I've decided I really like these 'Daily Miracle' posts. I'm going to do more of them.

My Best Friend was my miracle today (Again?! Sheesh! What the crap? ... I know. I know.)

My day started out great, and when I read my scriptures I felt even better. I read in D&C 5 and 6. Oh man. Some awesome doctrines are in there. It was great.

Church was incredible. Lots about personal revelation and the coolness it is.

I had dinner w/ Best Friend and my grandparents. Yum.

At the end of the night, we were at my Best Friend's apartment and we just talked. We talked about what we had learned during the day and what we were going to do to live better and become better people. It was so so so so great! I loved it. I loved knowing he was there for me and supportive of me and that I could trust him enough to tell him what I was thinking and know that he wouldn't hate me and we would figure things out together.

Woah. What a miracle, right?

Honestly, I was nervous to tell him about my day and what I'd learned. I was worried he wouldn't want to listen or, since he's been sick, would be grumpy about it. But he wasn't. He listened patiently while I talked and then we talked together. It was awesome.

My miracle was having a GREAT evening with Best Friend - despite him being sick.

Thank you Best Friend! You're the Best! Ha ha ha.

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Me.

PS. This is post number 15 in February. Woot. That's exciting and weird all at the same time. :)

So... I realized as I was perusing my posts tonight that I neglected two VERY important people as I talked about my weekend.

Oops.

Person Number One: JEN!
Jen and I worked together at a Daycare over the summer. I loved it - and I loved her! She is so amazing and incredible and talented and sweet and smart. Wow. She handled those babies like none other. I was so impressed by her all the time. We had an incredible time working together and did great things. Go us! Anyway. Love this girl. She is the best. Saturday (before the pirate ship), she was in Provo. So we met up at University mall and chatted for a bit. It was so great to see her and just wander around for a bit. I didn't see her long, but I was SO glad I got to. :)

Person Number Two: AIMEE!
Aimee is another one of my ex-roommates, but she isn't an ex-roommate simply because she moved away (which she did). She got married. Yup. That is how I met my Best Friend actually... at Aimee's wedding. Weird, right? Gotta love it. Anyway. Aimee was the first of my roommates that I met at Snow College my first year there and the first that I sort of hung out with (She invited me to a drive in movie with her friends from high school. I spent the night in the car talking to my mom. Oh well). I love her a ridiculous amount and lived with her for two years. Woah. That's crazy. Well, since Aimee is Best Friend's cousin, after we went sledding on Monday we went to her mom's house and she (and her husband) came for dinner and FHE, too. It was great to see her. She is my occasional lunch buddy. Love it.

Well. These two ladies are so dear to my heart, I was super sad when I neglected their stories in my posts about President's Day weekend, but they helped to make it so super fantastic. So I remedied the situation. :)

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So... My birthday was last Sunday. And I turned the big 21.

Wahoo! Yay! Yippee! Hoorah!

I feel older, but not old-older. Just mature-older. (HAHA! I know, right?) It was a very big moment in my life.

Actually, it wasn't though. It was perfect. Just the way I wanted to spend it.

The Saturday before was the day we played on the pirate ship. So much fun - and something I'd never done before.

Saturday night I got to see my closest friends and be with them (including family, Best Friend, Nona, and Kendra). AND Winona made me a birthday cake. It's the bomb dot com. Ding dongs and M&Ms. Genius.

I just wanted to share the pic of the cake. That's the whole reason for this post. :)

Sunday was perfectly chill and quiet. I talked to my parents and sister on the phone, I saw lots of family, ate good food and good birthday cake, and just enjoyed a relaxing day.

Loved it. Perfect.

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It's official.


I am going to go through all my toys (that I have with me) and decide which are actually practical and keepable.

I am going to go through all my books and sell the annoying textbooks that I'll never read again.

Of course, this is just preparatory for the bigger spring cleaning that will occur the next time I go to Vernal. I'm really scared about that one. Lots of 'stuff' that I haven't looked at or touched in years cuz it's been in storage will now be brought into the light. Should be an adventure.

