To Sum it All Up...

Well to tell you all the truth, this picture sums up my day today. This is my cousin Brett and he has the amazing talent of falling asleep wherever he is. Right now I am sitting on my couch, slumped over, eyes glazed, wanting to be right where Brett is. Jake and I were at the temple pretty much ALL day. It's wonderful there but after a whole day of serving and memorization you get a little tired. Then I came home only to find (OK I knew it was there) a huge pile of dishes, crusted over and probably growing mold. :) So I got to work and then realized that dinner had even been started. I didn't even pull out the frozen meat this morning! So I pulled the frozen-to-the-core meat out of the freezer and stuck it in the microwave for a few minutes. Finally, dinner was made. I must say it was delicious but I couldn't swallow it. I have been battling (battling? that makes it sound like some horrible disease!) a really bad sore throat this past week. I can't swallow anything. So now it's 8:00 and I am ready for bed. I am not doing any more homework, no more dishes, and no more thinking! I am going to adopt Brett's philosophy: Sleep when you want to sleep!

TAGGED!

So Nikelle tagged me and apparently that means that I had to post the 4th picture from my 4th photo album on my computer. So.......here it is. :)

This picture is so random and I have absolutely no idea why Maragert is no not wearing a shirt. :) But I love this picture....Margaret is wearing her pretend makeup (notice the blue eyeshadow and the hot pink lipstick) while brushing the hair of one of her Barbie dolls. This, I think, was taken Christmas of 2007. I love Christmas! Christmas is always a time of chaos and family love. Can you see in the background of the picture how much stuff is scattered all over the floor? Candy, toys, toothbrushes, clothes, etc.

So now I will tag:

Mom

Caroline

Aunt Jenny

Happiness is Closer Than You Think!

10 Jan 2009

So I decided to use this picture for Saturday January 10. After a long day we decided to go out and get dinner from Arby's. Right there on my cup was the phrase "HAPPINESS IS JUST A CURLY FRY AWAY." How true is that? After I popped one of those delicious, deep-fried goodies into my mouth it seemed as if all of my troubles disappeared. All that was left in the world were those curly fries just waiting to make my stomach happy.

These kind of days make me laugh. Although I don't even remember what exactly happened that day...I remember that some clever marketing director explained exactly how I was feeling that day and at that precise moment. :)

A Year in the Making...

Well I guess that I should first say thank-you to Mom for this great idea! I am going to begin taking one photo for every single day of the this year (2009). This will hopefully turn into a scrapbook of memories from this year!

09 Jan 2009

This photo represents today, and pretty much all week, because my life has been taken over by work. I work for Guest Services on BYU campus (mostly in the Wilkinson Center). We do all sorts of things. For example: On Tuesday (January 6) I worked at the Devotional. On Thursday (January 8) I drove the Men's Volleyball team up to the SLC airport in a shuttle. (Not as exciting as it sounds.....trust me.) Tonight I am working at the Welcome Back Week Dance and can hardly wait! (Please realize I am being completely sarcastic.) However, I am grateful to have a job that is flexible and that brings home the bacon. :)

P.S. Jake and I have been married for 8 months today!

"Weekend of Projects"

Well this weekend could definitely be themed the "Weekend of Projects." Jake and I have both had major projects to work on this week and both of them are due tomorrow morning!

Jake's project is for his History of Creativity class. He had to be "creative" and create any project on any subject that they covered in class. Jake, being the Chinese man that he is, decided to due his on Taoism (I pronounce is Dowism:). As you can see in the picture it is all about the ying-yang. He has been enjoying this project. He has also been working really hard on it.

My project is for my Living Prophets class. For the assignment we had to read a minimun of 45 conference talks while highlighting each and every topic discussed. After identifying the topics we had to transfer them to topic sheets. We had to have a minimum of 75 topic sheets. (I think I ended up with about 130.) Anyways...it was a grueling project and I am SO glad that it is done!

Now we just have to deal with finals.............................

I Love to See the Temple

I absolute love the temple! Jake and I are now temple workers and today was our first day...it was an amazing experience. It was such a peaceful feeling to sit in the temple for over five hours and realize God's love for each of his children. I am so grateful that we have a temple so close to us. It is within walking distance of our apartment and we can see the angel Moroni when we take walks around the block.

One of my very good friends got married today and I was in the Provo temple doing temple work while she was in Salt Lake City doing her own work. I just had the most peaceful feeling sweep over me and I knew that the temple is the best, and only place, to get married! :)

I'm Feelin' a Little Loopy

Hey Everyone! So tonight I am feelin' a little loopy. I just got home from work (Guest Services at the Wilkinson Center) and let's just say I didn't do as much work as I should have. :) I pretty much just had a dance party with Ali and Jenny who were sitting at a blue curtain. Wow, I probably shouldn't be put as supervisor anymore....but what they hey! It was fun...:) I came home and Jake was working on his class project. He made an arch out of sugar cubes...so what do I do? I pop one in my mouth and let it just melt right there. Then I reach inside the fridge to find a nice, cold Dr. Pepper waiting for me!!! I swear I could hear it calling my name. Anyway, I had about two glasses worth of that bad boy and decided to blog. So it's 12:00 at night and I am not even tired. However, my body feels all funny and my eyes are kind of twitching.....but other than that I am GREAT!!!!!!! Oooh, Jake's gettin' the Dr. Pepper out again. See ya!