If anyone

If anyone is planning on applying and going to medical school, let me give you some preparations.

• Prepare to save thousands of dollars.
• MCAT PREP COURSE 1800
• MCAT 230
• MCAT RESCHEDULE 40
• APPLICATION FEES 1650
• 2nd APPLICATION FEES (unknown amount, but probably in the hundreds)
• INTERVIEWING AT ALL THE SCHOOLS (unknown amount but probably in the thousands)

• Prepare to have high levels of stress
• Prepare to have high levels of fatigue
• Prepare to re-write all the application essays (4 times)
• Prepare to ask several people for letters of recommendation
• Prepare for those people not to turn them in on time causing more levels of stress
• Prepare for at least 45 hours filling out applications
• Prepare for the individual applying to medical school to lose countless hours of sleep due to stress and fatigue
• Prepare for anxiety
• MCAT
• Waiting for scores
• Waiting for application results
• Waiting for interviews

• Prepare for Eating Disorders due to the above
• Prepare for all sorts of emotions at any time from the spouse or applicant due to the stress and fatigue
• Prepare for all your prayers to include the following words:
• MCAT
• Application
• Medical school
• Please get in
• Please help us

Hopefully if you were considering applying, you have an idea of what you are going to go through.
Now that everything is completed, it just still doesn't feel normal in my household. It feels....musty.
Like I'm not sure what is going to be happening so I want to be happy and I am, but it feels like the happiness has this lurkiness to it. Like it is going to be crushed at any moment. Or, don't be happy you don't know what is about to happen to your life.

Now I have completed teaching school, I have completed my week of classes after the school, and now I am trying to revive the potted plant that a student gave me because I forgot it in my classroom with no windows, light or water for 7 days.

When she gave it to me, it had 7 or 8 snails of all shapes and sizes in it. Quite exciting.
Many of you may know it is Brad's birthday on Sunday.
I tried to have a party for him today, but nobody can come, so its just going to be a bbq with me him and two of our friends. He tried to cancel the party, but I said NO! We are having a party for you!!!!

 Let me give you our past life in a few seconds via pictures and a few words.

Chelsea got married and had an open house before the wedding, here is Brad's brother Mike, wife Janeen, (who just graduated from medical school-both of them!) And me and Brad of course.

 

 Here is me right after that open house, making Chels' bouquet.

 Here is Chels after being married.

 They are very happy, and now in Africa. www.spencerventure.blogspot.com

Read all about their African Humanitarian trip and wish she was here with me like I am doing. That made no sense.

Shad graduated from high school!!! We traveled there and back in one night in a rainstorm.

 Here is his graduating class.

 All my siblings made it to the graduation!!!!!

 This is Hannah's fourth baby!! Hazel. Brad and I just need to practice for our family pictures that's all this was!!

 It was this little friend's birthday. She turned one. We had the party in the home ec room right after the graduation.

 She is too cute. I gave her that top when she was born! Crazy!!!! Time flies!

 This is Brad holding Amanda and Tanner's newest (Emmett). He looks like Ian right here.....he is making a 'get me outta here' face.

 Here is my siblings. Except Ethan, he was not coming to the picture for some reason.....

 Now here is all of us, with Ethan, without Shad....it was a rough night.

 Of course there is always a girls picture...Why I am the shortest I'll never know...I was blessed in other ways I guess.

 I pinched Summer's bum.

 It wasn't even Faith's birthday, and she stole the thunder from Jemma... Such a dilemma.

 Jemma knows how to party.

 Grandma and Grampy made an appearance, Daven is a cousin in the background :)

 Amanda said this was there first family picture! I feel honored. They are so cute.

 We know how to party!!

Oh and my Kindergarten friends graduated from K, so I made them all a very simple scrapbook page with two sides.

 I may miss these little friends!

 Last day of school was hardest ever!

That's a wrap!

Stay tuned for exciting Summer adventures ;)

GIVEAWAY!!! ON MY BLOG!!!!

That's right people I am having a splendid giveaway. On this very blog. No crazy link to another blog, no catch. It's free if you win. It's totally free!! And its so AWESOME!!!! I can't stop being excited about it. Wahoo Wahoo Wahoo.  Be excited with me. These are the things you need to be/do to qualify. But make sure you read further down for more details, this is just to get your gears goin.

