News as of Late

I realized the other day that I have not posted much about what has been going on in my life. Therefore, I thought I would share my recent happenings with you. So here they are, in no particular order (really they are in just the order that I thought of them) the happenings and news of my life.

*Went to Thriller with the girls and had a blast. We tend to go every year and every year we still find that we love going together. It is just so much fun to all go to dinner and then to a dancing Halloween performance. I think this is one thing that we will continue to do for years to come.




*Went to the dentist. This is something that I am not really fond of doing. In all honesty I would rather just skip it and let my teeth be what they are. I think this comes from having a lot of cavities as a kid. Trust me, when you spend more time then anyone else in your family at the dentist with a drill, you come not to like it so much. Anyway...there I was hoping that all would be well and that i could walk out and not return for 6 months. No such luck. It turns out that the one tooth that has bugged me and caused me problems as yet another problem. It turns out that even after it had an abscess and was pulled out, even after the new tooth grew in and then decided to get a cavity, even after that tooth cracked and part of it fell off, and even after they fixed it and shaped it with filling...it turns out that now it is dying and I need to have a root canal and a crown which i get to have done this Friday. I mean really, couldn't they have just pulled it way back when and saved me all the trouble?

*Went to Gardner Village on Witches Night Out. This was fun. It is pretty much a night where girls get to dress up like witches and go shopping till the late hours of the night. Plus they have great sales and discounts on this night as well for all of the witches. I went with my sister and some of her friends for the first time this year. It was fun to go around and see all the outfits people had on and to shop the stores along the way.

*Attended and Awesome Vampire Diaries party. Really, it was good. For you see, there are some of us who truly love this show the Vampire Diaries. I am one of them. I also happen to have these really great friends who throw awesome themed parties. We have had parties for HSM(2&3), Supernatural, and now the Vampire Diaries. With each party comes great food, decorations, surprises, and events. Plus, we always get to watch the show that we love. The parties are great because they are also filled with details about the show, friends, and lots of laughter.





*Went on a tour of the Cathedral of the Madeline. This was actually really cool. We went on a tour of it for FHE one Monday night. It was really neat to be able to go inside the building and hear about the history of it and see all the details of the art work and architecture, which are amazing by the way. I love learning about the history and the story of different places. I have to ta say that this building was one that I had been curious about before, so it was very interesting and exciting to be able to go inside and have a tour.


*Went to a blood drive party and taught the Thriller dance. This is a true statement, I promise. For FHE this last Monday we were having a blood drive and we decided to turn it into a Halloween party since blood was already involved. Therefore, everyone came in costumes, we had pie and doughnut eating contests, we carved pumpkins, I taught the Thriller dance, and somewhere amidst all of this we did donate are blood. All in all, I would say that it was a pretty eventful evening.

*And the greatest happening in my life at the moment is that I found out I am going to be an aunt!! I am so very excited about this and can't wait for the day to actually come when my little niece or nephew will be here for me to play with, babysit, and love. I am so very happy for my sister and her husband. They will be fabulous parents and will give their little child one of the best homes to live in that will be filled with love, laughter, and many adventures.

Something about Sundays

I have decided over the years that there is just something about Sundays. Something that makes them different and unique from all other days. Right not you be saying "duh...hello, Sundays are the days that we go to church instead of work, that is what makes them different." And although that is true, I think it is something more.

I am not quite sure what exactly it is , but for some reason Sundays are just a different type of day. It may be fact that we do go to church and partake of the sacrament. It may be the fact that the rest of the day is spent at home. It may be the fact of Sunday dinners that seem to make you full in more ways then one. It may be the fact of just hanging around in sweats watching movies or playing games with the family. It may be the fact of just finding time to relax. But for some reason I think it is more then all of that. I think that it is the combination of everything that makes a Sunday so great. It is all of those things combined, plus a few others, that just make Sundays stand out, and stand out in a good way.

But even more than any of this, there is also something about Sundays that just make everything ok. There is something about them that seems to make the world right for a moment. For you see, I started thinking about all of this after the day that I have had today. It all started with me stuck in the world this morning. Stuck in the ways of the world as well as the thinking of the world. And lets just say that that is not a very good way to start the day. Here is my story...

