Grace's life be like

I figured I better do this now or I will just keep putting it off. I think those Oprah questions are hilarious (business goals, words to describe you, etc) so I'll just do a word update.

So I live in Cambridge, MA right on the border of Somerville (this lady told me to not admit that I live anywhere near Somerville. I guess I need to be more snotty) I think Somerville is kind of cool but yeah, not as nice as Cambridge. We live in a tiny 1 bedroom that is northeast of Harvard Yard. So I just walk along with Harvard students and feel like I'm really smart even though I'm just going to buy hot chocolate or ice-cream at Harvard square. I feel like 125% happier here for some reason. The Bronx was a great experience but living here and being surrounded by schools is my favorite. Fun fact - I realized that I have lived by schools every since I graduated from high school! Provo (BYU), SLC (UofU), NY (FIT then NYU), Bronx (Einstein - but I didn't know anyone in those buildings and I always felt lame and it wasn't really a school neighborhood), and then now.  I think college towns = lots of fun places to eat and old houses turned into college houses and just all sorts of fun stuff. Sadly, we'll only be here for 9 months to a year but when we move back to NY - maybe it will be to some place nice?

I'm just working it up at home everyday for this great blog. Lately I've been getting lots of free office supplies and doing fun stuff with them so that's pretty fun. I really like it because I can wake up and work in 5 minutes (which means I get up at 9am everyday) and I can decide to be done as soon as I feel done (but I really do work at least 30hrs a week). Sometimes it's sad to work by myself all day but Dave is usually in and out and Brynne is my best co-worker and I get to talk to her on g chat all day. (you can talk to me too! I'm seriously on all day most days) Maybe someday I'll do something different? I tried that all last year and got sick of that ( fashion school, a million internships, etc) and decided to be happy with my job and not try to make my random passions my new career goals.

We've only been here for a month so we haven't done that much but we've wandered around our area a lot and I've been making quilts and going to this cool looking Harvard gym, plus Dantzel and her parents came, and there are lots of nice people that live by us. I also feel sad that I can't just bring my college/ growing up friends with me everywhere I go. The instant best friend just doesn't really happen, especially when you are trying to work really hard and you don't just have kids to play with their kids and hang out all day.

Dave is doing a Masters in Public Health at Harvard. He still has one more year of medical school so that is why we are moving back to new york in a year. His program is so cool! I'm really jealous. He's learning so much about the healthcare system and economics and all sorts of great stuff. Masters degrees are very expensive but I think this one has really brought a whole new perspective to his life.

I'm not sure what else to say about life but I hope that was a good update. I guess I could mention that I watch funny cat videos and listen to Taylor Swift all the time.

I can't wait to read dantzel, beth, and jos updates! Way to go Megan and Brynne for keeping this blog alive.

megan's life be like.

because i too have a job where i sit at a computer all day i will take the brynne/oprah challenge.

Who was your favorite celebrity as a child? my mind is drawing a blank. buuut i was pretty obsessed with jennifer garner from the age of 14 to about 16. then she went and married ben affleck and ruined EVERYTHING. i had to stop watching alias, i couldn't enjoy 13 going on 30 anymore or even dare devil. it was awful.

What type of pets do you have? go look here and you will find out.

What is your favorite color? i've never had one but lately i really like that light pink color that i always wear but don't actually know what it is called. if anyone knows the name of it, feel free to shout it out

What is most memorable about your high school years? when i think of highschool i think of sluffing yearbook with ryan brown, JSSR (dantz do you remember that? hahaha), school dances, dressing up like a shrimp, parks and slurpees, waking ashland concerts, guys discount, dantzel's house, temple wednesdays and fazolis, parking in teaching parking and getting a million tickets, making way stupid spartan vision specials, and that one time brynne and i rode down a hill on a trash can and died a little bit

What word describes you best? awkward.

What is your greatest accomplishment? serving a mission in a foreign land for surrrrrrre

What drives you every day? ryan?

What is your favorite food? humpday treats

Where do you want to retire? yellow house with all my girfs!

What is your business goal this year? to go corporate

Where do you like to vacation? to brynne's house

Who do you admire? jos, dantz, grace, beth, and brynne

What is your mission? what is your quest?

If you were invisible, where would you go? the set of modern family

What traits in others are you attracted to? all the traits my girfs have

What is the kindest thing anyone has done for you? ryan made me a mission book which was really the nicest.

How do you want to be remembered? i just want people to like my jokes

What would you do with a million dollars? build a nice circle of homes for each humpday and their spouse so we can all live right next to each other.

