Lessons Learned

1) It isn't nearly as terrible as I thought it would be to stay in my pj's three days in a row. In fact it is pretty wonderful to not keep track of time at all. It makes getting ready for bed much easier.

2) It is possible for me to be beat at baseball on the Wii

3) I need to be careful to not get too excited while playing the Wii otherwise I will get terrible hiccups each time.

4) Eating pie out of a jar is completely worth the time it took to put it in there.

5) I love my family... but I already knew that.

Joys

So 2010 was great. I graduated and went to college. Those two things right there makes the year a productive one. Not to mention it ended so great. Mostly with movies I watched

I watched this movie for the third time with my roommies, if you have seen it, the movie its self reveals how great it is and nothing I could say could emphasize it more.

I enjoyed Ramona and Beezus with my family. I had watched it before with my sister, but it really is such a cute movie that I could watch it over and over and over again. It has such cute joys, like water fights with neighbors, the ability to become a scuba diver by jumping out of a hole in a house, and drawing the longest picture in the world. It reminded me so much of being a kid, ever since I watched it so many memories have come up, and that is enough to make me happy for the entire year.

I also was able to watch an episode of Pushing Daisies. I think it is hilarious and super cute. It has a really lighthearted fun feel to it just like Ramona and Beezus. It would be great to make life feel like that all the time. Not to mention Chuck always wears dresses and they are super super cute.

*Happy*

Time Travel is Possible

1) Be simply like Cal on Everything You Want, then anything is possible( or not possible... like new games {if you haven't seen this movie please do} )

No this bottom picture is not in the movie but it is his profile picture on IMDB

2) Build a time machine like Back to the Future

4) Get your hands on a time turner

3) Procrastinate, be under a lot of stress, have a goal to be done by a certain time(preferably a half hour before your deadline), look at the clock on the computer, hurry to get as much of your project done within an hour. Stress in the last two minutes. Wonder why no one is coming in to take over the shift. Glance at the clock on the wall and voila! You have time travelled!

(Complete story below)

And you know how on Napolean Dynamite and Everything You Want they thought that electricity made it happen. Nope, it just happens.

I recently had 20 sketches due for my History of Furnishings and Architecture class. As always I procrastinated. Which is a very bad idea in the case of sketching. I have a hard time when there is just 10 that are due. But this time it was doubled. All day Saturday I was lazy and did nothing until about 7:00. And while I was doing sketches I decided to start Stumbling. Big mistake for then I let my computer catch a virus. NOOOOO! It was awful and still is sick.

So sketches were put on hold until Monday morning. I seriously hope I've learned my lesson. I woke up at 6:00, a whole hour later than I was supposed to. I figured I would be able to have at least 30 minutes each for every sketch (tragically I usually take a lot longer than that). My roommate had a password on her computer so I went from memory until about 8:30 when she texted me( I thought she was in her room so it weirded me out).

I worked non-stop up until the time I went to work ( I looked terrible yesterday). Then from there I worked non-stop again (not even facebook even though my computer was still sick). I was looking at the clock on the computer which said about 2:30. Ahhh, I had an hour at work to finish another six sketches. Then it got to be 3:25 and I still had four sketches to do and only like an hour after work, without a computer, to work. I was so frustrated and working really hard, and my sketches did not look good.

However, I didn't understand why the next shift person wasn't coming in. So I glanced up at the clock on the wall, I still had an hour of work! How could this be? The only answer is time travel.

Life of Christ

Tonight in Institute we talked about the Atonement. I was late because I was talking to my roommate (we've found that we really like to have deep conversations with each other, and we spend lots of time doing so) but I'm so glad that I went when I did. I learned some amazing things. Really I just learned things in greater detail that made me have more gratitude than ever for Christ and his Atonement. What a great way to end the semester of institute.





At the end of class a music video was shown of the life of Christ and it was put to "What child is This?"





I wish I could have found it.

The summary? This Christmas season don't keep Christ in the manger

Simplify your Christmas by Embracing the Spiritual side of the Season.

This video NEVER gets old.


Smile at someone, say please and thanks you, and sorry and I forgive you and I Love you. Help make Jesus' birthday cake.

The gift of Christmas isn't wrapped up in presents or parties. The gift of Christmas is Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten of the Father, the Son of God. As you follow Him, you put people first. You may spend less time in lines and more time serving others. You may spend less money on - and more time with - the people you love. You may lose yourself and you may find everything else that matters.

I Think it's Great When...

multiple guys with attractive voices call at work. It really makes my day. Especially when one of them sounds like Nigel from Bones, accent and everything.

When he spoke a got an image of a face in my mind. It took me forever to figure out a name or a place.

Yes, I know my Thankfulification didn't get finished as with all things that I start. Someday I will finish something from start to finish. Perhaps I need to make a list of goals, since I don't have any written down.... anywhere. Hmmm.

..... In the meantime I will tell you about this experience:




The only Nutcracker I have ever seen has been the Barbie version, which I do like, even with the odd game-like animation and corny lines. So I was excited to see an actual un-talking version.

I like culture. Plays, theater, concerts etc. so I was sure I would absolutely love this.

Let me tell you, the costumes were beautiful, the scenery was beautiful, the dancing was lovely and enchanted, so was the music. So what was my overall thoughts? I was bored. I don't know how or why, but that's how I was. So I commend all of you who really enjoy it.

Once upon a time I thought that I was a ballet person who would enjoy every performance, but now I am sure that I am not.