So there i was, dreaming away. Dreaming of lovely things I am sure and the next thing I know I am smelling campfire. This is about the time that I wake up, and lets just say that waking up to the smell of campfire is not the best thing to wake up too. I woke up to this however, because some of my hair had fallen onto my face and it smelled like campfire from the night before. It was about the time that I was moving around and shaking my head to get the smell away that I decided I should just get up and get in the shower. Well getting to the shower turned out to be harder then it should have. Lets just say that it involved me getting caught in the sheets, falling out of bed, stumbling to catch myself and running into a wall. Well, then as I am about to get into the shower I hear the shower turn on upstairs. And since it has never been a good idea to have both of the showers running at the same time in my house, I decided to wait till they were done. So now I am not only smelling of smoke and have a stub foot, but I am freezing as well. When the shower upstairs turn off I proceed to get in myself and find that I step onto something that you don't ever want to step on, let alone when you are barefoot. Sharp pointy objects just aren't nice.

The rest of the morning includes me burning my finger on the straightener, me getting a drink of water and then remembering that it is fast Sunday, ripping a whole in my tights, finding a whole in my shirt, now not knowing what to wear to church, finally getting out the door only to realize that half my st6uff is still inside and that I have locked the door, driving and getting stuck behind extremely slow Sunday drivers, and arriving at church only to realize that I am 30 mins late. At this point it was all I could do not to turn around and just go home. I did however proceed to walk into the building and sit in the foyer until sacrament was over. While I was sitting there I had pretty much decided that I was just not going to be happy and it just didn't matter. Then sacrament ended.

From here I went to Sunday school, and then to relief society. I payed my tithing and participated in the lesson. I said hi to those I knew and made some new friends. it was about the time that church was ending that I noticed that I was smiling and I was laughing. For you see, it turns out that it didn't matter how the morning went or that I had decided to be grumpy about it. Something had changed and changed for the better. For you see, that is the thing about being at church and getting involved in the gospel. When you decide to be there you open yourself up tot the spirit and all that it has to offer and teach you. And when you let it get into you and touch you , it has the power to change you. It has the power to make things ok and in some cases to even make them funny. and then you find yourself smiling and laughing with those around you. You find yourself noticing the bright sunny day and all that it has to offer. You find that even with everything going on in the world that life is ok.

It was later today when I realized why Sundays are so special and different. It is not just all of the things mentioned above, but it is the fact that we choose to do those things. Sundays are a day where we choose to have family dinners. A day where we choose to find time to relax. A day where we choose the go to church and let the gospel be a bigger part of our lives. A day where we choose to listen to uplifting music and talks. A day where we choose to make it a day about learning of and feeling of the spirit. Sundays are only different and special because we choose to make them different and special. And that is what is just so wonderful about it. We choose to make them a different type of day. We choose to make them special. We choose to make them better. And in essence we have the power to make other days special and better as well.

I am not saying that life won't happen. I am not saying that things won't happen
that upset us or that hurt us, all I am saying is that we have the power to make them better. We have the power to still be happy and have better reactions to these events. And that power comes from the gospel. It comes from letting the spirit into your life. It comes from following our Heavenly Father and the things that he teaches. In essence that power and comes from truly living the gospel. And with that power comes a peace like no other. A peace that makes things right in the world.

Ahhhh..

I am a 23 year old woman who still is awed and amazed by sunsets. For some reason they just seem to amaze me. It is something about the colors and the way they seem to blend together and light up the sky at the same time. When I was driving home from work the other night this is what I saw



I have to admit that sunsets still take my breath away.

(I also have to admit that I may have been driving when I took this photo. Shhh...don't tell anyone.)

Sitting and Thinking About....

*a trip to Europe...the Eiffel tower, Paris at night, floating in the river in Venice on a tiny boat, Italy, Rome, Greece...next summer

*dancing in a fountain, jumping in puddles, running through water parks with friends

*hope, love, courage....courage to be, to be me, to be strong, to be enough

*Disneyland, the magic, the laughter, the fun, the adventure....the memories

*the old the new, the forgotten and the found, the loved and the lost

*warm summer nights with laughter, baseball, stars...

