Powerwashing

So basically, I haven't blogged in a really long time haha. I've been really busy doing lots of random things to earn money. But the good thing is that I am earning money! Things like washing my Dad's office windows, cleaning off his roof, rebuilding our gardens, and POWERWASHING.

Powerwashing isn't something to be taken lightly. If you don't have the guts to get mud and moss ALL OVER YOU, I would just stay away. It isn't for everyone, but frankly...I kind of enjoy it. After painting our back deck yesterday morning, I filled the afternoon hours in the beautiful sunshine by powerwashing half of our driveway.

Weapon of choice: DeWalt Powerwasher. Flying the colors of the promised land: America.

I probably should have taken a before picture, but the difference is really quite astounding. It looks really good out there...

Unfortunately...most of the mud was then on my legs. Now that is one good sock tan if I say so myself!! I had to powerwash my shoes just to clean them.

I Love This.

Epic win.

Driving back from college, and I get a text update from ESPN at the end of the 3rd quarter of game 4 between the Blazers and Dallas. 

ESPN NBA - END OF 3RD - DAL 67 POR 49...

Great...this game is over. Nobody ever comes back in the 4th by that much down especially in the playoffs....

Then I got some texts from a few friends...

"Dude...Blazers up with 40 seconds left...BEST COMEBACK EVER..."

No....not possible...

5 minutes later...

ESPN NBA - FINAL - POR 84 DAL 82

Are you kidding me? 

This is why I love the NBA, especially the Portland Trail Blazers. And the guy at Slab Pizza in Provo guaranteed a win because he was wearing his lucky hat. 

Go Blazers. 

(*I am still shocked I missed one of the best games in Blazer history because I was driving somewhere in Idaho, but this highlight film does the final quarter justice I think.) 

Brandon Roy, you are a MONSTER.

I haven't blogged in awhile, but I assure you I will get to it sooner or later. I got a pretty funny story to tell.

My Dad is the MAN

I got a blank text from my Dad today, a few minutes ago actually, while I was studying. I said...

"Blank text?"

Waited a few minutes...

"Good job (responding to an earlier text sent this morning)....sorry, I am at Verizon...thought my phone was broken...but I just didn't hold down the power up button...now I feel stupid."

Dad, don't worry. You were born in a different time. When I am your age, I probably won't know how to turn on the power button to my kids portable hovercraft that drives him to school automatically on auto-pilot. Its all in the cycle of life.

Needless to say, I have the best Dad ever.

Happy Finals!

I've done great thus far! Hopefully the streak continues!

Just took a little library break...

Don't judge. Just keeping my sanity. 

Doh!

Um, so for the past 3 days I have thought that my speakers on my desk were blown because I was playing my music too loud. Whenever I would hook up my computer to play something, there would be this buzzing sound from inside the speaker. This usually indicates that it is blown. But today, I plugged it in and heard it again, but this time I noticed a roll of duct tape over the top of the speaker, and inside the roll was an orbit gum wrapper, conveniently placed over the vent where some air comes out from the sound and out of my view. After a little sleuthing of my own I realized that by removing the gum wrapper, the buzzing sound stopped. Then the gears in my head started moving, and I realized that my speakers were indeed intact, and the sound was coming from the gum wrapper instead of the internal components. 

Wow. 

It just goes to show we can all be code breakers if we put our mind to it. 

Song of the day: (Hunter and I literally listened to it like 15 times)

Golf: A Double Edges Sword

Trip and I, Freshman year of high school at the Hillsboro Air Show.

Once a few years ago my best friend Tripper and I were going to the driving range to hit some golf balls into the field to work on our swings. Already an amazing golf prodigy, he was driving it up to 300 yards on certain hits against the wind. I myself usually shanked each and every one either right or left. This was extremely frustrating for me, and required lots of work to attempt to correct my swing. I am significantly better with my irons than I am with my drivers, which is why I use my 5 or 6 iron at the tee to drive the ball down the fairway instead of my driver. If I use my driver, I will probably lose my golf ball.  Anyways, we are at the golf range and we each only had about 5 balls in our bucket left. After having a small competition to see who could chip closest to the flag, I ran out of mine while Trip still had three left. I told him to grunt obnoxiously loud when he hit it, because this old man a few booths down kept looking over at him whenever he hit it. He obliged and relinquished a shrill battle cry when he smashed it 300 yards downrange, drawing questionable glares from the man down the way. With his last two balls, he did something I didn’t even expect. He just looked at me, smiled, took a few steps back, got a running start at the ball and yelled,

"HIIIIIII HOOOOOO SILLLLVVVVEEEERRRRR…………AAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!"