1. Comment saying your favorite flavor of body butter from these options: lemon, lime, chocolate, lavender, orange or peppermint.

2. Can't be my sibling. . . Sorry :) Anyone else qualifies, relatives, friends, friends of friends, I have never met you in my life...you're in.
3. Enter before Midnight on Sunday the 18th of July. So you have Friday, Sat, and Sun, get to it!

Now with what you win!!!!!!!! Wahoo!

Products.

My sister has an All Natural Skincare Line called Essentially Basic Skincare...she has been working on it for 3 years now so it is next to perfect :) And I am giving away three products from her line, because I love you all so much, and because I use all of her product and I know that it works for me and it has saved me in so many ways.

Three products, valued around 60 dollars, so you need to jump on this.

The grand prize is a skin toner.

It is an anti-aging toner with bergamot and ginger, what does that even mean you ask!?!??

Read THIS and you will see exactly why a toner is NECESSARY for your skin. Not just a store bought toner, but an accurately established toner that is ALL NATURAL. Gosh toners help your acne, decrease pore size, and with that keeping dust and dirt out of your pores.

So, all you need to do is tell me your body butter fav and you are in the runnings for this wonderful product.

Check out the ingredients, and notice the essential oils and wonderful ingreds. (short for ingredients)

 2nd Prize!

Herbal facial cleanse. Basically a fancy way of saying 'all natural face wash'.

Check out the ingredients and it does have almond extract, so if you are allergic to nuts, make sure you also write that in your blog comment and if you win I will give another prize! So don't eliminate yourself. For those of you that are not allergic, it smells DIVINE!! I love using it on my face, and it takes off my mascara, which is a problem for me.....most face washes don't conquer the mascara, but it also is all natural and good for your skin. Great for your skin. You all know why you need face wash...duh, I don't need to tell you.

3rd Prize

Mmmmm Body Butter, yum.... so creamy and wonderful for your skin. This one in particular is peppermint. And wow, you will love it. 

This has peppermint, oregano oil, rosemary extract, shea butter, coconut oil, and other divine stuff. Seriously its a best seller. People put it on their skin then they walk away with it because it is divine. Divine I tell you. 

So post away to win away.

I myself wish I could post....but I guess I don't qualify.

Also check out her blog/website to purchase products.

You can purchase right through paypal.

essentiallybasic.com

Happy posting.

A Big Fat...

This week was ....stressful.

I thought I wouldn't be able to do it.

The teacher fair was Friday.

I prepared 15 resumes.

15 cover letters.

30 letters of recommendation.

And 5 specific resumes, 5 specific cover letters whephs...

That was hours of work.

Hours of printing.

While Brad was trying to sleep....

He likes to make the sound of the printer....

nrrrraahhhhhh cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee un un un un un un un un un un slllllllllllllll clunk

hes pretty good at it.

Cuz I'm pretty good at printing while he is asleep.

Then I yelled at him....

Well it was Thursday, I was stressed about interviewing and being on my best game the next day......

We make fun of me now, we can laugh about it now....

Cuz I was worried I wouldn't get ANY interviews.

And I got 4!!!

I know...standing ovation.

Anyway we were driving in the car and the convo was very basic, it went like this.

Brit, you are amazing, why are you even stressing, you are amazing you will do great!-Mr. Relaxed I have no worries man.

Brad, You don't know anything! You go to school, you do your homework, and then you turn it in! That's not real life! I am real life!-Brittany in a fit of rage.

Okay, I don't know anything.-Brad

Brittany puts her hand on Brad's shoulder.

I'm sorry, I overreacted.-Brittany

Silence....

Silence......

We moved on, and didn't talk about it until Sunday, where Brad said in a girly voice....."you don't know anything!"

Then we both laugh...

now its over.

Wow, on to the main topic here...

A girl from work, Lynda Freeman...she sells Mary Kay, and she emailed everybody last week telling them about a meeting where they gave out prizes and had a cash drawing.

I thought I would attend.

But Brad had a game in the morning, flag football, so I was late to the meeting where Mary Kay tries to get you to be a consultant and sell Mary Kay.

