Sunday, May 1, 2011
APRIL-lites
10:34 AM
APRIL:
2. General Conference! Each session at a different house. It was great fun. :)
3. General Conference! Each session (again) at a different house.
8. Passover date w/ Best Friend.
13. Last day of classes for Winter 2011 semester at BYU. wa-BAM.
18. Watched 'The Tale of Despereaux' for the first time. LOVED it!
20. Gave Best Friend his ring. Untraditional? Yes. Very incredibly awesome and exciting? Very very Yes!
21. Computer got sick and died. Sorta.
22. Double date night to Five Alls w/ the parents! A marvelous time.
23. Easter Egg Hunt w/ the family. Best Friend's first time. He had a good one. So did I.
26. Decided to move to Vernal. Very stressful decision. Very hard to make. But definitely the best decision to make. *sigh* Summer always goes fast, though, so that's a good thing. :)
27. Drove Sister #1 back and forth between Spanish Fork and Provo three times both ways (six total). WOAH. Stressful. But fun.
28. Worked at Women's Conference. 6-8 am: made salads. 8-9 am: made rolls. 9-12 pm: cut and delivered brownies. 12-6pm: sold Kettle Corn. A really long and stressful and boring day. Oh well. Best Friend helped make it better.
28. Worked at Women's Conference. Cashiered from 8 am to 3 pm. Much better than the day before. Date night to Trafalga for mini-golfing. SO fun.
30. Took engagement pictures!!! Oh. It was so so so so fun. :) I'm very excited. Movie & dinner & a great time with Best Friend.
2. General Conference! Each session at a different house. It was great fun. :)
3. General Conference! Each session (again) at a different house.
8. Passover date w/ Best Friend.
13. Last day of classes for Winter 2011 semester at BYU. wa-BAM.
18. Watched 'The Tale of Despereaux' for the first time. LOVED it!
20. Gave Best Friend his ring. Untraditional? Yes. Very incredibly awesome and exciting? Very very Yes!
21. Computer got sick and died. Sorta.
22. Double date night to Five Alls w/ the parents! A marvelous time.
23. Easter Egg Hunt w/ the family. Best Friend's first time. He had a good one. So did I.
26. Decided to move to Vernal. Very stressful decision. Very hard to make. But definitely the best decision to make. *sigh* Summer always goes fast, though, so that's a good thing. :)
27. Drove Sister #1 back and forth between Spanish Fork and Provo three times both ways (six total). WOAH. Stressful. But fun.
28. Worked at Women's Conference. 6-8 am: made salads. 8-9 am: made rolls. 9-12 pm: cut and delivered brownies. 12-6pm: sold Kettle Corn. A really long and stressful and boring day. Oh well. Best Friend helped make it better.
28. Worked at Women's Conference. Cashiered from 8 am to 3 pm. Much better than the day before. Date night to Trafalga for mini-golfing. SO fun.
30. Took engagement pictures!!! Oh. It was so so so so fun. :) I'm very excited. Movie & dinner & a great time with Best Friend.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
When Life Changes
6:07 PM
Well. I won't belabor the point with the big long story, so I'll just cut right to the chase:
I'm moving to Vernal on Sunday.
And remaining there until a time to be determined.... Or July 30, whichever comes first.
I know, I know. I'm freaking out too.
But believe me when I say that Best Friend and I decided this is the best choice.
It SUCKS more than anything, but it's what we've gotta do.
We are already making plans to see each other every single weekend, and don't forget our AWESOME two-and-a-half-week trip to Texas for me to "meet the fam". (For which I am undeniably excited. Like, beyond excited.) So.... It should work out mostly ok.
It is going to be SO stressful planning wedding-ness. Yes. I know. Thankfully, we have loving family who have already offered to help us out whenever and however. And so it is all going to work out. I just know it.