Right as he yelled "Away" he made contact with the ball and smashed it so hard out of there the guy was awestruck, dumbfounded even. Even I had to try hard to retain my laughter because it was so unexpected and so funny at the same time. I just acted like it was a normal day at the range.

Another experience that I remember vividly was when I was on the course at Green Mountain with Tripper, my friend Matt Hartley, and his brother. All three of them were employees there, so we got golf carts and got to play for free. It was amazing. The sun was out, and it was glorious outside. Don't get me wrong, I love golf. If I could be good at one professional sport, it would be Golf. (Not Soccer). Crazy huh? For someone as big a soccer fanatic as I am, I would rather be good at golf. Make money, walk on a BEAUTIFUL course all day, and see some great scenery. And, you get longevity, and get to play into your 70's and 80's. Well we were on the course and I was about to hit up range. They all had hit farther than I had, and Matt's brother had hit up and to my right about 60 yards. As he got to me in the golf cart, he asked if I should wait or if he should go to his ball way to my right. I said, "There is no way I can possibly hit you from here. Go for it" So he went and I swung really a lot harder than I should have. A laser beam of a shot resounded and skimmed about 10 feet off the ground headed straight for Matt's brother. He ducked into the protection of the golf cart and my seeking missile shot struck the cart's back. Trip and Matt just fell over laughing and I just stood there shaking my head. That was very unlucky but so memorable nonetheless.

I can't wait to try and hone my skills at the course further this summer, or at least pay a few visits to the driving range and try and work out my clubs some more. When I am older, Golf is definitely the sport that I am going to stick with. 

Also, driving home from our ward activity last night a song from my past came on. I couldn't help but sing along, high notes and all. Trip and I wold listen to this more than anything!

Just Like a Rainy Night in Portland

I have the best friends in the whole wide world. A few days, ago I got an invitation to accompany my friends Justin and Thomas to the Jazz/Blazers game at the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City!

"I thought you guys were taking dates! You know? Girls?"
"Tom doesn't want the pressure of finding a girl by then..."
(Laughing) "Are you kidding me?"
"You want to go?"
"Are you kiddin' me? Course I do!"

They also invited good ol' cousin Travis. In case you didn't know, Travis and I look a little bit alike. Or at least we have been told we have the "Teuscher Gene".

Anyways, before I left I was making some Mexican food (chicken carnitas!) and it started to flash outside....1....2.....3....4....5....6...7....BOOM! Thunder and Lightning baby, THAT is how you know the Blazers are in town. They bring the rain from the sunny Pacific Northwest. And low and behold....a few minutes later....it started to rain....

We left, and they stopped at taco bell to get some food. Lucky for me I had already eaten. We drove for awhile until we got into Salt Lake and we looked around for some parking. Lucky for us we finally found a spot. Props to Thomas for driving in the rain and slick and into the heart of the dragon's nest that is Salt Lake City. Driving there is brutal. We got into the arena and looked for our seats. We had the best seats in the house! Row 22 of the upper bowl! We went to the very top and it only went to row 21. We looked above that and there were some folding chairs that made up row 22! Very top row! It was the best because we could stand and chant and cheer without getting in people's way! Here are some pictures from a very good game, that Portland won, of course.

Portland > Jazz. <-- Maybe some of you can understand that simple equation?

After the game we all got Deron Williams T-shirts from the Jazz store (they were only 3$ because he got traded, so we got it more to thank the Jazz for trading their best player than anything! It helped us win for sure!) Portland was up the entire game. It didn't even seem like a contest. We weren't even being that obnoxious as away supporters, and there were definitely other Portland fans in the barren arena. Man the Jazz fans aren't good at all! We had to live through an entire era of being terrible, one minute they are bad for a little bit and nobody goes to the Jazz games. Seriously like half the arena was empty, we could have sat courtside and nobody would have known the wiser. But we had the best seats ever.