I enjoy cleaning, I really do. And I look forward to the reorganization of my personal things.

Then as soon as I'm done with that I should work on homework and stuff. ... ... ... Maybe.

Gotta love priorities, right?

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Me.

Oh man. I have so many miracles in my life. I try to live by "Expect A Miracle Every Day". It is SO powerful.

Seriously. When you go around looking for miracles, you realize they are right in front of you. And it's simply amazing!

Yesterday was a rough day. I was tired and hungry and grumpy. Yuck.

Today was a complete flip. Today I was looking for miracles.

Can I share with you just a few? (In no particular order)

--I got home from a date and found an envelope on the table for me. I was confused - I never get mail, but I was intrigued and excited. I opened it and found a check. It was from a dance studio I was a sub at a few weeks ago! I was a sub for one day - three classes. It was a great experience. Totally random. And today, right when I needed it, I got a check! Woah. Kind of creepy. But really exciting, too. Miracle: surprise blessings from the Lord.

--I got an email tonight from the head of the Preschool at BYU. She was asking if anyone had some extra time because they needed a volunteer in the preschool. She said they wouldn't be able to offer funds for it, but would greatly appreciate the help. Of course I volunteered! It's my major. And more importantly - it's what I love to do. I made the head aware of my situation (I'm looking for a job, so when I find one I might not have the time anymore) and she said they would take me as long as they could! Yay! So I'm going back to Preschool starting on Tuesday. I'm thrilled.

--My Best Friend is the greatest person ever. What a support. Seriously. He let me cry all last night and laugh all today. He wished me luck on a major huge midterm and assured me afterward that I did fine (hopefully he is right. haha). He made me dinner and didn't make me do the dishes. He gave me a big hug that I needed more than anything. Definitely a miracle to have him in my life right now.

Expect A Miracle Every Day - and you will find one. :)

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Me.

PS. Someone once challenged me to BE a miracle every day. I'm not as good at this one, but I do try. I challenge YOU to be a miracle every day - show someone you care.

SUNDAY: Took my time waking up this morning. It was great. My Best Friend came over before church and we sat and talked for a little while. Then he made me lunch while I finished getting ready. Yum. We went to church - I taught the Sunday School Lesson again (see 'Little Boats' if you're interested). It was about miracles. I loved it. I thought it went great. Super pleased. Then we went to my aunt's house for dinner. It was a double birthday party between my cousin and I. He turned four. I turned...well, a lot older than four. It was fun. We had dinner and ate cake and I loved it. Yay! After dinner, we returned to my grandparents house and Best Friend and I did some great chatting-connecting. Good times. Yeah.

MONDAY: Monday morning started with homework. There was no school due to President's Day, so I got caught up in school work instead. Go me! I then took a two hour nap waiting for Best Friend to get off of work so we could go play. He finally came over and we drove up the mountain to go sledding w/ his cousins. It was a blast. I haven't been sledding in years and forgot how much I love it. It was cold and wet and bumpy, but so so much fun. Best Friend landed most of his runs on his face in the snow. Tee hee. :) What a good time. After we were frozen, we went back to the Cousin's house for dinner, FHE, and a movie. Dinner was chicken noodle soup and de-LISH. I taught FHE w/ part of my Sunday School lesson for yesterday. And we watched 'RED'. Such a freakin' awesome movie. Loved it! After that we drove home, but half way Best Friend stopped and helped a girl change a flat tire. On the freeway. Can you say scary?! But super awesome. That's just how amazing he really is. What a good guy, yeah? I know the girl sure appreciated it. Made it home and prepped for the week. Finally slept at about 12:30 am. Not too bad all things considering. :)

President's Day Weeked of Our Lives = MAJOR SUCCESS!!! Loved it. All of it. Yup yup yup.

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Me.

PS. I wish I had pictures for this one, and I might add some later, but I didn't want to get my camera wet, so there are no pictures as of yet.

