Things That Make Me Go :D

Life is hard. And sometimes it can be really crappy. Like, curl up in a ball under your covers, and never want to come out of your bed ever again crappy. But, thankfully there are some things in life that, no matter how hard or sucky life can be, they will always make it better.

1. Watching Friends episodes. Seriously, never fails to get a giggle out of me.
2. Dr. Pepper. Can cure anything from a headache to a broken heart.
3. Listening to If I Were the King of the Forest on the Wizard of Oz soundtrack. Honestly, if you don't know what I'm talking about, stop what you're doing and look it up.
4. Getting hugs and kisses from my nieces and nephews. The love I feel from them is always a booster.
5. Ice Cream. You can't buy happiness, but you can buy Ice Cream. And that's kind of the same thing.
6. Chocolate. Is an explanation necessary?
7. Good, long chats with amazing friends. Seriously, you guys are awesome.
8. Swimming. I've always been a bit of a fish.
9. Reading the scriptures. Need to do this one a lot more :/
10. Going to the temple. How can that NOT make you happy?
11. Watching a chick flick. The best ones will include Hugh Grant and/or Sandra Bullock
12. Dancing. This will always put a smile on my face.
13. Thunder storms. I don't know what it is, but it is so theraputic!
14. Getting my hair did. This, also, is theraputic.
15. Hanging out with my mom. We're soul mates. As far as mother and daughters go.
16. Roller coasters. I'm kind of an adrenaline junkie.
17. Reading. It's an adventure right in your home.
18. Star gazing. I hate living in the city for this reason.
19. Being crafty. Who doesn't love to make stuff?
20. Painting my nails. It's like I'm a new woman!

If you can't tell, my hair is now BLACK!

Beautifuly Ridiculous Moments

Last week I got a few days off of work and since I hadn't seen Kelsie in AGES and since she was FINALLY done with her externship hours, we decided to spend some quality time with Bear Lake. It couldn't have come at a better time since life has seemed a little overwhelming as of late and even though some parts of the trip were less than desirable and hilariously ridiculous, it all added up to a lot of beautiful moments:

1. Leaving a hard/stressful/busy day at work as Footloose came on
2. Letting my navigation on my phone get me lost (against my better judgement) and ending up at the new Brigham City temple
3. Random truck driver in the canyon flashing his lights and saving my lead foot from getting a ticket from the hidden cop
4. Having my favorite radio song come on the radio (I Love You Always Forever by Donna Lewis, reminds me of my childhood)
5. Talking until 4 AM with Kelsie where we cried until we laughed and laughing so hard, we cried
6. Getting hilariously stalked by evil seagulls
7. Bear Lake Raspberry Shakes. Nuff said!
8. Finally losing it from lack of sleep and laughing so hard I nearly peed my pants over something kind of funny
9. Getting 2 more Friends seasons (only 5 more!!)
10. Brandt making us breakfast at noon because we were so tired and sunburned, we could hardly move

Most of the time it is hard for me to see the beauty and humor in the ridiculous little moments I have each day. I'm actually really quick to get frustrated, embarrassed, or just down right mad. For some reason, thanks to the Lord's help, this trip I was able to enjoy those moments and laugh (a lot) at things and myself. The ridiculous moments made my life beautiful for a moment and I hope that I can have more of those days in the future.

Loving Life

Things I'm loving right now: 1. Riding all the way home with the windows down 2. The fact that TOMORROW is my LAST day of school. Ever. 3. That I get hot walking to and from school 4. That I can kind of sew now 5. That I'm getting a new Kindle in 2 days 6. That a good friend of mine gets home off his mission in 3 months 7. That pretty soon I'm going to be spending all my free time in a bathing suit 8. That I get to choreograph a solo 9. The few friends that I do have are freaking amazing 10. That I'm going forward with my life

(not me. but it will be.)