But when I got there, they took good care of me and got my items to receive a pedicure.

I sat next to one of my friends from work who was also attending.

I had butterflies the entire time..thinking about this cash drawing at the end.

You see.....we are very poor right now, and we have to move out end of April.

And we found a place we love, but the deposit is 700 dollars!!

We were going to ask to borrow money, but I have never done that in my life, so that was out of the question for me, I would have rather just found a cheaper dump to live in.

But I cry every time I see a leech in my sink.

Or everytime I wish I had a dishwasher.

I know that I deserve better, I work hard and I know that I deserve a tub.

And I know that I will have a full time job with benefits come September, so we can afford a place with a beautiful back yard and a garage and a tub and a washer and dryer and two bedrooms, and a dishwasher and no leeches in the sink.

I know I can afford that.

But the deposit is 700.

Something that I don't have saved up right now for various financial circumstances that have occurred.

So I made sure I prayed out loud, and extra hard this past week, #1 that we could get the house we applied for, and #2 that somehow we could find that money.

You know where this is going don't you?

Tosha's birthday was also on Saturday, happening as I was sitting with my newly painted toes waiting for these prizes to get over with and this cash drawing to occur.

We filled out this blue paper.

I'll never forget filling it out.

I was so nervous, my hands were shaky. My pen didn't write very well.

I didn't put my address like I should have.

I didn't read what kind of person I am, I just checked a box and handed it back to the lady I should have handed it to.

Then I waited.

I waited as they collected all the blue papers, which were the ticket to your cash drawing.

I had butterflies so bad, I was even starting to sweat.

I looked at the clock, it was 11:25, Tosha's lunch started 25 minutes ago, I was so late and they were going to be so mad at me.

I decided to leave.

I started to gather my things.

Then I decided to wait.

I waited.

Kept looking at the clock, oh my gosh I am going to miss the whole lunch.

My mom and sisters are all waiting for me, texting me, "WHERE ARE YOU?"

My stomach is turning.

They have this stack of blue papers.

The lady pulls one out.

She says, "Okay the winner's name starts with a B."

Its me, Its me, I know its me. I can feel it.

People with B in their name raise your hand, she says.

Me and one other girl raise our hands.

Tell me your names, she says.

I say, Brittany, shaky and almost in tears.

She says, Becky.

Congratulations....

BRITTANY!!!!!

You just won 500 dollars cash.

I walked up.

Everybody was smiling and hugging me.

She counted out 500 dollars in twenties.

I tried not to cry, as I prayed deep inside.

That may have been luck to some of you, but to me it was my prayers that I said out loud every night.

That was for many reasons that I cannot explain.

That was not luck, but yet fate.

And as I held the money up and shook it for all to see, I said, "Thank you so much, so so so much."

I was saying thank you to many people, but mostly God.

I waited until everything was over, then I ran out while Brad was waiting for me.

He joked with me saying before, You know you have a 1 percent chance of winning.

I jumped in the car, money hid.

He said joking as he drove away, "So did ya win?"

"TOTALLY DID!!!" As I showed him the cash.

He double took me and said, "What? Really?"

No, this cash is fake!! YES YES I WON!

I walked in to Magleby's Fresh, apologetic and happy.

I said to the table already eating their food, "Sorry I'm late, there was a 500 dollar cash drawing and I wanted to wait for it."

Then I started to walk away.

Sally was taking a bite of her food and she said, "Did you win?"

At that point I threw the 20s on the table and said, SURE DID!!

Everybody screamed and clapped....

Brooke hugged me.

My mom started crying, cuz she knows all of the drama, she knows I was praying.

Then the rest of the day, I glowed and said many silent prayers.

So a big fat miracle occured.

And a big fat thanks to Mary Kay and the man upstairs....up a lotta stairs.

Make me up.

Some of you may or may not remember this picture.

Well it is a picture of my face.

Clearly.

Most importantly, it is a picture of my face at my sister's make up show.

Oh boring, Mary Kay make up?

No, she makes it.

Its not just something she threw together in her mixing pot either.

Tosha, my sister...

has two beautiful daughters.

And with her family, primary president job, and making makeup she has tons of spare time.