Near the end of the game Thomas started clapping really loudly for quite awhile when one of the Jazz players was taking a free throw. There were these menacing looking people next to us and this younger adult guy just turns to him and cusses him out! He said something like, "you can cheer all you want, but you're still --cuss---- annoying!" or something along those lines. I wanted to just turn to him in the quietest voice and say, "congratulations, you have a wonderful vocabulary..". But I didn't. Justin made it a point to cheer even more obnoxiously after that point. Thomas would make all these hilarious remarks to me like, "You can probably tell, but the Jazz are just playing for a higher purpose than anyone else it seems like." "The Jazz just think they are so elevated." "Gordan Hayward was reported as being the best draft pick since Michael Jordan." "It's a good thing the Jazz are in the playoffs this year. Maybe the Blazers can come back in the post season.." (Of course, the Jazz aren't in the playoffs...but we are!)

Anways, it was a blazt. And I'm not just typing it like that because the first 4 letters are the same as in the word "Blazers". At halftime Thomas and I had to go to the bathroom and there was this restaurant at the top of the arena that we found was close to our seats. There was a pretty good view and we took some pictures in the hallway.

Justin had the apparel of the night though, sporting an Arvydas Sabonis jersey. That man is a legend in Portland, and Justin is the only person I know who has his jersey. He made some friends in the arena for sure for wearing that.

Here are some pictures of the night:

Thomas and I tried to do some jumping pictures...

I got it the first time.

He got it the second time...

 Third time's the charm!

Tom's "Arch-nemesis".

Look on the bright side Jazz fan's...at least if there is going to be anyone to fill your arena, Josh Groban can! Hahaha!! The Jazz certainly can't! 

Summer Days

Remember this?? Over the last three days it has been glorious outside. Unfortunately, I woke up early this morning to a bit of a shock surprise...

Remember this? A few days ago?

Aah, it's Utah. What can I expect? 

I had a really great day yesterday! Conference is always as exciting as ever, and it is even better when your friend Justin invites you over to get some AMAZING banana pancakes. Honestly, they were so good I probably had about eight good sized pancakes. Justin, you are the man. We watched the first session of conference. Ian, Justin's friend from Brazil kept dozing off/trying to put his feet up on Justin. I for one thought it was funny. After the session we went over to Noodles and I got some Wisconsin Macaroni and Cheese with Meatballs and a Ciabatta roll. I was so stuffed. Then I went with my sister to TJ Max and got a new pair of Jeans for $70 off and a new tie that is pink. We came back to Justin's for the second session as well and some old friends came over. Blaine Garner from back home and his wife Jessica popped in, along with good old cousin Travis. Good old Travis. Haha. We had some laughs and some funny moments, including us all trying to get Justin to drink a tiny amount of fish tank water. He said if we got up to $4.50 he would have done it, but Travis was being too much of a cheapskate and wouldn't cough up any money. He said he would give only give a dollar if Justin drank 2 cups...which wasn't going to happen. After conference I went to the priesthood session in Salt Lake with Brenton, Collin, and Wade. I had a blast going. Hearing from Uchtdorf, Eyring, Anderson, and the Prophet was so great. Lots of their talks really spoke to me. Later last night I went over to Tiana's, we got some blizzards, and I collapsed and fell asleep on her couch with a pillow over my face while they watched the Mary Tyler Moore show. Random, I know.

This is my friend Justin. He is the bezt.

I am sooo excited for this summer. I have never before been as excited for a Summer to start than this one. There are so many things that I am looking forward to.