This summer is going to be ridiculously rough. Hopefully we will be able to talk more often than not, unfortunately, our schedules will be tough to coordinate. But YAY for weekends! **you know how people say they "live for the weekend" cuz they have a stressful job or something? yeah. i'll be living for the weekend, though not because my job is stressful.**
A HUGE thank you has to go to Best Friend for this. He is standing by me (even though he admitted he doesn't want me to go) and is willing to work with me to make this an awesome summer of weekend-adventures. And even maybe weekday adventures and story-telling about those adventures on the weekend. Hmmm. I could be ok with that.
BESIDES! We have eternity together. And THAT is the most exciting thing EVER. My Grandmother said these weeks will be a "blip on the radar" in 50 years. Well, Grandma, I'm holding you to that!
So... When life changes.... Even though it's sucky and hard.... And your fiance will be living three hours away from you (better than three days, but still).... And you're scared to death for what will happen....
JUST REMEMBER! (wow I'm full of morals lately. At least I'm learning, right? Sorry. Not trying to be preachy.)
When you have a Best Friend to rely on - or even better two! (Best Friend and Jesus Christ) - You know life will work out. And everything will somehow eventually be ok. And you'll be all the stronger for it.
We will be stronger. And at the end of the summer.... Eternity will begin. BAM! :) :) :)
Signing out.
Me.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Expectations
11:18 PM
We all have expectations in life:
How we will turn out as a grown up...
Who are friends will be...
What our job will be...
Where we will live...
How many kids we will have...
What school we will go to (or not, as the case may be)...
etc. etc. etc.
I think it is funny to notice (as a girl especially - as Best Friend would pointedly add) how much my expectations change depending on the situation.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Growing up - I loved Loved LOVED bossing my siblings around. I made not only my own choices, but THEIR choices. It was the best. I was in power. I was in control. I made the choices. I was the Boss. Woot!
Now - I love being the Boss... sometimes. :) The rest of the time I am perfectly content to let someone else make my choices for me. I want someone to say "Alright, be here at this time and there at that time" - with SOME liberties of course (i.e. I reserve the right to change my mind or choose my classes, etc.). But when it comes time to make one of those Really Big Decisions... ... ... I want to run and hide. So I do. I analyze the situation from every possible angle and quadrangle. I make sure that no stone is left unturned and no possibility uncovered. I know exactly what my options are from start to finish before I make a choice.
Unfortunately, and as I'm sure many of you well know, life is not always so clear-cut.
Lame.
Care for another example? Oh good.
I had a choice. Both were excellent choices. Both were very difficult choices and would provide challenges over the coming months. Both demanded my interest and attention.
However, I falsely expected that God would step in and solve my problem. He does that all the time. He helps me to make the right choice and guide on my way of life. It is happy and I move on and all is well. Go figure, He didn't step in this time. At least not immediately.
The problem is that I have such high expectations for myself. I expect myself to do well at what I do, which probably comes from always getting what I wanted (though I did work my tushie off to make sure I was worthy of what I wanted). I expect myself to attain this high standard of achievement and self-mastery and all around awesomeness, but when I fall short, I condemn myself and belittle myself and beat myself up about it. (Hopefully this doesn't sound too familiar, though I understand it's a common trait.)
I ALSO have high expectations for those around me. I expect my family to always love and support me. :) Ha. They seem to have gotten off fairly easy - but it's all a facade. They have it pretty tough. I expect Best Friend to hold me - which he seems to enjoy anyway, so we're both winning. I expect God to step in and help me solve my problems. Hmm.... That one sounds a little iffy, don'cha think?
Long story short (yeah, right), this is what I have learned:
I have high expectations for myself. This is good. HOWEVER! I cannot let my occasional "failure" to fulfill my outrageously high expectations to ruin my attitude and my feelings about life in general. It's not fair to myself or to those around me who have to put up with me. So what am I going to do about it? Well... For starters, I'm going to try to improve. I'm going to try to recognize when my expectations are unrealistic and see what I can do to improve myself without feeling like a failure. I'm also going to try to remember to take charge of my life - that it is ok to make mistakes, as long as I turn to God and keep Him close through everything.