On Sunday (Feb 20th), I taught the Sunday School lesson in church. It was rather fascinating to be completely honest. As I was preparing, I realized that I needed a lot of class participation. There wasn't a lot I could do and that scared me. I was nervous that I wouldn't have enough material and the class wouldn't participate and it would all fail. But of course, they were awesome.

My picture of a little ship

Our goal should be to get to Jesus. We see Him get in His boat, and so we faithfully climb into ours so we can follow Him. When the storm comes, we should not jump into the water - that seems foolish even with a life-jacket. But we should call on Jesus' name in faith and remember that He will calm the storm. We may not see it, but we will benefit from the effects of it. We may not know when relief will come, but we know that if we have faith it will.

What an awesome principle to be taught today in Sunday School, right? I was amazed and so grateful.

I hope that all made sense. :)

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Me.

FRIDAY: Date night. Mmm. :)

Playing on the pirate ship. Yay!



He found a canon and was blowing up things. Like the dog.



Aww. Tenderness on the Pirate Ship. Group picture!



Playing with the dogs. They loved it.

Anyway, I got the coolest gift ever for Valentine's Day this year:

A card from my grandparents. Yay! (haha)

Actually - I got flowers from my Best Friend. Beautiful white and pink ones (daisies and lilies). Yay!

Also. A cake mix from my Best Friend. Aww. Sweet, huh? It was wrapped in tin foil and everything. ;)

Wow. What a fantastic V-Day. (And I am NOT being sarcastic. I honestly loved it.)

Tuesday, Best Friend and I went to Circo Aero. Oh my freakin goodness gracious to hannah to betsy. It was INCREDIBLE. Seriously. I've had the music from it stuck in my head all week long. Loved it.

Me.

I'm sitting at the library and I have nothing to do.

Alright. That's not true.

I have a couple of TV shows I could catch up on with Hulu.

Or I have some homework I could do if I really really wanted to.

The problem is, I don't really really want to.

I don't even want to.

So I thought I would blog a little.

But I don't have anything to blog about.

Wow. Lame.

Hmmm....

Yup. It's just like it sounds. And it was a blast!

It was my turn to plan a date, so I asked my Best Friend if he would go on a date with me. He said yes.
Haha.

Well, Best Friend said he wanted an apron for cooking, and I said I would make him one. However, I didn't know what kind of apron he wanted. There are a TON of options when looking at patterns and I had no idea what he would like. Or what kind of fabric he would like either. It was rough.

So, I decided to just ask him! And so that's what we did for our date. We started at Wal-Mart and picked our fabrics (actually, he picked them all. Even the one for mine. He's so awesome.) Then we went back to the house and made dinner, then I pulled out my sewing machine and we got started!

(PS. I was going to document all of this, but forgot cuz I got so excited. :( Sorry. I feel oober lame.)

...ANYWAYS...

So we made aprons. I measured to Best Friend first, then I made him cut out some while I sewed, then we traded.

(Did I mention that we didn't use a pattern? I looked at a couple online, but I was too lazy to look them up. So I made it up as I went. That makes the fact that they actually turned out good pretty impressive.)

I was surprised he didn't know how to use the sewing machine. So I taught him. He is now an incredible line-follower. Haha.

Best Friend's is instruments and mine is polka-dots. Both are reversible and denim on the other side. Yay!

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Me.

Last night I got to go with my Best Friend to a dance lab that he was participating in at the Wilk.

It was lots of fun.

There were lots of good dancers, lots of learning dancers, and a few fantastic dancers.

As much as I loved being there and thought it was awesome and fun... It reminded me how much I miss dancing.

I am not doing ANYTHING dance related right now. It sucks.

I wish I could dance all the time and everywhere.

But. Until that happens again, I will gladly support my Best Friend is his dancing adventures.

Besides, I can always dance with him, right? ;) Yay!
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Me.

That's right.

This is how I spent the majority of the day. Go me.

I went snowboarding this weekend. WOAH! What an experience.

My Best Friend wanted to go really really bad, and decided that this weekend was the perfect opportunity because he was invited for a conference-thingy. I'm not entirely sure what it was. I just know it was a bunch of accountants on the mountain.

