two glasses half full

almost finished

2012-01-08T08:00:00.000-08:00

classes officially start tomorrow (although two of my three classes have already allowed me to start working).

this is my last semester.

commencement is may 3rd.

T-minus 115 days and 22 hours to graduation.

2011-12-17T20:37:00.001-08:00

making strawberry cupcakes and rocking out to the lady gaga station on pandora.

sleep glorious sleep

2011-12-16T07:23:00.001-08:00

had a headache last night. took some drugs, so hubby got up with the kids...i didn't have to get up once! a full night's sleep and i feel better today. that hasn't happened in a loooooong time. hooray for sleep!

Rockin out

2011-12-15T19:30:00.001-08:00

Corinne, I totally forgot about this blog. Let's revitalize it!

This morning I got to work and "Rumour Has It" by Adele came on and I sat in the parking lot rocking out for like two minutes and so I had a smile on my face when I walked into work.

2010-01-20T18:33:00.001-08:00

I didn't have to work on Monday.
I made delicious pulled pork sandwiches. It was my first time using the crock pot, and let's be honest—I rocked it.

2010-01-16T22:55:00.001-08:00

last night I got to hang out with caitie and feel like a real person, with a life and everything.
today we went to ikea and i got a new bookshelf. and then our neighbors invited us over for an AMAZING dinner, featuring salmon caught by j in alaska this summer.

2010-01-16T07:31:00.000-08:00

i'm going to commend kaitlyn for being the ultimate glass is half full-er because i kind of suck at it... :)

little buddy slept better last night.
princess is making cute sounds at me instead of screaming, yay!
we *might* be moving out of my in-laws' by april....*fingers crossed*
i'm watching little einsteins with my boy and it's awesome.

2010-01-15T19:22:00.000-08:00

I got to leave work early today. Granted, I went home and cleaned, so it wasn't as awesome as it could have been, but it was still awesome. And it's a three-day weekend. I love vacations.

resolutions

2010-01-14T21:11:00.000-08:00

I worked out three times this week. And I packed my lunch for tomorrow: peanut butter and honey sandwich, string cheese, raspberries, banana slices, pineapple, kiwi, and carrots. Look at how awesome I am at keeping my resolutions.

I'm awesome.

2010-01-13T20:17:00.001-08:00

a new year and lots of new things to be grateful for. For example, I discovered How I Met Your Mother. It's pretty much the best show ever and I love it and I love Marshall. My bookshelves are filling up because J spoils me rotten. I've been working out and I'm awesome. I've been making dinner regularly—and not just burritos. I've actually been making a variety of meals, and I'M AWESOME.

Happy Anniversary!

2009-11-17T21:05:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is our one year anniversary! One year of positive thinking. What do you think, C? Is our hypothesis correct?

2009-11-17T21:03:00.000-08:00

C, we stink at this.

things I am happy about: the fact that i got a job, and the fact that there is vacation coming up next week.

2009-10-05T10:26:00.000-07:00

I'm very grateful for pride and prejudice to keep me company when I am lonely.

shame on me

2009-10-04T15:22:00.000-07:00

How did I forget to mention that my little brother is home? He gives some of the best hugs ever.

2009-10-03T21:47:00.001-07:00

Have you noticed that we keep posting less and less on this blog?

Well, I'm pretty happy about this weather. It's finally hoodie weather again, and we all know how much I love my hoodies.
C just had a baby, and I'm pretty sure she's happy about that.
My niece is adorable.
J made me coffee cake.
Life is good.

?!

2009-09-24T17:09:00.000-07:00

Today is National Punctuation Day, so I made some cookies to celebrate:

(my favorites are the interrobang and the em dash)

And then Mom and I spent a couple of hours making pickles:

2009-08-19T23:49:00.000-07:00

road trips and huge book stores. and buying lots of cheap books at huge book stores.

2009-08-09T19:10:00.000-07:00

it's silly how easily i can fall in love with fictional characters.

hp love

2009-07-29T16:26:00.000-07:00

rereading my very own annotated edition of harry potter and the sorcerer's stone. i was seriously the coolest person ever. further proof that i was meant to be an editor.

passive aggressive optimism

2009-07-27T10:39:00.000-07:00

I'm loving Freaks and Geeks, even if stupid WMG on YouTube turns the audio off on some parts of some episodes so I don't know what's going on.