ALSO! I'm going to love my Best Friend more and more every day cuz he loves me back. And that makes any day the best. (is that cute? or too much? I wasn't sure, but really really wanted to say it cuz it made me happy. :) I think it's cute. So there)
Signing out.
Me.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter Sunday
9:46 AM
Happy Easter Everyone!!!
Hooray for bunnies and eggs and chocolate and Christ.
This year, Best Friend participated in my family's annual Easter-Egg Hunt. We basically took the cake. We did awesome (especially since we combined all our winnings). It was very happy. He had a great time. Honestly, I did too. Even though I wanted to pass on rummaging through the mud for easter eggs, but oh well.
Then we had a delicious dinner w/ the fam. It was a great catch-up time. Loved it.
OK. Now I can go on to what I really wanted to blog about. Don't get me wrong - I wanted to share how much fun I had yesterday w/ Best Friend (and my mom and sisters - we went dress shopping. EEEEE!), but the main reason for writing this post is because I feel that it is important to remember the Savior on Easter. After all, He did live for us. He died for us. And He was resurrected for us, too. He loves each person on the planet equally, individually, and specifically. He knows us. It is phenomenal.
So... A few months ago, I found this video. This is an excerpt from a talk given by Elder Wirthlin of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I have to admit, he is one of my favorites.
Just watch it. Even if you don't think you'll like it or if you don't think you'll agree with what he says. It is pure hope. It is beautiful.
If you have any questions, feel free to visit: mormon.org or lds.org.
Sunday will come. Happy Easter.
Signing out.
Me.
Hooray for bunnies and eggs and chocolate and Christ.
This year, Best Friend participated in my family's annual Easter-Egg Hunt. We basically took the cake. We did awesome (especially since we combined all our winnings). It was very happy. He had a great time. Honestly, I did too. Even though I wanted to pass on rummaging through the mud for easter eggs, but oh well.
Then we had a delicious dinner w/ the fam. It was a great catch-up time. Loved it.
OK. Now I can go on to what I really wanted to blog about. Don't get me wrong - I wanted to share how much fun I had yesterday w/ Best Friend (and my mom and sisters - we went dress shopping. EEEEE!), but the main reason for writing this post is because I feel that it is important to remember the Savior on Easter. After all, He did live for us. He died for us. And He was resurrected for us, too. He loves each person on the planet equally, individually, and specifically. He knows us. It is phenomenal.
So... A few months ago, I found this video. This is an excerpt from a talk given by Elder Wirthlin of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I have to admit, he is one of my favorites.
Just watch it. Even if you don't think you'll like it or if you don't think you'll agree with what he says. It is pure hope. It is beautiful.
If you have any questions, feel free to visit: mormon.org or lds.org.
Sunday will come. Happy Easter.
Signing out.
Me.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Double-Date Night: Five Alls
7:22 AM
Tonight, my parents took us (Best Friend & me) to Five Alls.
It was magical. It was delicious. It was really dark and lit by candles and lanterns and wall-hanging lights (sconces? Maybe?)
We had a marvelous time. And our awesome picture proves it:
Tee hee!
Really. It was incredible. Despite our frenzied faces.
I tried to get some sa-weet pictures of the delicious food, but unfortunately, it was too dark. (I know that in the pictures the windows are open so you're asking - why was it too dark? Well, they didn't open the windows until we got our dessert, and then I wasn't thinking about it any more. So there.)
Nevertheless, dinner was the best and we were VERY grateful to Mom & Dad for paying to take us to dinner there. (It was their "Congrats on being engaged" dinner.)
--just so you know, the final bill (including tip) was $199. Yeah. It was epic. For real.
It was SO SO SO worth it and I would recommend it to anyone.
5 course meal - drink AND dessert included in the price. Yummy.
Mom had King Crab legs and they were some serious KING CRAB LEGS. Woah.
Dad had New York Steak. HUGE!
Best Friend had Steak & Crab.
I had Steak & Shrimp.