Just kidding about that spare time part.

Well she makes skincare and makeup products.

I used bare minerals.

She said, oh I made this all natural mineral foundation, try it.

So I did.

I still have my half full container of bare minerals, because...I hated it compared to her makeup.

She also makes lip gloss, anti aging cream, face cleanser, toner, and she sells a clay mask, which is what made me so pretty above.

Now she has a blog, with a great feature, you can purchase her products using paypal right from her site.

I can vouch for the anti aging cream..
because I use it, and its incredible.
Let me file you through the ingredients...Purified Water, aloe vera gel, organic coconut oil and shea butter, vegetable glycerin, stearic acid, emulsifying wax, organic borage seed oil, rice bran oil, calendula oil, organic green tea extract, lecithin, rosemary oil extract, borax, grapefuit seed extract, xanthum gum, vitamin E, hyaluronic acid, citric acid organic sweet orange oil, msnuks oil, organic oils of palmarosa, geranium, clove but, fennel and lemongrass.

phewph.

I put this on my face every night, and the best part is..I crawl into bed moisturized, but also...Brad says, "mmm you smell good."

So it doesn't stink.

And my face....oh my face is so soft and so delicately beautiful when I wake up.

Then I splash a little of the 7 and 8 mix foundation on my face to cover up red...and some of the

wonderful lip gloss that you see pictured above.

Don't you love this label...some people like her green label better. Not me, I like this cutesy one.

These are her toner and cleansers. This is the darling green label I was talking about....

In all her products....I love the makeup, anti-aging night cream and lip gloss the best. But feel free to buy them and browse what she has to say about the products here...

http://www.essentiallybasic.blogspot.com/

I love her product.

I love her.

But the greatest part is that she makes these from home with her expertise of minerals, essential oils, organic, and all natural things.

She's incredible.

So check out her blog.

Baby!!

I guess I'm overdue for this one. But! Nonetheless. Nonetheless. My sister Tosha had her second baby. Yahoo for babies!!

She probably doesn't want the blogging world to know how she had it. Maybe I will tell the experience later down the road when A.E.A isn't so young. When she is 12. Then I'll blog about it.

By then I will probably forget. Does A. know how she was born. Nope, probably not.

Whats her name??
A.E.A.

I like the sound of that.

Ashtyn Elizabeth Arnout.

Gosh.

Sounds nice.

Tosha had her baby Ashtyn on the fourth of JULY!

jk

she had it on June 10, 2009.

I thought maybe if I lied about when she was born, I wouldn't look so bad because I bloooooooooged about it so late.

But then I realized there is this thing called integrity and a sister who would call me and say this to me.

"Nice of you to blog about Ashtyn. But you got the date all wrong. How could you have even been there on July 4, you were on a beach, in California."


I remember the day.
Brad, Tosha had her baby, lets go to Midway.-Brittany
Okay.-Brad
Are you sure its okay?-Brittany
Ya sounds good.-Brad
Well we don't have to.-Brittany
No lets go.-Brad
(he always has to agree to everything I say, why can't he just FIGHT ME)-Brittany in her mind

OH ...I know why. He's really nice.

Got it.

Oh BLogger makes the images blurry. Stupido.

That is Spanish for stupid.

I also remember when Amanda and Tanner had Sophie. Gosh. I can't even remember when she was born. Maybe 2 months into Brad and I dating.
I watched Brad hold baby Sophie. Sorta like he is holding Ashtyn now....confused, hesitant to breathe for perhaps his lungs expanding his chest will crush the new unknown thing.

But I had this feeling inside of me. This flash to the future. Which I immediately crushed with my mind powers. But I saw Mr. Clark holding my baby. I felt a love for him which I cannot explain. A love that didn't exist at the present, but I knew it could exist. I guess I brinked upon the love we share now, or the love we will share after we hold our first baby. But, like I said, I was thinking about having a baby with this guy I had been dating two months. Creepy. I wasn't having it. SO I CRUSHED IT. But I wish I would have let it in that day that Sophia Hansen was born. I wish. I wish I would have just let the images come to my head, so I could have seen my first baby. But maybe just maybe I was supposed to crush the image eventually, it just had to be there to keep me with Brad. To keep me from chickening out. To keep me from bailing on him. To keep me with him.