2009-07-22T17:57:00.001-07:00

purple nail polish.

this is getting ridiculous

2009-07-19T18:02:00.001-07:00

the new best recipe cookbook has made my life. their blueberry muffins kick the pants off any other blueberry muffin you have ever tasted. except for my mother's.

Is there such a thing?

2009-07-13T10:46:00.001-07:00

I really need to find things other than food to make me happy.

But for now I have homemade raspberry ice cream and I am loving life.

the interwebs

2009-07-06T22:09:00.001-07:00

I love the Internet so much. How did people survive without it?
I got my mom set up on facebook and it's pretty cute.

happy father's day

2009-06-21T15:00:00.000-07:00

skewers for lunch today, grilled on our new grill. pork and beef marinated in a sweet and spicy sauce, celery, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, and red onion for hubby. they were....amazing.

my hubby is the best dad i could ever ask for. our son is just so stinking cute and our daughter will be too.

2009-06-18T09:59:00.001-07:00

brownies with cream cheese frosting. need i say more?

2009-06-15T06:55:00.000-07:00

best. baby shower. ever.

thanks kaitlyn, you really rock. :)

2009-06-09T16:27:00.000-07:00

butterflies have been doing the dirty hanging from a flower on my porch for the past 5 hours. HAH.

birthday presents

2009-06-06T18:50:00.000-07:00

it was j's birthday yesterday, and i bought him a record. and i am thoroughly enjoying listening to it.

(consider checking out "skinny love" by bon iver on hypem.)

2009-06-04T11:14:00.001-07:00

i think i missed my calling in life. i make a damn good banana cream pie.

mmm

2009-05-14T10:01:00.001-07:00

chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting = delicious
peach french toast bake = we're about to find out

2009-05-08T10:34:00.000-07:00

got a new fish, and it is still alive. let's hope it lasts more than three days like my last one.
i had a grasshopper shake from iceberg yesterday. it was DIVINE and now i am craving another one!
i'm feeling the baby move a lot more, but since she's so small it doesn't hurt yet, yay!
someone gave me cute little girl clothes yesterday! i'm getting more excited about having another baby.
little buddy says "hi" all the time now and it is just adorable.

I don't know.

2009-05-02T10:17:00.001-07:00

No more internship. This is good, right?

2009-04-29T18:13:00.000-07:00

two days in a row of walking around the park. i am so in shape.

countdown.

2009-04-28T19:59:00.000-07:00

3 more days.
Muddy buddies and chocolate dipped pretzels.

woohoo!

2009-04-24T08:48:00.001-07:00

we find out what the baby is today: boy or girl!

2009-04-19T16:45:00.000-07:00

I don't have to worry about giving sharing time for another six months. sweet!

april goodness

2009-04-13T09:42:00.000-07:00

we had an awesome easter. hubby took the cutest pic of me and little buddy with the daffodils...i love it.

i am really starting to show now, and i have felt the baby move a couple times. next week we find out if it's a boy or a girl!

i successfully changed my blog layout to include three columns and i'm pretty darn proud of myself.

i am doing my part to annoy the crap out of people and spread the word about national child abuse prevention month. so if i know you on facebook i will continue to harass you about it.

i decorated some really cute easter eggs.

i love easter candy. yum. :)

2009-04-09T17:47:00.000-07:00

rain.
and now there are purple flowers, too!

Another reason why I love my job

2009-04-07T19:53:00.001-07:00

I think I came up with an idea for my book?

why i love my job. and elder nelson.

2009-04-07T19:51:00.001-07:00

"One would truly need a great and spacious makeup kit to compete with beauty as portrayed in media all around us."
Thank you, job, for allowing me to find this quote. Thank you, Elder Nelson, for saying this.
I just really like the image of a great and spacious makeup kit.

Best.Day.Ever.

2009-03-31T17:19:00.000-07:00

I finally got more contacts
I wore the cutest jacket today
It will be my birthday soon(ish)
And I came home to find some mud pie mojo in my freezer. Best day ever.

cake/twilight/melting snow/one month left to purgatory

2009-03-29T18:03:00.000-07:00

I'm going to try to remember to post more often on here.

We had delicious cake tonight to celebrate the birth of someone we love.

Twilight is the best worst movie ever. And it just keeps getting better/worse.