If you were on an island, who would you want to be with? WHY MY GIRFS OF COURSE

You have a 10 minute speech to give at a high school, what is it about? enjoy your life now because it is going to be way dumb in like five years. hahaha jk. 

your life be like.

i realize not everyone has the time to sit in front of a computer all day and think about every aspect of their life as they work sooo if you don't want to write out like me...answer this questionnaire from oprah!

• Who was your favorite celebrity as a child?
• What type of pets do you have?
• What is your favorite color?
• What is most memorable about your high school years?
• What word describes you best?
• What is your greatest accomplishment?
• What drives you every day?
• What is your favorite food?
• Where do you want to retire?
• What is your business goal this year?
• Where do you like to vacation?
• Who do you admire?
• What is your mission?
• If you were invisible, where would you go?
• What traits in others are you attracted to?
• What is the kindest thing anyone has done for you?
• How do you want to be remembered?
• What would you do with a million dollars?
• If you were on an island, who would you want to be with? Why?
• You have a 10 minute speech to give at a high school, what is it about?

my life be like..

hi! my name is brynne. brynne frei. i currently live in west la, california. i'm 24 years old and am originally from murray, utah. i'm the youngest of 6 and newly married as of january this year. i graduated from UVU with a degree in psychology and spent a semester in seoul, korea.

that's a basic introduction that i give almost every day. boring.

we're going to play a game called catch me and grace up on everything that was discussed at YHR 2011! we feel sad and left out and feel like that shouldn't be the case. no one wants to be sad and left out, right? right. we're always right.

so here's what a detailed catch up would look like:

i'm currently working as a receptionist and enjoying it. i work regular business hours, pretty much only answer phones with a couple projects to do on the side throughout the week but it's pretty basic. i reeeally like that i get full benefits and a pretty flexible schedule and everyone is really nice!

tanner is a nice husband and studies all all all the time but still makes time to hang out with me so i appreciate that. law school = definitely his thing and we're happy about that. beaches are really fun to go to and we also like all the museums and plan to visit them lots more. LA weather is preeetty unreal to us at this moment because it's rained twice and pretty much sticks around 70 degrees all the time. what?

sometimes i feel real sad because i live away from everyone and making friends is scary and hard but we're working on it and go to dinners and game nights with people. i just need to remember that someone doesn't become your best friend overnight - though i wish that were the case. but i will say that moving away from home with a husband is muuuch better than moving away by yourself. built in best friend, support system and everything you could ask for.

things i'm into right now: spotify and making playlists. except i'm not really into it because it stresses me out a lot but i have a lot of time to do it. listening to programs on the mormon channel. home decorating. cooking and baking. trying to get myself back into knitting and teaching myself the ukulele. oh and let's not forget cleaning - i'm really good at that too. i'm trying to improve my photo taking skills but then get scared because i don't feel comfortable taking photos around new people so i just take sneak pictures with my iphone. oh! and the nike training app on my phone. i really like doing the work outs from that and my body always hurts after.

today is warm with clear blue skies. i'm looking at a mini pumpkin my co-worker gave me and wearing socks with my oxfords and feeling great about it. people are filming a portion of a new movie in our parking lot and i keep obsessing over this man's deep, husky voice. i'm excited for the weekend to come when we'll hang out with our friend's tyler and clare and probably go to a pumpkin patch and play games. and have stake conference this week.

which reminds me! i'm in young womens and i like it. the first time i went to an acitivity two girls jumped into my car and said "we're riding with you!" and got into the backseat. i quickly let them know one of them could sit in the front and received the response of, "oh. we're going to be talking." and the first day of school gossip commenced. i tried not to laugh, felt uncomfortable and slowly pulled out of the parking lot and headed to the temple.

too long? nope. this was a mini g-chat. catch me up! that's my life unedited. really. i didn't read over any of it so please excuse typos and grammatical errors. anyway, enough about my life - let's hear about yours.

i would appreciate it if you guys joined us next time.

thank you.

in effort to keep this alive...

whenever our reunion really does end up happening..can we ride longboards down provo canyon? 

slowly and carefully?

miss you all lots.

Reunion Reunion!

Hi,

Can we have a reunion sometime during the period of July 23 - Aug 4? (Ideally July 26 or 27 because other days may be difficult but I will make it work) Who's in? I really think all of us are in the US right now. Even Beth although there is no evidence of her yet.

Maybe we can have a picnic on the grass of our old house? I bet they would like that.