So all last week, Best Friend searched and searched for snow pants and a snow coat for me to wear (since I own neither. Crazy, right? I've lived in Utah my whole life and don't own snow pants. Best Friend is from Texas and he owns snow pants. Whatever.) He finally found them, and my fate was set in stone.

Saturday morning we ate breakfast and went up to Sundance. The day overall was nice and chilly but not cold. Moving around kept you very warm. We layered up and went out.

Here are my feelings about snowboarding: It was a good experience.

Seriously. Looking back on it, I can honestly say that I enjoyed the day. HOWEVER. I was extremely grumpy and sore (before the day even started) and so I was definitely not 100% adventurous. I did ok during the day. Only fell down 50000 times. Pretty reasonable for someone who can't even stand straight on a skateboard, right? Overall, pretty successful, and it was a good experience. :)

Plus, Best Friend got to do a couple big runs (alone, but he still did them), so he said it was a good day.

Yay!

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Me.

2. Took voice lessons from my mom.

3. Became my best friend my freshman year.

4. Went on the Martin's Cove Handcart Trek with me.

5. Took tap for 42nd Street and still does the dances with me.

6. Forced the guy she liked onto me to make him happy.

7. Suffered while aforementioned guy and I 'dated'.
8. Rejoiced when we 'broke up', but not too much, cuz she was
being nice to me.

9. Let me star in several movies she made.



10. Embarked on many sleepovers, late nights, and McDonald's runs at 2 am adventures.

11. Played Blind Tag in the park.

12. Drove to Ephraim, UT. Alone. To see me in West Side Story.

13. Convinced me to sing karaoke years and years in a row at Holly Days.



14. Drove me around all summer with the windows rolled down, blasting Newsies and Aly & AJ.

15. Shared with me her incredible and beautiful testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which made my testimony so much stronger.

16. Loved me when I would talk her ear off about boys when she wasn't really interested.


18. Wrote a novel (which I still haven't read).

19. Had awesome adventures with me when I went to Vernal (JB's, red cloud loop, etc etc etc)



Good luck on your next big adventure. I'll miss you, but you'll be great.

X's and O's
Nashellifer Marie.

A good friend of mine, Katie Weber, has the most adorable blog. Feel free to check it out: http://www.simplykateweber.blogspot.com/ . (Since most of you already have anyway...Oh well.)

Anyway, one of my favorite things that she does is go through and list some eventful things that happened in the previous month.

So I'm stealing it. Yay!


JANUARY:

1.  Happy New Year! Who doesn't get excited about that, right?

2.  First Sunday School lesson ever. (That I've taught. Thought I should clarify.) Woah. Got asked if I was an RM. Double woah.

3.  My Best Friend got back to Provo from Texas! It was super crazy trying to navigate the airport alone. But fun. In a stressful way, of course.

7.  First date of the New Year. Christmas Present Exchange. Good time.

14.  First Big Adventure of the year - a trip to Idaho! (My first time.) We stayed for three days.

17.  Saw Winona in Logan on our drive home from Idaho. Ate at a DELICIOUS Mexican restraunt. Oh man.

21.  Carl Bloche art exhibit at BYU. It was beautiful. So... breathtaking.

23.  Taylor's farewell talk in Vernal. It was really really really good. I learned a lot. I loved it.

26.  Taylor went into the MTC. I got to have lunch w/ the family before he left. It was very emotional (even though I didn't cry while I was there, I saved up for later) and super awesome. I love my Taylor.

27.  Saw Michelle from the Bachelor at University Mall. Not really important, just really crazy.

29.  Random Adventure to the Gateway and Capitol in SLC w/ Best Friend.

30.  Taught a freakin' awesome Sunday School lesson. I felt SO GOOD afterwards. Wow. And everyone told me they enjoyed it and were really involved and excited about it. Woo-hoo!


Well. Now it is February. I'm excited. Bring it on, February! Bring. It. On.

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Me.