30 before 30

the other night i was laying in bed trying to fall asleep when it hit me. i turn 30 next year. i started thinking about what that meant. where i thought i'd be at 30. where i am now at 29. and then i started making a list. 30 things i want to do before i turn 30.
for those that are wondering, i'm not going to post my list. but as i cross things off, i'm happy to share them with you. some are serious. some are funny. some are things i've told myself i'd never do. some are things i've wanted to do for ages and just never got around to doing. but so help me, when i turn 30...i'm going to take a gander at my list of crossed off things. great, huh?

i'm loving things i'm working towards. trips to plan. things to make. things to improve. overall, it's gotten me excited for the next nine months and the fun i will have.

ps. now that november is over and december is here (tomorrow anyway) i'm just getting anxious for christmas. a few days home with the family. snow (yes, snow). hot chocolate. candy making. christmas movies. i'm in heaven.

don't believe everything you hear

secrets, secrets are no fun.
secrets, secrets hurt someone.

FALSE.

i am privy to a handful of pretty good secrets right now. i'm going to guarantee that they won't hurt a soul. in fact, they will make some people pretty darn happy. for some reason, i think that making things secret make that certain thing even cooler.

and don't think you can get these secrets out of me. sometimes it's just enough for me to tell someone that i have a secret, and then i don't have the urge to spill the beans. don't worry...give me some time and i'll blog about the whole kit and kaboodle :)

nice try, attitude.

let me tell you about a little lesson i learned about changing my attitude. i was at my sisters this weekend, and we started chatting about life. as much as my sister and i have in common, our lives are in pretty different places right now. i'm sure it has to be somewhat entertaining to hear about the ins and outs of the salt lake single life, so i try to share a few funny stories here and there. i of course shared a few frustrations, and guess what. she told me i needed to change my attitude. don't worry, she said it in a loving way, and i didn't take offense to it at all. i think it's something i knew in my deep downs, but didn't feel like actually doing it.

it wasn't a part of the conversation that we talked about for a long time. it really was a topic that came and went, but this morning when i woke up and knew i had to deal with one of those things that had been rubbin me the wrong way, i knew i had a choice to make.

did you know it's easier to deal with things when you have a positive attitude? did you know sometimes you have to learn the same lesson several times before it actually sticks? today i found excitement replacing feelings of frustration.

so, boo yah.

i survived october

i'm happy to report that october is practically over and i've managed to avoid most scary things. i wish there was a way for me to avoid all commercials for certain movies on tv, but i think i've done pretty good for myself.
friday after work i rushed home from work to grab my bag and head up to the cabin. i always love to go up to cousin lindseys cabin, with family or friends, it's always a blast. joey and i rode up together and met up with laura, gordo, linds and scott at the cabin. we always bring too much food and stay up way too late, but its always worth it. pizza, indoor smores, trash tv, scary movies, scatergories and staying up till 3 in the morning. (are we 17?? i don't think so...)
and the stacked cups? that's what happens when we leave scott and joey to "sleep" downstairs. they got what they wanted...an audible gasp from me when i opened our bedroom door in the morning.

beb's birthday was last week. twenty years old!!! i can't believe it. she was actually in salt lake the night of her birthday for a class she's taking at the byu extension, so i encouraged her to ditch her class after her quiz and join me for some birthday dinner at one of my favorite places - gourmandise. it wasn't as much time as either of us had hoped for, but it was still alot of fun to see her on her actual birthday.
and ps...i made her that hat. i'm afraid that my obsession with crochetting that started so many years ago in nauvoo is back. is that such a bad thing??

oh yeah....and i got to take my first nap with this babe over the weekend. perfection.

the next iron chef

so i went to the doctor this week.

i've had this love affair with ice for the past year and a half. if only i had a nickel for every time someone asked me if was iron deficient....i'd be rich. so, i bit the bullet and decided to finally go to the doctor.

guess what. i'm iron deficient. and i have a vitamin d deficiency too....which makes sense since i can't remember the last time i drank a full glass or milk.

what does it mean? it means i take pills now. pills that make my stomach hurt. pills that will hopefull make me feel less tired.

i figure this is a good a time as any to stop eating ice...seeing as how it's turning bitterly cold outside, and eating ice only lowers my core temperature.

i do what i want

and i want to go to bed early. is that too much to ask?

i've been horrible about getting to bed at a good time lately, and i'm afraid its caught up to me. on my way home from work today i called my mom. she asked me what my plans were for the night. i told her i was going to come home, put on my pajamas, watch hgtv, and go to bed early. when my mom told me she was jealous, i knew there was nothing to be ashamed of.

and here i sit. and icing on the cake - season premiere of my new favorite show property brothers is on tonight. hot dang.

ps. while talking to my mom we also talked about my childhood history of night terrors. and my adult history and sleepwalking. and my current history of talking in my sleep. and trying to figure out what causes such things. lets just say that i've been googling alot whilst watching hgtv.

pps. what do you do when you find out some of your closest married friends got a stellar job offer in atlanta and will be moving in january?
cry?
shop for plane tickets?
BOTH.
so excited for them, but starting to realize how different it will be without them here. forget googling night terrors, i think i'll get back to shopping for plane tickets....

let the good times roll

i was flipping through my facebook photos tonight. found a few goodies.

i wish my hair could still look like this.




if you know me at all, you'll know why i love this picture. i should probably be embarassed by it,  but i just love it. and makes me want to have a dance party.




i love these women. alot.



this is at my sisters high school graduation, and i don't remember why, but i was mad. this was my brothers poking fun at me being mad for no good reason. good thing i have brothers to tease me and put me in my place.... (ps, i was in a better mood after this...)


this makes me miss alot. miss my friend. miss traveling. and miss that watch  that i'm wearing. i still have it. i should wear it more often.



i get to see this girl and her baby next month. to say i'm excited is an understatement. come to me, girl.