So many images like that existed throughout our whole relationship.

I didn't put the images there like I had in previous relationships. I placed them there because ultimately I wanted to be forever happy. But not with Brad. I didn't place those images there with Brad. They always just came. Images of Brad and I together in 2 years married and happy. Then I felt all gross and sappy inside, like I was craving to be a bride and I was over anxious but really those were the best flashes to the future ever. Ever Ever. Because they were real.

Now don't let me give you the impression that I didn't want to be with Brad, and my mind forced me to be.

I wanted to so bad. He was the best thing in my life. He was a perfect match.

He doesn't mind if I leave my clothes on the floor.

I don't mind if he leaves his clothes on the floor.

Thats just brinking on the subject of why we are perfect for each other.

But, I had this incredible fear of getting married.....

Actually of even having a boyfriend.

After the past experiences, , , , , , , I didn't want to tie myself down to anyone...

The ropes would hurt me. They would make me not be able to make my own choices.

But in a way, Brad didn't tie me down.

He gave me every choice ever.
But I didn't leave, because I loved him. Because he was the one for me.

Because the thought of being without him there holding my favorite lilies and smiling shyly with his vans and baggy jeans and bright blue jacket on my doorstep...crumbled me into a million cookie crumbs. Never to be a happy cookie again.

So I stayed. I stayed and he promised to never leave me. He promised to wait for me no matter what.

And still I ask him, "Well how do you know there isn't someone better for you??" HUH???? TELL ME TELL ME NOW!!

He tells me many things.

But these are the things I remember.

"Brit, when I was in Honduras for two years, I always thought about what I wanted in a wife. I dreamed about her. I constantly picked out her qualities. And you are better than all of those things."-Brad

"But, still how do you know? How do you know that there isn't someone with more qualities than me?"-Brit

"You never stop Brit, I know because I dated girls, something always bugged me, something was always wrong, they had maybe all the qualities but something wasn't there. Then I met you, nothing was wrong with you, you had all the qualities and I couldn't stop thinking about you. I would do anything for you then and I barely knew you. Something was there."-Brad

"Are you ever going to leave me?"-Brit

"Never"-Brad

"No matter what?"-Brit

"No matter what."-Brad

"What if.."-Brit

"NO! I never will."-Brad

And thats when I melt into his muscles.

So this baby experience was more than meets the eye. I was 17 days away from gluing my self to Brad. Willingly.

I like baby experiences.

Reminds me of the family I will have someday.

Reminds me of when I asked Brad what he would do if our son pierced his ear.

Reminds me of how I stare at babies.

Reminds me how Brad had to pry my eyes off of a baby last night at Cafe Rio.

Reminds me of how he copies what I do when a baby goes by. Wide eyes with my whole body following the baby.

Reminds me of how my mom says its all natural.

So is love.

Its natural.

I can't stop loving him.

Gosh. I can't leave him in the start of the day, and the 8-5 lasts forever and the end of the day its like butterflies steal my whole body.

Gross. I just went on the longest love tangent ever.

Sick.

Sorry if you puked eight times.

But baby experiences always make me realize who I am. Why I exist, and who I should marry.

Now, I love his freckles.

Freckles.

Freckles.

OH! Operator party tonight.
Yahoo for kids.

Yahoo for parties.

Yahoo for school on Monday.

Yahoo for love.

After the operator party we are going to go on a operator hot dog roast.

Really.

Not lying.

Actually we only have 3 confirmed.

Natalie, Brad and I.

Still, thats a party right?

Oh, School starts.

So sianooooorrrrrraaaaa.

Beehive Baazar

So looks like a it is time for a bazaar! Come support my sister Tosha Arnout and her homemade lotions and makeup! Click here! Also other homemade goods! Plus you might see me there and my smiling natural makeup face :)

IT is December 4,5, and 6th! Located at the Women's Center 310 W. 500 N Provo UTAH!

Thursday 9-11pm (opening night!!)
Friday 10-8pm
Saturday 10am-6pm

Don't even think about missing out. Pretty sure a band will be there Friday night, and refreshments served round the clock!

*Love Brittany