5K

Got a 5K coming up. Haven't ran one of those since High School (XC 4 LIFE!!!)
I'm doing it for the six cents initiative where for every six cents earned it buys a hydration packet for someone in a third world country.
My husbands service club is putting it on this coming saturday and oh man am I nervous....
Hopefully i can make it to the end without dying.

10 THINGS I DO FOR MYSELF

1. Eat Chocolate

2. Go Tanning

3. Sing in the Shower

4. Work Out

5. Sleep In On Fridays

6. Cry

7. Wear Earings

8. Go To Church Every Week

9. Decorate

10. Kiss My Husband

these were actually really hard to think of... tell me what your 10 things are you do for yourself :)

Customs

Today on my way to work, i saw two indian ladies walking together. Usually, i wouldn't think anything of it or take notice but they were wearing traditional indian clothing and it caught my attention. It really made me smile to think that even though they live in america, they are still caring on their traditions. That's really all america is anyway. Just a whole lot of people with different customs and traditions all mixed in together to form a free country.

small acts of service

Today i saw a woman holding open a door for another woman who was in a wheelchair. At first I just thought that perhaps they were together. However, after the woman had entered, the other lady began walking to the parking lot. It made me realize that perhaps we don't see enough of these small acts of service. It really made me happy to know that there are still random caring people in this world.

Superstitions

While walking home from art class, listening to vanilla twilight by owl city, a black cat suddenly crossed my path. Is this really bad luck? I thought to myself as a clump of snow fell on my head from a near by tree. Then my mind wandered back to the cat. I wonder how that cat feels about being "bad luck". I actually starting feeling bad for the cat. I don't think something as beautiful as a midnight black cat pouncing through angel white snow could be anything but beautiful. Perhaps we make our own luck.

burnt rolls

Who ever thought it would be so hard to cook frozen rolls?

I came home from work tonight and spencer was still at school so i decided that i would cook dinner for us. (he usually does it because i'm gone to work) So i cooked pasta and rice and then we decided to have rolls. I have tried to cook this type of rolls 3 different times and for some reason they always seem to burn.... yah i don't get it. Thankfully Spence made me laugh cause he took those dang hard crunchy rolls and he juggled them. HAHA he was surprisingly good at it to.

I am so thankful for a wonderful husband who can always make me laugh.

Toothpaste

You know all those funny stories you've heard about how people get in arguments about the toothpaste when they are married? Of course you do, you hear them all the time and you think to yourself that's never gonna happen to me over something as silly as toothpaste. Your wrong. It really does happen and it will happen to you! My husband and I don't get into arguments necessarily. It's more him and I joking around. For example, my husband pushes the toothpaste out from the bottom. Me, on the other hand, squeeze right at the point with the most toothpaste (which is usually the middle). The other day he says to me while holding up the toothpaste, what were you trying to do? kill the toothpaste? I can see the point in squeezing from the bottom but to tell you the truth, it's so difficult to get enough toothpaste out and it's so slow. I guess we'll just have to get use to the silly little things such as the toothpaste. It's a good thing we love each other enough to not let the little things bother us. :D

Hon, I've a Feeling We Aren't In a Singles Ward Anymore

Since it was Christmas vacation the majority of our neighbors are visiting family. Therefore, we had no clue where our ward met nor at what time. We ended up going with our married friends to their ward. From the second we walked into the chapel and we sat down on the crayon marked benches I knew we weren't in the singles ward anymore. The meeting went on as any other meeting and then came the sacrament. In a singles ward, It's dead quiet. Everyone is bowing their heads, have their eyes closed, or are reading their scriptures. Not in a Married Ward. The sacrament was broken up with sudden outbursts from the various babies throughout the chapel and NO ONE with kids had their eyes closed or had their scriptures open probably in the fear that if they closed their eyes who knows what might happen with their kid and if they had their scriptures open the precious pages might not make it the remainder of the meeting. Even with all this, the spirit was still strong and continued to be through all of the testimonies that followed.

Another thing about married wards is that instead of saying, "I'm so grateful for my roommates and my wonderful friends", it's suddenly changed to, "I'm so grateful for my spouse and my son and/or daughter. They bring such a joy to my life". It's not a bad thing.... just a shock after you're so use to hearing about roommates and suddenly there is babies everywhere!!! Still, it was a great experience and I really enjoyed this new change :D

Yeah for the DI!!!!!

Every LDS member in Utah knows about the DI. The DI is the place for second hand items from families who have donated them or sometimes new things from stores when they change their merchandise. You don't have to be LDS to shop at the DI in case you're wondering.

I've decided that the DI is a newly weds gold. Me and my husband had been looking EVERYWHERE for a TV stand or dresser for our TV, basically anything to give us more storage. The problem was, it had to be a certain height so as to not cover the light switch if the length was longer then the length to the light switch. (Our apartment is really small and there is only one place for the TV to plug in) So after searching everywhere and realizing that the price was on average 100$ for a good stable dresser. We had planned on going to the DI to see if we could find one that we could even fix up (because we all know that the DI is a hit or miss situation). When we arrived at the DI, I was worried because the place was packed. It was easy to see why. Since it was right after christmas people had donated many things to get rid of the old and make way for the new. We found a few dressers that we like, each one around 40$ but the drawers would need help, it would need a new coat of paint, and one even needed new handles. (which was fine, we were prepared for a project) We were just about to choose one when my husband says, "hey what about this one?" we had been looking just for a tall dresser with drawers. we didn't even think to look at coffee tables. The one my husband had pointed out was a low coffee table open on both sides with two cupboard doors on either side. (one we wouldn't be able to use because we needed it against the wall) It was perfect tho!!!!! It looked like new, didn't need any fixing up! a great color! and it fit all of our game systems, VCR/DVD player and TV!!!!! We bought it for 35$!!!!!!!!! WHAT A GREAT FIND!!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!

We moved into our new place on December 31st, 2009. Although we aren't all the way moved in, our home is all ready coming along wonderfully!!! Last night we went out to eat for our new years eve outing and then we unpacked all of our wedding gifts. I, of course, managed to get sick with an ear ache and sore throat. I felt like I had ruined our first new years eve. We had plans to hang out with our friend (whom I've been friends with since kindergarten and my husband was neighbors with last year) which I had to cancel at the last minute. Luckily it turned out great. Even though I was sick, I got to snuggle on my own couch with my new husband, drink sparkling cider, and watch Lilo and Stitch to welcome in the new year. It was wonderful!

Today we worked mostly on returning wedding gifts. The greatest thing that happened was when we found where some cup cake pans went that we have been trying to return since November. YES!!!