*lake powell, the night sky, the milky way, friends, songs on guitars, roasting marshmallows, green socks.....

*ones that math your eyes, butt rocket boys, salad shakers, and smothered burritos....

*bad dates, entertaining dates, good dates.....future dates

*who I am, who I'm not, who i want to be...where were you....where was I

*music, song, words, meaning....together they create a feeling

*feelings inspired by others, by memories, by experiences, by life....

*life in general, young, old, past, future, present, life right now....

*what life are you living, whose life are you living, why are you living this life, is it your life...

*rough nights, old memories, old hurt, old fights.....hold tight, its alright

*a song in the background, soundtracks, theme music, my own soundtrack to life

*funny noises, random comments, animation, cartoons, duck tales, goof troop, monster mash...

*Halloween, jack-o-lanterns, trick-or-treat, candy, costumes, witches, vampires, werewolf's, mummeys, bats, dark nights, haunted houses, scared, screams.....

*what to be for Halloween, need costume, old, new, scary? ummmm.....shopping

Wondering

Do you ever just sit and wonder? Wonder about things, days, events, life in general? I do. There are many a times where I find that I just sit and wonder about things. I find myself wondering about things when I drive, when I go shopping (which can be pretty entertaining because I will just stand and stare at the products until I stop wondering) when I go to bed (this seems to be a problem because when I wonder in bed I tend not to go to sleep) and sometimes I find myself wondering just when I stare out the window or look up at the sky. For me, wondering seems to be a daily occurrence.

With all of this time spent wondering some of you might think that I would run out of things to wonder about. But alas, that is not the case. For it seems that the more that I wonder the more I find that there is to wonder about, and therefore..it just never stops. I fear that I will always be a wonderer. But even if that is the case, I do quite enjoy it. Therefore, I figured that I would share some of my wonderings with you. So here is a list of a few of things that I have wondered about before.

*I wonder about zippers and why when you move a metal piece up and down the zipper will go together and separate, but you can't seem to make it connect with using your fingers.

*I wonder about the phrase "new and improved" because how can something be new if it is improved upon because that means it already existed, and then how can something be improved upon if it is new, because if it is new then there was nothing to be improved upon?

*I wonder about who got to name all of the stars in the sky and decide what stars made what figures.

*I wonder about the names of objects, such as gazebo or galoshes...I mean really, who came up with that? And who got to choose how they were spelled?

*I wonder about my future and what life holds in store for me.

*I wonder how I am still alive after all of the crazy and stupid things I have done throughout my life.

*I wonder who went around and tried all of the foods to determine whether they were safe to eat or not.

*I wonder about my future family and who they will be.

*I wonder about elephants and what it would be like to have a nose that long.

*I wonder about clouds and what they would feel like to touch.

*I wonder about writing on here and who reads it.

*I wonder about people and their life stories and the adventures that they have had.

*I wonder about my job and if I will ever figure out all that I am supposed to be doing

*I wonder how hot metal can make your hair curl, twist, or lie straight. And who got to be the first to test that out.

*I wonder how something as small as an ant can lift so much.

*And most of all I wonder what adventures life holds for me tomorrow. For everyday that comes about, there is always a tomorrow to wonder about.

It would seem that I am destined to always be a wonderer. Wondering about the silly and the serious. The strange and the beautiful. But even though I tend to wonder a lot, there are many things that I know for sure. I know that the gospel is true. I know that I have a father in Heaven who loves me. I know that my mom is amazing I and I would trade her for anything. I know that my sister is one of my greatest friends. I know that my brother is truly great. I know that whatever happens in life, someone has a plan for me and that it will all be ok. I know that I can accomplish anything with the Lords help. So even though I tend to wonder a lot, there are also a lot of things that I know. And it is knowing those things that keeps me grounded in life. It is knowing those things that allows me to wonder about everything else and still be sure of who I am and what my purpose is here on earth. It is knowing those things and more that truly lets me wonder about and discover everything else.