The snow today melted quickly.

I have only a month left to my internship.

i got a pickle hey hey hey hey

2009-03-26T06:22:00.000-07:00

my hubby drove to the grocery store last night to buy me a jar of pickles, which i promtly ate half of upon his return. the rest of the jar becons to me and i'm sure it will be gone by this afternoon.

ah, the joy of pregnancy cravings. and husbands who indulge them.

2009-03-24T07:27:00.000-07:00

i made corned beef with boiled cabbage, potatoes and carrots on sunday.
i made old fashioned chicken and dumplings last night.
yum.

2009-03-23T19:35:00.000-07:00

There are three yellow daffodils in my yard. I hope they survive this weather.

2009-03-21T14:55:00.000-07:00

i love saturdays. because i get to wear jeans.

i love the internet. because i get to shop without having to deal with people.

2009-03-05T06:35:00.001-08:00

got a new computer yesterday because our sucks. it's nice, i like it. :)
i was feeling well enough to go to costco with hubby and walk around for ten minutes. we got polish dogs and they were yummy.
hubby went to dinner with a friend and brought food home for me as well as a huuuuuge jamba juice! i was so excited.
little buddy has been throwing fewer tantrums the past two days.
my house is clean.
i remembered how much i love my maternity undies. soooo comfy they're like pjs.
i'm starting to show already. how crazy is that?

wedding bells are ringing

2009-03-03T06:46:00.000-08:00

my baby sister is getting married in july! can you believe it? i'm not going to be the only old married one in my family anymore.

a not-food-related post

2009-03-02T19:45:00.001-08:00

I just spent two hours on the phone with a good friend. Talking about everything and nothing.

And I just reread a post that a certain lady (ahem, C, cough cough) wrote about me in her blog.

And they both made me feel so much better.

2009-03-02T18:57:00.001-08:00

chicken divan = divine.

i love that all of my happy thoughts revolve around food.

2009-03-01T16:23:00.000-08:00

I went for a walk today and it was nice outside.
There are raspberries in the fridge and I am going to eat them. Right now.
Mmm.

2009-02-22T07:18:00.001-08:00

we had little buddy's first birthday party yesterday. i can't believe he's one! it went really well, and he loved digging through his cake.

we got an offer on our house! and we are expecting a second one tomorrow! holy cow!

2009-02-10T08:48:00.000-08:00

only one baby! had our first ultrasound yesterday and everything looks great!

2009-02-03T08:04:00.000-08:00

i'm pregnant.

and determined to make this a "glass half full" thing.

psych!

2009-01-29T21:03:00.001-08:00

best.show.ever.

too many times

2009-01-25T15:30:00.001-08:00

It's so easy to be negative, isn't it? It's just not fair that it's not easier to be happy. How do some people make it look so easy? It's not. J does so many wonderful things for me and it's way too easy to ignore all of those the second he does something that upsets me. Why is it easy to forget the good and dwell on the bad? It takes a lot of conscious effort to be happy, I think, and sometimes I'm just not willing to put in that effort. But it's worth it right? I don't like crying, so why do I spend so much of my time with tears streaming down my face? I have so much to be happy about, but those few bad things get the spotlight. How many times have I said this, how many times have I decided that I am going to focus on the positive and then continued to focus on the negative? Too many times.

I am grateful that I have a job (if only for the next 3 months...). I'm scared for the future; it's nice to have a sound present.
I am so grateful for my family, for loving me even when I'm snippy.
I am grateful for music.
I am grateful for people with talent, for creating beautiful things that I can enjoy.
I am grateful that chocolate-dipped pretzels are so easy to make.

Life really is good.

2009-01-23T19:49:00.000-08:00

I'm glad I'm not a total loner. I was worried that I would be. But the other interns are nice and let me eat lunch with them and ride the bus with them.
I'm even glad that I ride the bus for 3 hours a day. That gives me 3 hours to read every day.
I'm truly grateful for black nylons so that I can get away with shaving every other day.
I'm glad that J is willing to wake up in the morning and scrape the ice off my car and kiss me goodbye and then go back to sleep.
I'm glad it's raining, even though I won't be when I have to stand in it while waiting for the bus.
I'm really glad for alarm clocks or else I would always be late.

awards and other fun stuff

2009-01-23T09:35:00.001-08:00

i am working very hard lately to see the half-full glass instead of the half-empty.

my baby is adorable. and i can't believe that he is almost a year old already...

as an adult, i finally know that my parents love me and are supportive of me.

my husband is supportive and tries so hard to be understanding. i am so grateful for that.

we won an award here! thanks to mile 191, we received the lemonade award for showing great attitude and gratitude. she said "two glasses half full is definitely a place for peace, and some good thoughts to get you by. how about half full of lemonade! thanks!"

thank you, mile 191!