SUMMER ASPIRATIONS/TRADITIONS
By: Carson Teuscher

- Being around my family and enjoying their company
- Spending time with my friends - Tripper, Justin, Braydon, Travis, Jeff Garbarinho, everyone!
- Learning Portuguese with Justin, he said he'll teach me everything he knows
- Reading the Scriptures and praying in Portuguese
- Going to my home ward and seeing everyone
- Early morning soccer games and pancrack breakfasts
- Playing soccer at Nautilus until the sun goes down
- Shooting hoops in my front yard
- Having so many pets to play with
- Going to Multinomah falls
- The fair
- Going to the beach!!! I miss the Oregon coast so much. Its been oh so long.
- Playing Pool at Tripper's house, and catching up on old times
- Going to a Seattle Sounder's/Mariners game
- Otter pops on hot days
- 7/11 Slurpies with the metal straws
- Bike rides in the sun
- Maybe seeing the Portland Timbers live!!
- The garage sales on our street
- Learning more about Brasil
- CYCLONE WATER SLIDE!! Gemma and Chloe, you better watch out..
- Badminton - a summer staple around the Teuscher home
- Lack of mosquitoes? Did Vancouver pony up enough money to actually spray Government Island this year?? I am praying so.
- Taking a temple prep class/getting my Endowments taken out
- TRIP GETTING HIS MISSION CALL <-- SAY WHAT???!?
- Seeing my Nana (Please come and stay with us!)
- Building an awesome treehouse for our backyard.
- Swimming
- Working in the yard and spitting out sunflower seeds
- Cleaning the skylights
- Powerwashing (These are all fun summer jobs for me)
- Being able to drive again!
- No homework or papers to write! Booya!
- Playing my Dad and Gitta in H-O-R-S-E
- Hearing Gemma tell me about her latest video game endeavors
- Watching movies on our projector
- Falling asleep on the couch on Sunday afternoons
- Making lots and lots of food with my new cooking skills!
- Hearing Cappy's collar jingle whenever you call him and he come's running
- Eating fruit outside on our back porch
- Green grass and water balloons
- Trip and I pulling pranks on Brigitta like scaring her with an accordion when she comes out of her room
- Fushigi <-- haha just kidding
- Going camping with my Dad and the young men
- Seeing the Hartups and having little parties with them
- Drawing on my desk
- Having my own room
- Waking up early and playing xbox with Gemma who woke up even earlier to play because she is the bomb.
- Making little movies of me trying to throw a basketball in our hoop from the street and Gemma always missing it and filming the time when you miss completely
- Justin's Mom being so hospitable whenever we come over at 6:30 AM for pancakes
- Planning an awesome vacation back to Brazil in 2014 with my Dad for the world cup (I'm hoping!)
- Tripper's parents - they are so nice whenever I come over
- Seeing Maverick and Sawyer, Trip's niece and nephew who are adorable (UNCLE TWIPPER UNCLE TWIPPER!!)
- Giving Maverick one of my silly bands and seeing his face light up
- Drinking ice cold water after being outside in the sun
- Having a refridgerator that has the ability to dispel ice cold water
- Waking up Gitta from a nap and hearing her grumble, "Whharhht...sisi did I...wherhhhfg??" and telling her to go to bed and seeing her stand up, fold her arms, walk into the next room, and collapse on that couch
- Lazy evenings after eating one of Dad's meals where nobody wants to do anything but lay on Mom and Dad's bed and watch an old TV show
- My Dad's SALMON! mmmmmmmmhmmmm..
- 4th of July fireworks and pyrotechnic shows by Carson and Tripper
- My Mom's, Dad's, and Gemma's birthday
- My birthday and getting everything for my mission
- Golf on Green Mountain even though I am not good
- Going to the driving range
- Seeing old friends from the soccer glory days
- Going to Mountain View with Tripper and pushing the goals close together and trying to score on each other in the hot sun
- Playing Tripper's original Xbox and hearing him try to tell me about how his level 14 mage can actually fly because the magic he has is so intense it makes him float above the ground. Me just nodding and saying, "That's nice."
- Playing FIFA!
- Watching the Blazers in the playoffs
- The Hartups Cajachina Barbeque (I know I spelled that wrong)
- Not being white as snow!
- Throwing a baseball in the culdesac or kicking a soccer ball off Trip's retaining wall and potentially hitting his house several times
- Playing the garage door game Gemma and I invented (No going in the square! You can only his this door!)
- Me having a bookshelf and books to read at leisure
- Watching my favorite old shows like Combat! early when nobody else is up
- Playing court soccer with Trip in a room like this at the Vancouver Tennis Center, just with a huge tennis ball the size of a soccer ball and only using feet, no raquets.

(Any more suggestions?)

I honestly could probably go all day. I am just so excited for things to do this Summer. It is the summer before my mission, I gotta live it up the best that I can! So snow go away and bring on the sun!!

I Have The Worst Luck!!

Well, I was walking down some stairs and fell really bad today.Long story short I had my friend drive me to the medical center and my left patella is broken. Why do I always get all the worst luck?! Can someone explain this to me? I can't walk to go take my Book of Mormon test, and now I have to apply to get a wheelchair. I have been having the most stressful week of my life. Stupid stupid law library stairs...







































































































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