eat.breathe.sleep.track.

howdy from Lubbock, Texas!!

wooooohoooo! i'm here competing for the 2013 Track & Field  Indoor National Championship! 

i may or may not be sooooooo out of my mind excited! this is what i've been training for and i'm finally here! we sat on a bus for 13 hours. brutal i tell you. you cannot get comfortable. but john mayer, adele and josh groban sang to me the whole way, so it wasn't as bad. and i had my fave blankie and temperpedic pillow. hallelujah!  it's only thursday, so i get to sit in this hotel and just chill and stretch until i compete on Saturday. I'm trying to just stay chill and collected, and not be nervous. 

we went to the track today and it was pretty neat. it's like a big circus tent with a lot of people running around tryin to be intimidating. i just hiked up my pants- mom style and played it cool. 

i'm just here to beat myself. and to have fun! the real test will be outdoor nationals. but that's not til may.

 i got time. 

wish me luck this weekend,
-mars

                                                                     

Mesa, AZ

i went to mesa last weekend! man, i love that place. i missed my family. they're my rock.

 koleykins had an inter-squad and i made it at the end to get a picture

 i love kole, he makes me feel so small. 

he's such a big boy

Alison Liechty. i love this girl 

very sad i didn't get a pic with malia *sigh

 my grandpa took us to the Arabian Horse Show in Scottsdale

i'm not really a fan of horses, but he called me and said he needed a date.

his excitement made it all worth it 

 ethen was being a punk and was attemptingto drive off in that. (not a lie)

 rhett has no shame. he's proud of who he is. 

he loves football, but can rock a tutu also

 family game night

mom put together this long list of questions and we went around the table answering 

them and learning more about eachother. my family is hilarious. we're so loud and half

of the game time consisted of my mom telling the babies to keep quiet cause we couldn't hear.

i'm so glad she tries. she's so patient. i love her.

this is mid dance off. weird..
 oh and i also dyed my hair. put some blonde up in that bizzzz. 

xo. -M

on decision making

i hate making decisions. they will probably always and forever be the death of me. (sorry future husband, you may have to propose a few times...)
when i was a little girl my mom would take me places and she'd tell me to pick out something. guess what? i couldn't and more often than not i'd walk out empty-handed, because i just couldn't decide. whether it's ice cream, toothpaste, brand of spandex or a BIG life decision, i just don't know.
it's different when i come up with it on my own. but don't you dare put me on the spot. you'll hate me. i won't be able to decide for at least ten minutes.. and that makes for extra long shopping trips and  my mom hollering at me from the checkout stand as i stare wide-eyed at the two pairs of earrings that i cannot decide on. life is a struggle, yo. #firstworldproblems
sometimes i just want people to tell me what i want. but that's no good either, because i don't like to be told what to do.. ughhh. i have issues.

does that make me weak minded?
 i gotta work on this or my children will remain #1 #2 and #3 for the rest of their lives..

xo. -M

random thoughts.

some random thoughts i'll share.

- i want to run away from my life sometimes, then i go to track practice and i remember why i'm here..
- the QT here in Tucson makes me wish i was in Mesa. like really bad.
- when i have mental breakdowns my nails are the first to go
- i'm really good at eating healthy until friday. then the weekend kills me.
- i don't like to share my food
- writing missionaries makes me happy
- i changed my mind about not wanting boys. being that i'm an athletic and naturally thick girl- my boys are gonna be studs. no gawky, lanky, skinny boys are gonna come from me. imma have beastly man childs. now to find a tall, dark, and handsome man to make this happen. imma be making future champions. it's a business people

happy weekend all!
-m

Valentine's Shmalentines

uhhhh. i had a valentine every year from 7th-10th grade. then i got single. it's whatever, but it's been kinda lame since then and i actually kinda dislike Valentine's at this point in my life. i love love, but i don't really have room for it at this point in my life. and that's okay. i ain't even mad. BUT! my best friend sent me an early Valentine's Day package. i loooove her. so, this year, she's my Valentine and also the internet.

she loves me!

that package was actually a tampon box. yea. we're cool like that.
that mug is to die for.
candy hearts are so cute
fruit snacks are my fave
i looooooove the JOBros. holla.

the definition of Miss Taylor Rachele

i love you girl. Happy Valentine's Day!

xo.

-M

the gals of 9-208

we had a photoshoot on sunday. here's the result.

awkward pictures are a must.

 i love these ladies. how'd i get so lucky to end up with three, fabulous, LDS girls in the Dirty T? i don't even know, and i ain't even mad.

xo.
-M

Bloglovin' and other things.

this cracked me up. hey MOM! you just have to understand. it's a way of life. plus i live in the Dirty T. it's h00drat central. now laugh.

on another note. i found this amazingly cool sight. Bloglovin' y'all. follow me. and all your other fave blogs. boom.

xo. -M

qualified.

A track meet finally happened on saturday! woo! it was flippin awesome! my last jump was a 36.5 or 11.11 meters, which qualified me soooo.. i'm officially going to indoor nationals in Texas! it's unreal. i cannot wait for the experience!

I LOVE TRACK! 

got a few action shots of my team jumping

they had a meet in Tucson and stopped by

me being me. people love it. *partial sarcasm

we qualified for nationals. boom.

this guy has made me soooooo much better!

i can't be normal. ever.

the jumps team.

we lift, bro.

i also may or may not have been in Tucson's Sunday newspaper. it's really no big deal. k maybe it is. i've always wanted to see my name in a newspaper and now i have!!!! i can now die happy. bangbang.

life is cool.

xo. -M

feed me.

cooking is happiness. i took my own spin on that P.F. Chang recipe for lettuce wraps. they turned out yummy. yay!

Marlee's Lettuce Wraps

ingredients: evoo, bag of shredded carrots, 1 pound of any sort of meat, soy sauce, chili sauce, seasoned rice vinegar, garlic, onion, salt&pepper, ginger powder, lettuce

how: cook the garlic and onion until soft in a pot, add carrot shred and cook till it begins to soften, remove and put on a plate. next, cook the meat until brown and add as much or as little of all the spices as you think is necessary and yummy to you! (probably about a teaspoon for the powders, and 1-2 tablespoons of everything else.) throw the carrots back in and turn the heat on medium and let all the yummy juices marinade together for about 4 minutes, don't forget to stir! put that stuff on some lettuce and eat up! 

yea. these babies were delish. i added carrots because it makes them go farther than just the pound of meat. hooray for cheap college cooking!