2009-01-22T19:48:00.000-08:00

my diploma is almost here!

2009-01-20T19:42:00.000-08:00

Good friends who are good friends despite the fact that I am not always a good friend.

2009-01-19T19:41:00.001-08:00

Ahhh, I am thankful for days off. If only there were more of them.

2009-01-11T19:39:00.001-08:00

I survived.

memories

2009-01-11T09:43:00.001-08:00

i relived happy times with my friends yesterday. how crazy, how long ago it seems, and yet like it was just yesterday...i sure miss them and everything we did together. (even though i don't miss junior high.)

2009-01-09T21:17:00.000-08:00

i sold a drawing! yay!
today is friday, which is awesome.
tomorrow i get to see my friends! the four of us from jr high. ribbit, meow, and kitkat. (haha, can you believe i still remember that?)
my hubby freaking rocks and i love him.
i got to see my parents today, and my dad gave me a blessing.

a glimmer of hope

2009-01-05T21:57:00.000-08:00

on my way to healing. a long road ahead of me but i am beginning to feel hope.

i have found a wonderful support group that is just amazing, has helped me so much.

i started a support group on modern molly mormon that i hope will be able to do the same good things for others.

i know my husband loves me even though i'm crazy.

internship

2009-01-04T20:51:00.000-08:00

i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship, i am grateful for this internship.

if i keep saying it, it will be true.

gratitude

2009-01-04T20:42:00.001-08:00

even when everything is crashing down around me, i have a husband who loves me.

the last day of the year

2008-12-31T20:56:00.000-08:00

i turned 23. crazy!

here's to hoping for a happy, healthy, financially and psychologically stable and safe new year.

my favorite part.

2008-12-30T08:51:00.001-08:00

Really, the best thing about Christmas? Talking to my amazing little brother. Yes, the many, many wonderful presents from J were nice and spending time with the cute nieces and nephew and watching them open presents we got them was fun, too. But Kyle's such a stud and I'm proud of him and that was my favorite part.

spoiled

2008-12-27T09:13:00.000-08:00

J totally spoils me.

what a happy christmas it was!

2008-12-25T18:55:00.000-08:00

three words:

tickets to wicked.

i know you're jealous.

the other just as fabulous stuff?
little buddy's first christmas! and our first christmas by ourselves, we stayed at home instead of spending the night at hubby's family's house.
seeing my family, especially my grandma who is visiting from san diego on christmas eve
new pjs!
hubby got me fun new scrapbooking stuff and makeup (which i sorely needed)
visiting the in-laws and relaxing
playing trivial pursuit, and i WON! yay!
seeing how happy hubby was to get his new game, which he knew he was getting anyway. he is playing it now. he's been bugging me for a week about it. :)
really awesome new emergency kits
yummy yummy food
bubble bath :)
having a wonderful christmas.
i don't have to go to work tomorrow!

did i mention my birthday is on tuesday? yep. tuesday. that's in five days.

2008-12-25T01:00:00.000-08:00

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oh, thank heaven!

2008-12-22T21:38:00.000-08:00

my dad isn't losing his job! he just found out...he's not getting laid off.

2008-12-22T11:02:00.001-08:00

I'm pretty sure God is trying to bless me and I'm just not paying attention.

christmas is coming!

2008-12-22T08:09:00.000-08:00

our christmas shopping is finished!
only a few days left until christmas! yay!

yesterday, 12-19-08

2008-12-20T09:09:00.000-08:00

the weather was so bad i didn't go to work. hooray for a four day weekend!
went christmas shopping, and am almost done.
got a check from my grandparents for $120! holy cow!
bought groceries. yay.
i got a NEW PURSE and i seriously LOVE IT! the best part? it was on sale. i got a $40 purse for $15. yeah, you're jealous. it's red. and it's leather. and it is totally fabulous.
we actually have a lot of presents under our tree! it's amazing! i love it!
i got an appointment with a therapist in january. this is a very good thing.

free at last

2008-12-19T09:52:00.001-08:00

I am done.
I took my final final last night.
And now I am done.

