love the sibs

i love going to the marriott center for devotionals, but tonight i wouldn't have rather been anywhere but with the sibs. ryan and i headed over to mark and debra's for dinner (and by dinner i mean the most excellent crepes you've ever tasted and a whole pan of cheese sticks) what can i say, we know how to have a good time.

just a reminder that cindy is coming into town next weekend and we have ridiculous plans. don't worry that we will be attending our first dance together in a long time. and consider that your warning, if you are going to the institute dance next friday...watch out.

better late than never

today i wrote down a few goals and things i want to focus on in 2009. I don't know that there is anything on there i will be able to complete and cross off. it's more of a change of lifestyle kind of list. i feel great about it.
institute on tuesday was great. (it's actually a big deal that i like institute. my dad tried to get me to go to institute at uvsc for years. he told me i should graduate from institute... which i'm pretty sure you can do, yes? i told him i would be graduating once, so i could either get my degree or graduate from institute. he told me to keep working on my degree. so the fact that i go now and love it means my dad was right all along. shoot.) as always, the lesson was fantastic and had me reflecting on a few things. who would have thought a lesson on tuesday would prepare me for events on wednesday. sorry, i'm not trying to keep you in the dark...it's just not worth me going into detail. when all is said and done, i realize more and more every day how the Lord is aware of us and gently pushing us in the right direction.
it's interesting how perpectives and incentives can change from day to day. i was over at megan and gregs last night, and they reminded me that they will have a brand new baby in 2 months. my goodness, their lives will be so different. how quickly life can shift and change. it is interesting how things can consume your thoughts one day, and the relief that can come the next day when you realize it's no longer an issue. life and timing are funny things. and i've learned the best thing to do is laugh about them. change is good. change forces you to step out of your comfort zone. change means growth. change is part of life. change is...
...exciting.

hear ye, hear ye:

THERE IS A NEW RULE ON MY BLOG:

WHEN YOU SAVE MY LIFE, YOU GET A POST ALL TO YOURSELF...PRAISING YOU FOR YOUR SMARTNESS AND OVERALL GOODNESS.

chance. ever heard of him? let me tell you how he saved my life. i stopped by to visit chance in his great and spacious office, and saw his phone sitting on his desk. we have the same phone, and he went on and on about how his phone changed his life. i did not share the same feelings about my phone....and told him my problems. what did he do? he healed my phone. fixed. there was a demo video that was taking up jumbles of memory. simple as that. deleted it, and now my phone is working like it should. long story short. chance saved my life. and i love him for it.

ps. sorry i look ugly in that picture, but chance looks great! plus, look how happy i am that i even get to sit by him. luck-ee.

I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow

This is what it looks like outside...minus the bear, of course.

It won't stop snowing. Luckily, my management is amazing and they shovel our patio and sidewalks at my complex. The day I start sliding down the slippery slope of the driveway down to the parking garage and slam into the garage door....so help me. And when the chunks of ice and snow that i have to drive over to get into the parking garage melt, i will be a happy girl.

Update on my sleep deprived life: I'm awake. I'm not as awake as a normal day, but i'm not dozing off, which is nice. Then again, it's only 2 in the afternoon. On the bright side, i'm ahead of the game when it comes to my cleaning checks this weekend. yes, cleaning checks again. I don't know of a cleaner apartment complex in all of Utah County.

PS. you will never guess what I have in the trunk of my car...right now, as I type. My old computer. Yes, the honkin' desktop that got me through my college career. Do you know what is on that computer? Pictures. Hundreds of pictures. and VIDEOS. do you know what that means? endless blogging possibilities. I actually already have an amazing post in the works, i'm just waiting for a picture. just you wait.....

PSS. if you can tell me where the title from this post comes from, we are better friends. (unless you are family, and then i know you know where it comes from...because you are cool like that.)

what. in. the. world.

am i doing awake? i never do this.
i have a little cold. my nose started getting stuffy on new years day. my mother was kind enough to send up some 12 hour sudafed with ryan when he came back up. (bless you, mother) yesterday, i was thrilled when my nose stopped running and i could breathe through both nostrils. but then i started to get this massive headache/pressure in the noggin. i left work (after working through lunch and sitting through a meeting) meaning to head home and take a nap before fhe. it was dumping snow. i stopped by the byusa office to drop something off to my brother, loved catching up with friends, and then headed home for much needed medication and nap.
i slept for about an hour. my headache almost went completely away. i was thrilled. fhe was great. came home. i was pooped. i decided i would just go to bed. i'm sick, right? the more sleep the better. i was in my room by 9:30 and asleep by 10. i was out cold. i think ryan called, and i think i had a conversation with him. other than that, i don't remember a thing.
until i woke up at 2:30. wide awake. i laid in bed for an hour trying to doze off again. i started thinking about my phone and how it's been ridiculous lately. (remember how it deletes my call log and text messages without me asking it to? so basically, if i miss your call and you don't leave a message, there is no way for me to know you called. and heaven knows how many text messages are out there for me in cyber space. i used to be more popular 2 weeks ago. i keep telling myself it's my phone and not a reflection on me. hmmm.)
3:30. now i'm laying in bed mad cause my phone doesn't work. the phone i paid so much for. and i'm frustrated that i will have to go to the verizon store...in the snow...during my lunch break. bummer. instead of laying in bed, i figure i'll get up and clean my room. at least then i'm being productive, and maybe...just maybe...i'll wear myself out and want to fall back asleep.
now it's 5 in the morning. still wide awake. my closet is arranged now by seasons and i have a new plan to hang my coats out in my hall closet, and rearrange my bedroom furniture, and 2 loads of laundry sitting here to start.
but i'm still baffled. why am i awake????
(ps...this post will probably not make sense. i usually read back through my post before posting it...weird, i know...but i don't feel like it right now, so it will just have to be a weird jumbled not making sense post, and i'm okay with that)

saturday is a special day

i love saturdays like this. the ones you have nothing planned, but you have things to do. things to do if you want to do them, that is. i need to clean my room. i need to go to the verizon store. i need to start planning my lesson.... but if i don't do them, it's not the end of the world?
this morning i woke up and headed straight to ali's room for the classic saturday morning tradition. climb in her bed. talk about friday night's events, tell eachother what we dreamed about, plan the day, laugh about sugar shack memories. i'm sure glad ali's back in town. we got up and make whole wheat pancakes and eggs in my new egg pan santa brought me for christmas. lindsey came over for breakfast. what a fantastic start to the day. the kitchen is clean, the dishwasher is going and we even vaccumed the family room.
i got sick on new years day. not like i'm ill and can't get out of bed sick, but stuffy/runny nose/ why am i feeling this kind of pressure in my head sick. i've been walking around my house with kleenex stuffed up the nostril to stop the dripping, and a roll of toilet paper under my arm. ali took a picture of it, but i look so gross and pathetic, it will not be posted. sorry charlie. luckily, it's just my nose and should only last a couple of days.
i get to teach the lesson in rs in 2 weeks on President Monson's talk "finding joy in the journey". i've been reading through it and would encourage everyone to go look up the talk and do the same. it really is a wonderful message and i'm excited that i get to teach it.
life really is great right now. i'm excited about the prospects of a new semester and what i will be able to learn. new people to meet, new lessons to learn, new fhe group to love...i'm really looking forward to new experiences and a new attitude towards life.

ps...dad, if you read this, the new tires are working great! even on all of the frozen ice and snow that is provo.

2009

welcome. welcome.