Beautiful. Delicious. 5 courses. Incredible. Tasty. Lovely. Pewter goblets & plates. AMAZING food. Great service. Right out of a Medieval storybook. Mmmm.
All around: Five Stars. Definitely.
It was magical. It was delicious. It was really dark and lit by candles and lanterns and wall-hanging lights (sconces? Maybe?)
We had a marvelous time. And our awesome picture proves it:
Tee hee!
Really. It was incredible. Despite our frenzied faces.
I tried to get some sa-weet pictures of the delicious food, but unfortunately, it was too dark. (I know that in the pictures the windows are open so you're asking - why was it too dark? Well, they didn't open the windows until we got our dessert, and then I wasn't thinking about it any more. So there.)
Nevertheless, dinner was the best and we were VERY grateful to Mom & Dad for paying to take us to dinner there. (It was their "Congrats on being engaged" dinner.)
--just so you know, the final bill (including tip) was $199. Yeah. It was epic. For real.
It was SO SO SO worth it and I would recommend it to anyone.
5 course meal - drink AND dessert included in the price. Yummy.
Mom had King Crab legs and they were some serious KING CRAB LEGS. Woah.
Dad had New York Steak. HUGE!
Best Friend had Steak & Crab.
I had Steak & Shrimp.
Beautiful. Delicious. 5 courses. Incredible. Tasty. Lovely. Pewter goblets & plates. AMAZING food. Great service. Right out of a Medieval storybook. Mmmm.
All around: Five Stars. Definitely.
too bad there was light behind us.... but oh well.
LOVE MY PARENTS!!! :)
Out in front. It's a hidden little spot. Search for it. Go there. Eat. Love.
It's worth it. And more.
Signing out.
Me.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Indexing
1:46 PM
I. Love. Indexing.
Am I weird?
Too bad.
I love it! I think it is incredible.
It is a really good time. It is productive AND fun. Can life get any better? Haha!
...yup... That's about it, actually.
Uhm... In other news... My computer contracted a virus that isn't really a virus.
And trust me, it is as annoying as it sounds.
Dad tried to fix it... Best Friend tried to fix it... Best Friend's brother tried to fix it...
Actually, they got it fixed enough that I could get on the internet again. Yay!
But.... now I can't get in any of my other programs. Crap.
So, I've stoled Best Friend's laptop until he can figure out what to do.
:) Thanks, Best Friend!!!
Signing out.
Me.
P.S. This may to you seem like a pointless post - for which I apologize.
But I feel better now. So there. :)
Am I weird?
Too bad.
I love it! I think it is incredible.
It is a really good time. It is productive AND fun. Can life get any better? Haha!
...yup... That's about it, actually.
Uhm... In other news... My computer contracted a virus that isn't really a virus.
And trust me, it is as annoying as it sounds.
Dad tried to fix it... Best Friend tried to fix it... Best Friend's brother tried to fix it...
Actually, they got it fixed enough that I could get on the internet again. Yay!
But.... now I can't get in any of my other programs. Crap.
So, I've stoled Best Friend's laptop until he can figure out what to do.
:) Thanks, Best Friend!!!
Signing out.
Me.
P.S. This may to you seem like a pointless post - for which I apologize.
But I feel better now. So there. :)
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
PhotosPhotosPhotos!
9:43 AM
Oh man. OH man!
I love taking pictures. Hopefully someday soon I'll get better at it.
It's just so much fun! and the beauty of the world is incredible.
As a side note... Elder Pearson (my brother) flew out to Japan yesterday.
I'm extremely nervous about it, but my dad says everything is fine.
Well, said Elder wrote me a letter. I saw the envelope and was thrilled!
But when I opened it up...
THE LETTER WAS BLANK!
There was merely the date written in the upper right corner. Gah.
What a bum. Don't worry. I'll get him back. He'll be sorry.
He thinks he is funny and just cuz he is in Japan he can hide. But he can't.
You better watch yourself, Elder Pearson.
I'm STILL your older sister.
Signing out.
Me.
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