?

2008-12-19T09:11:00.000-08:00

wednesday:
went to lunch at golden corral with hubby, little buddy, and my in-laws. i had some yummy bbq chicken.
my boss passed out christmas bonuses! $150 before taxes and crap...so $138. i was thrilled.
we went christmas shopping!

yesterday:
i came home from work and hubby had folded and put away all the laundry.
we went to taco bell for dinner
a christmas cards\ and a birthday card in the mail.
the birthday card had a check for $25 in it! woo!
we also got our pictures from seeing santa in the mail. soooo cute. :)
i drew again...
yummy salsa at work that someone brought.

today:
it's friday! hooray! and i get a three-day weekend, no work on monday!
i woke up with little buddy and hubby at 5 am. it was actually kind of nice to get up with hubby before he left for work.
little buddy is 10 months old today. i can't believe how fast he is growing up!

Today I am grateful for

2008-12-17T22:19:00.001-08:00

Zac Efron.

that's better

2008-12-16T19:17:00.001-08:00

Today I finished my last 10-page paper and my second-to-last final of my undergraduate career. Life is good.

music and more

2008-12-15T21:10:00.001-08:00

Teddy Thomson and Rufus Wainwright: King of the Road
Rufus and Martha Wainwright: Hallelujah
Rufus Wainwright in general.

Water. Water tasted really good today.
Bro. G. gave me more compliments than I know what to do with.
J bought me cute gloves last Christmas. I remembered this today. Now I just have to find them...
The L's told us about a great new restaurant in town. JL told me that when they go to restaurants they think about who would win if they were iron cheffing it against the restaurant (this statement pretty much made my day). And this restaurant would beat them. That's saying something.
For example, BL whipped up some tomato basil goat cheese pastries while we were over.
I now want to become a chef. Or a taste tester.
Soooo close to being done.

2008-12-14T09:29:00.000-08:00

Five words to describe the good things that have happened to me lately: last day of school ever.

yesterday, december 13

2008-12-14T07:58:00.000-08:00

we had christmas early and opened the gift for me and hubby: diamond edition scrabble! so we played scrabble and i actually won! (i hardly ever win!) i got really lucky...right at the end, x on a triple letter, ended up with 50 whopping points for one word.

we went to the sunflower farmers market and spent way too much money, but got really yummy food. we had italian dry salami, brie, and gouda on bruschetta as an appetizer, then thick yummy steaks and sauteed portobello mushrooms for dinner, with martinelli's apple-cranberry sparkling cider to drink. um, yeah, YUM! i even broke out the fine china, placemats, and chargers and we ate by candlelight/christmas light.

my check was $40 more than we thought, which is why we spent so much $$$ at the farmers market.

i downloaded the entire twilight soundtrack plus a bunch of other fun songs (including a whole slew of taylor swift) and put them on my phone. i got a new ringtone, too, of my new favorite song.

in downloading the twilight soundtrack, i discovered a band called paramore that i adore.

i also decided i absolutely have to learn how to play "bella's lullaby" on the piano.

and i downloaded clair de lune which i love. then layed in bed and played it over and over again for about 20 minutes and relaxed.

friday friday friday

2008-12-12T14:53:00.000-08:00

baby slept past 8.
hubby came home early from work.
we met vincent d'onforio and hubby got his copy of "full metal jacket" autographed. (he was so excited, it was so cute!)
i got comments on my blog today! really! honestly! actual comments!
someone brought the firm strawberry cheesecake from the cheesecake factory and it was delish.
i got to go to the court to file a complaint, so i got to get paid to sing loudly in my car.
that new taylor swift song came on THREE TIMES and i sang at the top of my lungs and was wistfully romantic. yay.

