I have made so many earrings to sell! I need to get my Etsy shop going again. Pictured are some simple huckleberries :)

My bagels are better than yours!

Welcome to finals week!! I had only two classes this semester, so my finals week is quite lax. Hence I am writing about my adventures with my coffee-trippin' roomies.
So far there has been a lot of studying, with the necessary Youtube, movie, jam canning, dancing, and manual-drive-stick-shift-lesson breaks. Especially since your class is Molecular Genetics, which sounds fun, but in reality only about 50 scientists probably understand well.
About the jam canning, Roommate helped a friend make some homemade strawberry jam, and brought home a couple jars. Let me tell YOU. This is some jam. Not your ordinary Smuckers, Welch's, or off-brand high-fructose goo. This jam is just sweet enough not to distract from its light strawberry-ness. And it spreads! It actually spreads; it does not smear. It does not clump like cold "jello" jelly. So I toasted a wheat Chunch bagel and put some butter on it. Now THAT is a bagel. I could eat so many. THIS IS THE AWESOME BAGEL. More about this bagel here.
In lieu of finals week, here is a link to my college board on Pinterest for when you need that break. Guaranteed to get you through a study session, or your money back.

Can't wait till summer!!!
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Day 1

So I was peer pressured by a certain roommate to create a blog. I guess I'll just write about the random things that happen to me. Thursday I bought the LotR Trilogy at a thrift shop and watched one Friday, one Saturday, and one today (Sunday). I was eating chicken noodle soup and suddenly a bright orange waterlogged sliced carrot bobbed (lol I typed 'boobed' and then corrected my egregious error) up at me. You are wondering how these two connect? My mind did its thing and it reminded me of the eye of Sauron. Well, I'd better get going to work now, because they like it when I do that. Here are pictures of TiMOTHee, whom I found last week shivering on the sidewalk. And a house that got flamingo-bombed.