Of Jodes.

Good roommates are hard to come by. Soulmate roommates are even harder. I'm gonna miss her. For many reasons.

Including:
Laughing a lot.
Being equally loud.
Her awesome style.
The way he talks and her quirky vocabulary. (Dude, man, fact, I have a testimony of that)
She put up with my crap.
Her fiery personality.
Her love for Vampire Diaries.
She took baths as long as mine.
Her crafty scrapbooking.
Her love for diet coke.
Her constant diet changes.
Her crazy workout schedule.
Our trip to chapters.
Our long talks about boys.
Her fierce loyalty to me.
Our night at the ballet.
Our night wandering the legislature grounds.
Late night junk food.
Midday junk food.
Okay, constant junk food cuz her new diet always seemed to be starting tomorrow.
Her ranting.
Her sarcasm.
Her swearing.
The time we spent joking in the back of the class in Sunday school.
Our trip to the Red Piano.
Dancing in the car.
Slightly inappropriate dance tunes.
Our theme song.
TV binges.
Her love for Anthony.
Her love for Pinterest. It's almost as strong as her love for Anthony.

I could go on but I need sleep. Let's just say she is awesome. In a million ways and it has been fantastic living with her am I am sad it had to come to an end. Stupid goodbyes....

Of long walks and nail polish.

Today my car died when it was -25 which felt like -34 with the wind chill. I sat for an hour in the cold while I waited for a tow and then walked 25 blocks from the shop to work. I know there were other options but they all sucked so I went with the walking option. Even though my feet and hands and legs and basically every body part was numb and I fell and it took HOURS to warm up, there is something oddly awesome about surviving a walk in those conditions. Made me feel patriotic. And it was generally awesome. Assuming I didn't get frostbite. If I got frostbite I will be viewing this situation a whole lot differently.

Also, painting your nails is quite therapeutic while simultaneously being waaaayyyy frustrating. I never paint them because I end up chewing on my nails and the paint chips but in spite of that it is still kinda fun to do. Side note: it is impossible not to mess at least one nail up once your done painting. Took me a grand total of 12 seconds this time. Oops.

Of family.

Sometimes life is stressful and overwhelming. Usually that falls right in step with change for me. Not a fan of change. At those times the best remedy ever is family. So, today is awesome because of my family.

For example:
Mom having food ready for me to eat.
Snacks galore.
Late night boy talks with my 14 year old sister.
Hugs from my little brother.
Endless 12 year old boy stories about YouTube videos that I have no desire to watch.
Quoting movies.
Mom hugs.
Dad rambling at his computer.
Relationship advice.
Parents actually caring about the pointless things going on in my life.
The cat. I love that cat.
The dog always running to say hi.
Doggy cuddles.
The electric blanket in the room that I get to claim as my own when I come home.
Mom packing me a lunch.
Late night snacks with the little sister.
Bugging Sidney as she is trying to sleep.
Mom staying up past her bedtime to spend time with me.
The feeling of peace when the lights of Spruce come into view when you turn that bend in the highway.
The familiarity of the city.
The feeling of home.
Chasing the cat as it runs from me.
Trying to convince the younger siblings to do everything for me.
Laughing. Lots.
Ridiculous statements like "We should call State Farm so they can find you a husband and then you can get married and then you can get a cat."
Sitting around and doing nothing but enjoying it cuz you are doing nothing with other people.
Siblings buying you tickets to their events because they were thinking of you and they want you there.
People coming to greet you at the door.
Realizing the kids are getting older and developing into these crazy little human beings with awesome personalities.
Taking credit for their awesome personalities.
Stories.
Inside jokes.

Basically, I love my family. A lot.

of FHE.

Today was great for many reasons.

I got off work early.
I had a nap.
I got some really good advice about life.
I had a burger from McDonald's which is horrible and super bad for you but simultaneously delicious.
I got to bond with my roommate over a ridiculously embarrassing moment at Chapters.
I got to eat ice cream and laugh and hang out with Spencer and Adam at their place.

But, I think the big highlight was a hilarious evening of awkward family photos with our fantastic FHE group. Seriously, our leaders are awesome. And hilarious. And have some super great ideas for activities. We laughed so hard my face hurt. In a good way.

Good times indeed.

Of fun nights out with friends

Tonight we went out for dinner and then danced and sang the night away at the Red Piano. The group that and could not have been more perfect. Carla came up from Calgary and i got to spend the night with her. Yay!! We let loose and had a fantastic time and my face hurts from laughing and i lost my voice from singing and it made me so grateful for the friends in my life.

Especial my roommate. It is going to be so hard to have her leave. I'm excited for her to get married and all that but at the same time not really. Cuz I'm selfish. Tonight everyone else got a taste of how crazy and fun she is. It was great. It was like I got to show her off. Haha! Good times were had.

Oh and today was also awesome because I found this app that let's you insert random cats into your pictures. And that's just hilarious.

Of popcorn.

Popcorn for dinner. It's a thing sometimes.

Of VD and bath time

I love my tv boyfriends.

1) Because they are beautiful.
2) TV boyfriends usually come with girl's nights and nachos.

And I also love long baths with candles and TV and having to refill the water cuz it's getting cold.

That's all.

Ooh. It's not. Today I figure out an awesomely complicated excel problem. And I applied for a crazy job that I would love. And I cleaned the house and felt super productive. And I got to spend the night with my fantastic roommate who is leaving me soon. Not excited about the whole leaving thing but everything else was awesome.

Of pruney fingers from a really long bath.

I like baths. Long wonderful baths. That usually involve watching a movie in said bath. Glorious. And relaxing. I need to invest in some bubbles for my bath. I feel like that would be a good thing.

Of institute.

I love institute. So much. The scriptures can just uplift and bless and teach. And I love that this year in institute, we are facing challenges and questions and worries that come from the anti mormon doctrine out there and everything. I love approaching the church from a educated, logical point of view. The church just gains so much more validity for me when we look at it from that perspective.

Ahhhhh!!! LOVE IT!!!

Of Jane and John.

John is my coworker. We had a fantastic time being sarcastic today.

Jane is my friend. We had a fantastic time being sarcastic and chatty and eating seven layer dip with lime chips. Nothing quite like a good girls night in when its cold outside.

And I have an awesome bishop.

And visiting teaching is awesome.

And I shoveled my walk and felt productive.

And I started my day by biting it hard on the icy road. It made me laugh and was more comical than painful.

Today was awesome.

I am actually working towards completing a New Year's resolution

Go me!! So... New Year's resolutions. I never really make them. And like most people, if I do I often don't do them. This year I decided to make a list of 101 things to do and see how many of them I could get done.

One of the things on the list was to take a picture everyday. It's been 20 days and I haven't been doing so hot. Maybe it is just that I haven't been able to find a way to track it. Or even just to remember to do it. Haha!

I have decided to make it into a blog, a gratitude blog. Let the thankful journal through pictures begin!

And go me for actually starting!