my new friend, michael.

this post is dedicated to a wonderful young man, michael don glauser.

it's probably weird to hear me call my brother my "friend," but quite frankly, that's the best way i can describe it. this christmas break has been about shifting my relationship from "older sister" to overall friend, and it has been more than wonderful.

even though michael is one of the closest to my age in the family, we have, unfortunately, been the most distant. growing up, he's mainly just been the annoying younger brother that would rap and make up gibberish words. just recently, however, ever since he's experienced his first semester in college, things have changed between us--he has grown up, and so have i.

apart from myself, he is the only other glauser that has ventured out of Utah to continue and further his education (college wise). he is currently going to school in Irvine, CA and golfing in division 2 of the NCAA.... the first of us glausers to be playing sports on a collegiate level! pretty amazing!

anyway, ever since he has been home for christmas break, him and i immediately sparked a new bond with one another. whether it was because we're both going to school away from home, or we just needed to grow up a bit, it doesn't really matter. all i care about, and that i am grateful for, is that i have a new friendship and deeper love and appreciation for my little brother, mike :)

love ya, bro ;)

this is a picture and him and i venturing together to an open agency call, ProScout. isn't he just cute?!

STG winter wonderland

i thought i could get away from the snow on my christmas break.... i guess not....

oh well! c'est la vie!

ebel skeibers

yes, that's the actual name of this Welsh breakfast food...

making some "vision boards" tonight too :)

i share my world this way, with a picture each day: 2011

for some reason i am just giddy about 2011! when i think about all the potential it holds, i just get excited! i haven't felt like this about a new year in a really long time, so that makes it even more thrilling!

my new project: "i share my world this way, with a picture each day" is my way of documenting each day of my life this year and taking a picture of something that stands out everyday! this will also help keep me updated with my blog and keeping friends and family informed. it's not so overwhelming :)

Jan 1st:

it was "night in with the family" including... yoga, enchiladas, games, and writing down our intentions/goals for 2011. so fun and motivating!

i just love my family. :)

happiness

for some reason, yesterday i was just happy—everything was joyful. i feel like i usually am a happy person most of the time, but this time there was something a little different. i can’t quite put it into words, but it was just joy, pure joy… inside and out.

the little things that usually annoyed me at work or just frustrated me (people not tipping, or unpleasant people that were just mean for no reason), they weren’t getting to me. very easily, i was able to brush these off, put on a smile and move on to the next table. it was so nice and it worked out because i had many other tables that were very pleasant, so the silly stupid ones were drowned out.

after work, i came home dancing. i was singing and excited to watch the finale of The Bachelor. i made some homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and gleefully shared them with my friends. though i was disappointed with the outcome of The Bachelor, i quickly accepted his choice, moved on, and went to bed reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

i think the difference between this happiness was that it was coming from me—no other outside sources (friends, family, school, work, boyfriend), from me. my soul. the inner workings of the joyous spirit inside me.

it’s beautiful and wonderful to feel JOY.

i want to feel like this everyday… so i’m going to! i choose to be happy, joyful, loving, and spirited!

:-)

belle

dear universe,

i will play Belle one day…. just wanted you to know.

thanks for setting that up for me.

much love,

cami

the universe works in mysterious ways...

as a waitress i make a lot of observations… mostly about the people that i serve. some are nice and some are mean. some want everything in certain way and some are easy going. some are loud and some are quiet. some are great tippers and some leave without paying a dime. some won’t let the other person talk and has to order for them and some can make decisions for themselves. some like to talk a lot and some like to be left alone. some like to complain and some are content… it’s really interesting and it’s actually one of my favorite parts of my job—to observe all the different kinds of people in this world. it’s almost like i’m getting a tiny glimpse into the everyday lives of all the guests that sit in my section. i really enjoy it.

well, this last saturday i came into work with my usual monotonous way of thinking—“another day at work. get in and hopefully leave with some good money.” during the middle of my shift, i had a family of 4 sit in my section—a mother, a father, and their 2 kids. making my usual observations to my tables, i noticed they seemed very nice and were probably not going to cause me any more stress than i had already been dealing with that day. as soon as i delivered their food, and placed it on their table accordingly, they stopped me and said, “cami?”

replying with my immediate response to my guests, i said, “yes, is there anything else i can get for you?”

they sweetly replied, “well actually we were about to say a prayer on our meal today and we were wondering if there was anything you would like us to pray for you about? relationships..? school..?”

i immediately stopped in my tracks and a flood of emotion caught up with me. “you know what, yes. if you wouldn’t mind including me in your prayers… there is something…” i then proceeded to tell them about how i had been patiently waiting (and slightly stressing) to hear back from my college to see if i could be awarded more scholarship money so i could return this fall. they asked me a few questions about school and why i moved here, and we began to share a small part of our lives with one another. it was really nice to talk with them and see that some strangers wanted to pray for me and my scholarship money. it truly touched my heart and sort of put my mind to ease about school stresses.

i returned to their table after they had finished their meal, with tears in my eyes and told them they were suppose to come into my life that day and i thanked them for sharing their sweet spirits with mine.

the universe is so powerful and it really does work in mysterious ways—bringing certain people/experiences into our lives every moment of everyday.

everything happens for a reason.

thank you, Father/Higher Power/Universe/all things. you are sincerely amazing.

life lessons i've learned this week: accepting

anger, stress, and depression are results of not accepting the present moment.

by accepting things for what they are, rather than what we want them to be, we can live at peace.

accepting = peace and love.

not accepting = fear and anger.

we must choose to accept things as they truly are to live a full life—live every moment.

i choose peace.

i choose love.

i choose acceptance.