2008-12-09T23:41:00.000-08:00

My AP score showed up. It's official. I don't have to take freshman English.
We got J a nice coat for Christmas.
And we ran into Caitie and Andy.
J didn't have to work.
We went to Zupas. I love Zupas.
I checked proofs and made corrections and turned in new files so my book will be even better (and less expensive).
Oh we bought the cutest dress for the cutest baby in the world. Ahhhh, it's so cute. All of the adorable clothes in baby Gap actually almost made me baby hungry. Almost.

that's better

2008-12-08T23:10:00.000-08:00

I turned in my AP English score so I can graduate and don't have to take freshman English.
It is snowing.
I brought my book to the press and so it is out of my hands and I don't have to worry about it anymore.
J very kindly went to the press with me.
Mondays are always good because Kyle writes. And even though I forget that it is Monday (and thus forget to write him), he is still the best brother and writes me. He's pretty inspiring.
Caitie came over and we made muddy buddies and watched gilmore girls.
(why do I always talk about junk food when I am talking about good things? junk food isn't good for me. I need to figure this out.)
I finished some work that I wasn't expecting to finish.
I finished some other work that I desperately needed to finish.
I listened to u2 on vinyl. I didn't know that I liked u2 but I listened to it and danced around the living room.
I sent j my christmas list. All books. books books books. The fact that there are books in the world makes everything else a lot better, don't you think?

forgetful

2008-12-08T10:56:00.000-08:00

I haven't felt like being positive, so I haven't been. It's funny how when you don't feel like being positive you can totally ignore all the positive things in your life.

Here are some things I remember from the last few days:

More Take5s. J is so good to me. And I know Take5s don't seem like much, but they really make all the difference.
He even went to see Twilight with me. And it is even better the second time. And J does a perfect Jasper impression.
I'm almost done.
I got to bring the cutest baby in the world (um, she totally is; sorry C!) to church with me. And even though mom totally stole her from me, it was okay because she is cute and I like her and I like mom too.
Isn't it the cutest thing in the world when the cutest baby in the world lifts up her arms because she wants you to hold her? It is.

I know I am forgetting a lot of good things.

it's the mooooorning of a mooooonday

2008-12-08T09:02:00.000-08:00

i had yummy turkey soup today.
the baby woke up and was in a good mood (which is great because he's been so cranky for the last two days.)
i got new christmas socks from my mother in law yesterday and they are soft and warm.
i drank apple beer. yum.
i'm drinking pepsi. yum again.
we have a new tree topper. it's a star that lights up. i think it is pretty.
the baby is taking a nap.
christmas is coming...christmas is coming...christmas is coming!

return from the blogging dead

2008-12-06T20:23:00.000-08:00

i'm not slacking anymore and posting! (sorry kaitlyn!)
we went to a christmas tree display and had fun fun fun.
our christmas party was freaking awesome.
we went christmas shopping for little buddy today. got some cute stuff and a fun thing for us! then got to come home and wrap them. i LOVE LOVE LOVE wrapping presents.
hubby had the day off today, and tomorrow!
looking forward to tomorrow--we're going to this awesome science display, then up to the in-laws to decorate their tree.
i'm chillaxin' tonight, blogging, and elf-ing myself.

six more things

2008-12-04T21:39:00.000-08:00

Joseph brought me dinner.
People were nice at Schwa tonight.
Last pub lab meeting of the semester (this is bitter sweet).
I watched A Series of Unfortunate Events "for class."
I made muddy buddies on Sunday and they lasted all the way to today! Amazing!
I was soooo on top of my work.

2 good things

2008-12-03T21:37:00.000-08:00

Joseph brought me a sandwich and TWO take5s. I freaking love take5s.
Brother Gardner showed his class my portfolio and he liked it so much he asked me to make him a copy of my portfolio to keep to show future classes.

baby

2008-12-02T19:34:00.000-08:00

I babysat the cutest baby in the world and she didn't even cry (that much).
Caitie allowed me to hang out with her (and Andy and Amy and Andrea). For 3 hours. Doing nothing.
Did I mention that I babysat the cutest baby in the world?

It's December?

2008-12-01T23:05:00.000-08:00

It's December. It's December. It's December. I can't believe it.
I graduate THIS MONTH.
Christmas music on Pandora. And I wasn't even playing it—Amanda was. I love it when other people are in there and I still get to listen to music loudly. (I love it more when no one is in there and I get to listen to my music and sing along.)
I got 50/50 on my last two editing exercises.
I reread this really good paper I wrote about a year ago. I actually wrote a good paper! I remember I actually started working on this paper like a month before it was due. That never happens. And it was totally worth it.
I read. Oh, I shouldn't have read because I have so much to do. But I love reading. And I found more books on Amazon that I want. And I sat on the couch and admired my library for a little bit. I'm seriously obsessed and I love it. I might have a problem...
The moon and those two planets made a smiley face. I was told this is cool.
There was an AWESOME sunset. Seriously beautiful. I should have taken a picture.

