must. stop. eating.

100th post

i feel we should celebrate. just kidding, is it really that big of a deal? yes.

i've seen this on a few other peoples blogs and thought i'd give it a try. you are just supposed to bold the things on the list you have done. feel free to copy and paste this to your blog and do it yourself!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (performing group?? done.)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (tickets were sold out...so we just walked around the bottom :( ...)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (i know someone who picked up a hitch hiker. gross)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon ( i started training for one once...)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen an eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain (dang..)
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (NO!! thank goodness...)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (it was new to me, does that count?)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury (it was a mock jury, but it was in a real courtroom! i'm counting it.)
91. Met someone famous (good thing i didn't ask him to throw away my trash...)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

well, i officially have about an hour and a half left at work before i go home and enjoy a lazy weekend with my family. i can already tell it will be really hard to come back to work on monday.

i went running tonight.

booyah.
(disclaimer. i did not want to go running, and tried to talk ali out of making me go. being the good roomate she is, she made me. i think my right hip is broken, but i feel great.)

i've got a lot on my mind.

• it hasn't snowed yet. well, there was that one day in october, but it melted long ago. it tends to storm up when my family comes, so who knows...maybe the slopes will open the day after thanksgiving after all
• my family is driving up on wednesday. fantastic. beb and matthew called last night being silly while doing dishes and listening to christmas music and it got me more than excited for them to get here.
• Ali and I are starting a new running schedule. is the holiday season the best time to start a new diet or exercise routine? why not. (and now that i've posted about it, any of you are allowed to check up on me and my so called running schedule.)
• i am officially listening to christmas music, and i love it.
• have you ever asked a famous person to throw away your trash for you? just wondering how that works, and how it made you feel.
• i am so grateful for dear friends that i can have real conversations with. by real, i mean things that really mean something to me.
• i love my ward. i love my hometeachers. i love my visiting teachers. i love institute. love my bishop. love my rs presidency. and i got my visiting teaching done yesterday. love.
• i am learning to laugh at certain things in life that, maybe before, would have been annoying. you can either be annoyed and get frustrated, or laugh about it. laughing has been good medicine.
• i like to cook, but sometimes just can't think of anything easy to cook. i love chicken and happen to have a bag of frozen little tenders in the freezer. any recipie ideas that are easy, healthy and scrumptious?
• i finally got to talk to cindy yesterday. our conversations these days are quite hilarious because we have to much to catch up on. ridiculouso.
• reminder that i only have to work THREE days this week. count em' bucko. THREE. and then i get to play with my family, which i love...even though i don't get to go home to vegas.
• our vaccum is broken. by broken, i mean a screw is missing so the handle comes off. our management took it about 2 weeks ago to "fix it". when i saw them yesterday, they asked me if i had the screw. really? if i had the parts, i would have just fixed it myself. the fact that we called you means we couldn't fix it. i now realize how much i liked to vaccum my front room, and how excited i will be to get it back.
• weekly challenge. remember our weekly dating challenge? we invited a male to partake in the goodness of the weekly challenge, but he is stumped for dating ideas. i don't know that i'm any better. does anyone have fun dating ideas now that it's cold outside?
• we are having a ward auction, and auctioning off service things. we are supposed to get creative (dinner, editing a paper, cleaning a car...) and ali and i wanted to sign up for something but we can't think of anything cool. any ideas?

i dare you to reply to all my questions. no, i double dog dare you.

grandma, grandma sick in bed...

called the doctor and the doctor said: lets get the rythm of the feet (stomp, stomp)

sorry, another sesame street flashback.

both of my grandmas have had trips to the hospital in the past week, and man alive am i grateful for modern medicine! they are both home and doing great.
i love grandparents, and i've been lucky to have them in my life. alot of people i talk to don't interact with their grandparents much. i'm glad i'm not like that. i consider myself lucky for the time i get to spend with them and sometimes forget how much i can learn from them if i sit back and listen (or watch). they have lived wonderful lives, with the gospel at it's center.

today i'm grateful for my grandparents.

color me blind

i found this on a friends blog and thought it would be easy. i scored a 69, and my eyes feel like they are permanently crosseyed. what's your score??

duh

when was the last time i stayed out till 1:30 in the morning just playing with friends on a week night? duh. i didn't get to bed until 2, and now i'm feelin it.
next question: was it worth it? still trying to decide.
ps. i showed up to work today and a whole slew of girls are all wearing purple today. what are the chances?? and how does that even happen? weird.
also...congrats to sara and jacob for having their cute baby elliot. dang cute, and i'm glad baby and mom are doing well. can't wait to babysit!