…i’ve always known this to be true, but for some reason there is this little bug that likes to crawl into my body/soul/mind and stage as “me.” making decisions for “me” and living “my” life. well, today i realized that i am not this “bug”… i am me. i am cami. i am powerful and strong. i am joy and love. so, i’m thanking the “bug” for coming into my life and showing me this powerful message: to accept all things as they are. now that “bug” can leave and go find someone else to “pretend” to be, because i have re-discovered me today and i’m going to live my life.

emma

i just finished watching this. LOVE IT!

my sister and i would watch this movie together. it makes me miss her.

it's a good "sunday afternoon movie" mmmm :)

can life please be as simple as Jane Austin intended it to be?

i want to wear pretty dresses everyday, pick strawberries, drink tea, play the piano, go on walks and carriage rides, write letters, and only worry about when the next party is.

oh and did i mention that i want to marry Mr. Knightly?

tumblr

visit my TUMBLR account!

i'm more active on that blog! :)

tumblr vs. blogspot

most of the inspirational blogs i've been stalking lately ALL come from tumblr.... so i decided to check it out.

i'm not going to lie, i'm only two posts in, but i'm already starting to like tumblr a lot more than blogspot...

..sorry blogspot...

football pool

this week, i’m entering my first football pool with 7 other boys. my boyfriend, zach, and my other roommate kanoa, talk about football so much that i feel like i know a good amount about all the teams this year to put in my $5 and choose which team with win each game. i’m pretty confident too. :)

we'll see how it goes!

how to be an explorer of the world

my most recent amazon purchase.


for some reason i stumbled across this book while i was reading one of the many inspirational blogs that i've been stalking.

i just received in it the mail and i'm excited to explore it. :)

oh where oh where could my camera be?

i haven't had my camera for the past week or so and i can't seem to find it anywhere!

i really need to do an indepth look for it, but i haven't really had the time for it. hopefully it will turn up soon because that would not be very fun if it's no where to be found...

cross your fingers for me.

grocery store fun

"tar tar" found some food made just for tar tar...

mmmm :)

this is for becky... her "stylish" snuggie that she wants. haha.

my co-star is a killer whale...

SeaWorld San Antonio

this holiday season, i am performing in the Shamu Christmas Miracles show!

i'm REALLY excited :)

here is my wonderful SeaWorld wear....

i look like a maintenance guy. haha.

(i may have been overdoing it a little...)

we have cool "in-ear" things that professionals wear so you can hear your voice and the music better in the your ear.... kind fun :)

i was a little too excited about them....

i was just walking into work and there's just whales hanging out... how cool is that?! love it.

this is the stage. pretty cool eh?

the view from the stage...

rehearsing my solo, The First Noel.

shamu comes right up and i sing to him like he's the baby jesus! haha.

so crazy/awesome that he's so close!

mini-trip to utah

thanks to my wonderful mom, i was able to come home for a few days. :)

the last time i saw my family was in march, when i met them in disneyland.... so yeah, it's been a while. and this trip was much needed.

it was so nice to finally come home and touch base with everyone and everything.

not to mention, i finally got to see the new house that we moved in! ... i must admit, i was reluctant, but when i was there a few days i started to get the hang of it and really fall in love with it. :)



love my brothers.



my mom's wonderful, deep, bathtub! i could live in here.
i turned on the jets, lit some candles and soaked in the wonderfulness that this bathtub is. :)



this is my mom's cute yorkie! her names sophie and i love her.



landon and kailyn are the cutest. i loved playing with them :) i missed my neice and nephew.

the morning i left, my mom and i walked out to the car and saw this!
my cute sister sara left notes all over the car for me! this is was so cute of her and it made me feel so special!
thanks sara!

the pink one is my favorite. haha.

miss you family. :(
hopefully i will see you again, real soon!

halloween/goodbye williamsburg

my dear friend shannon and i dressed up as matching m&m's for halloween :)

it was fun having a partner for halloween.

this is my FACE twin. everyone kept getting us mixed up this summer.

she was so fun! it was fun to meet... ME. haha.

the halloween show i was in this fall, called FrankenROCK closed.

it was REALLY fun. i was a crazy vampire. i'm gonna miss it.

we made some cute sweatshirts for the show.

these are my cute girlfriends! shannon and lauren! love them!

i'm already missing them :(

SMITHERS! this was my roommate all summer and fall. he's so fun. he's like my brother. love him. his name is really chris smith, but everyone calls him smithers. he's a cool cat.

"hey ammon, can i get a picture with you?"

.... and this was the result. haha. ammon is such a sweet man. he is really funny too. he was in the marines and loves helping others. he's lauren's boyfriend and my brother away from home. haha. love him.

bye bye williamsburg!!!

here i come san antonio....

emmett

emmett has become one of my best friends these past few weeks and so i dedicate this post to him.

emmett is cameron's dog. cameron has been one of my roommates for the past few weeks. he's currently living in the living room because he's waiting until i move out. (he's here for the christmas season at busch gardens, so he had to come a little earlier than we thought because of rehearsals.) anyway, so emmett is cameron's dog.

emmett loves to cuddle, and i love to cuddle, so clearly emmett and i get along really well. he has been my best buddy through all my crazy sickness and healing process that i've been going through for the past week. he always wants to come into my room and just sit with me on my bed. just hang. :)

he takes naps with me. he watches movies with me. i take him on walks. we have a good relationship emmett and i, and i'm going to miss him. he's been here for me 110 %.

thanks emmett. i wish i could take you with me. i hope one day i can find a dog as cuddly and as wonderful as you are :) i love you.

i choose me.

my loving and supportive sister sent me this picture....

it's pretty simple and so true.

thanks becky.

so now, i choose me. :)