Sunday = good

2008-11-30T23:00:00.000-08:00

Combined priesthood/relief society = more time with J.
Awesome lesson on staying out of debt = trying to get J to pay attention.
More muddy buddies. (this probably is not a good thing. But I LOVE them.)
The Lepinskis. Seriously. I love those guys. Delicious food and lots of laughs. It couldn't get any better.
Night time bike ride to my parents house. Sure, there aren't enough street lights on my street so it was a little scary, and my hands and ears about froze off, and that hill is a lot steeper than you think it is when you're driving up it and I learned that I am desperately out of shape, but it's nice to be close enough to ride my bike.
I did not reread Twilight, even though that movie seriously tempted me to. This is a good thing. I don't have time to be in love with a vampire.

Twilight!!

2008-11-29T23:44:00.000-08:00

I saw twilight with cornnut! It was awesome! Terribly, terribly full of cheese, but it was fun to watch and laugh at. And I don't care what you say C, I think Edward is a hottie. And this is funny. And it was fantastic to see C again.
I ate more pie.
I finally had that "staff meeting" I've been wanting to have for ages.
3 words: Pizza [and] Planet Earth. Mmm.

Seriously, I think I would see Twilight again. It was just so bad! That terrible acting! Jasper's hair! And facial expression! Oh, so many awful things...

another successful day

2008-11-29T21:25:00.000-08:00

today i went to see twilight with kaitlyn.e, who drove allllll the way to my house to get me. hubby was such a doll and watched little buddy so i could go. although the movie wasn't that great, i did laugh through it, and it was good to see her!

i got my house all decorated for christmas minus the tree. we're doing that tomorrow. and can i say, it is fabulous. i have garlands this year, which makes me happy. i'm excited to get the tree up. :)

went to the store with hubby. he bought me coke. yum. and let me walk up and down the christmas aisle...again. (i can't help it, i'm drawn to it.)

got my laundry folded and my house somewhat clean.

FINALLY saw the end of "along came polly." i have never seen that movie all the way through, but have seen most of it in pieces. a few times. so it was good to finally see how it ended.

2008-11-28T15:19:00.000-08:00

I woke up early and went shopping! My first black friday shopping experience ever. And it wasn't even that bad. I feel bad for the stores and the economy, actually. It really wasn't any worse than any other day of shopping. Mom bought me some nice clothes for christmas for my internship. Whew.
I took a nap in the office chair. Not terribly comfortable, but somewhat refreshing.
I feel excited about the future.
Leftover enchilada for lunch = delicious.
PIE with the family! Banana cream! Chocolate cream! Pumpkin! Lemon meringue!
I have the cutest niece in the entire world.
PIE! Leftover pie. and whipped cream.
My dad is awesome, for numerous reasons.
My mom is also awesome, for numerous reasons.

Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T20:17:00.000-08:00

Today is Thanksgiving. So I got to eat turkey and delicious gravy and mashed potatoes and yams and rolls and chocolate cream pie and pumpkin pie oh, and cheese and crackers and shrimp. We had dinner at the in-laws and they invited my parents to come too (poor empty nesters were going to have Thanksgiving alone!), so it was the best of both worlds.
Joseph swiffered the living room.
I didn't do any work.
I got to read.
I had a nice talk with my dad. I like it when he talks with me. He's a pretty great guy.
I'm going to bed early. And I'm going to read some more.

twas the day before thanksgiving...

2008-11-26T22:57:00.000-08:00

it's the day before thanksgiving = no work and no school
enchiladas for dinner.
good books. i love good books. i'm reading like 5 good books right now.
we went to harmon's for groceries. i love living so much closer to harmons. it's such a nice grocery store. now if only i lived closer to that one in draper...
mom told me about the delicious delicious pies she is making for tomorrow.
i ate some life cereal. i love whoever invented life cereal.
i also love whoever invented text messaging: i had a nice text-message-conversation with a friend.
a random person commented on my blog! someone actually read my blog! (oh, that actually happened yesterday. well, i'm still excited about it today.)