So all during high school I would attend football games out of obligation... singing the anthem, dancing at half time, things like that. But recently, just this season in fact, I have actually started to really love football. And it helps a ton that I am starting to really understand the rules... However, liking football has also come with a slight problem. When I try to engage in football conversations, the question always comes up, "Who is your team?" To which I reply with a stony glare and an "um..." In order to solve this problem I have spent the last three days researching all of the NFL teams, ranking them on five characteristics (state, colors, third down conversions, number of utah players, and win-loss record), plugged those numbers into a complex math formula and have chosen the 5 teams with the highest score. Out of a possible 75 points, the New York Jets scored 60, New York Giants scored 53, Denver Broncos scored 49, Tennessee Titans scored 49, and Pittsburgh Steelers scored 47. From there I decided to watch game clips of all 5 teams and from doing so I have been able to pick my favorite NFL team, swiftly and effectively. This YouTube video shows highlights of my team from last season:
Yup... that's right. Now I can fill in those awkward silences with J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
A Special Post for Matt
First off, to explain the title of this post, Talls's daddy is currently in the hospital and Talls asked if I would print off some blog entries to take to him to maybe entertain him for a bit. I was looking through the old blog and I realized I haven't posted since August! How incredibly sad is that! So I thought that maybe I should update and put up some stories that Talls's dad might enjoy reading.
Story #1 - This occurred last Sunday night. We were getting ready to have our scripture study when Talls was updating his planner. I asked if I could see his schedule just to know what my Monday was going to be looking like when he got all defensive about it. Turns out that he had written down ideas on what he wanted to get me for Christmas and refused to let me see the list for some odd reason. I tried everything I knew how to get that list from him. When he said he wanted to burn it, I confiscated our lighters. Then I protected the trash when he wanted to throw it away. Finally, it came down to me chasing him down the street yelling, "Come back here! There are rocks and I don't have a bra on!" and him running away yelling, "Get away from me you crazy woman!" May I just mention that we were in our PJ's and neither of us was wearing shoes? Well finally, I gave up and went back to the house (seeing as we had also left the door open in our chase). Unfortunately, he got there first and locked me out until he had sufficiently torn the list up into little tiny pieces and buried them in the trash can. We were then able to get on with our scripture study, but not before I tried to dig through the trash first :)
Story #2 - Last Tuesday (the day before Thanksgiving), Talls and I decided to go support our institute teacher by going to his night class. We have an LDS History class from him on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and he had mentioned how worried he was that no one would show up to his class on Tuesday night so we decided to go and support. The lesson was amazing and yada yada yada... However, the good part of this story comes after class. Talls went and sat down at the piano and asked me to sing to him. He then proceeded to play the song Someone Like You by Adele and when I didn't sing he decided to just do it himself... except he was joking around and sang it totally off tune. I had been talking to Brother Barret and the second he heard Talls start to sing, he flipped his head toward the piano and a look of complete and utter terror crossed his face. He then looked back at me with an expression that looked a little bit like, "What was that?" and I just busted up laughing. It was the funniest, most candid reaction I have ever seen from an institute teacher! He did feel a little bit better when he knew Talls wasn't actually serious. Then yesterday, the plot thickened. We were at institute talking about the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. We were talking about the hymn A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief and Brother Barrett asked someone to read (or sing) verse 6. Talls volunteered us to sing it, but Brother Barrett just looked at him and was like, "Please, no. Not like last time." Talls and I cracked up laughing like lunatics and since no one else from our class was there that night, they probably thought we were crazy too.
Story #3 - The last story is just kind of a sweet one. About a week and a half ago, there was a fall formal put on by the institute. Talls really wanted to go, but there was one small problem. No married people allowed! And plus, I hate dances. Well the same night of that formal just happened to be my turn to plan date night and so even though I wanted to go to the ballroom dance performance or perhaps even to Happy Feet 2, I decided to be sweet and created a Johnson Fall Formal instead. First of all, I locked the door on him so he couldn't come in when he got home from work. When I answered the door, I made him close his eyes and guided him to our room where I had laid out on our bed a nice shirt and tie combo with an 'official' ticket to our formal. I made him stay there while I finished my preparations of dressing up in a nice skirt, finishing our relatively fancy dinner put on paper plates because no real dance ever has the funds to afford nice china, making a customized playlist for the dance part of our date, and creating a homemade sign to put on our wall that said, "Johnson Fall Formal." When all the preparations were made, I brought him out although not before I thoroughly examined his ticket cuz ya know... he could have forged it or been trying to sneak into the dance illegally :) Then we had a nice dinner with romantic background music that is special to us then danced to a couple of songs that I had specially planned out to end on a slow dance to Marry Me by Train which is the song he used to propose to me with. I think that date meant a lot to Talls and he still hasn't allowed me to take down the Johnson Fall Formal sign.
So there you have it. There is an update of my blog after 3 months and some nice stories to do it with. Hopefully I will be able to remedy my relationship with this said blog and get into a somewhat regular blogging habit... Easier said than done.
Story #1 - This occurred last Sunday night. We were getting ready to have our scripture study when Talls was updating his planner. I asked if I could see his schedule just to know what my Monday was going to be looking like when he got all defensive about it. Turns out that he had written down ideas on what he wanted to get me for Christmas and refused to let me see the list for some odd reason. I tried everything I knew how to get that list from him. When he said he wanted to burn it, I confiscated our lighters. Then I protected the trash when he wanted to throw it away. Finally, it came down to me chasing him down the street yelling, "Come back here! There are rocks and I don't have a bra on!" and him running away yelling, "Get away from me you crazy woman!" May I just mention that we were in our PJ's and neither of us was wearing shoes? Well finally, I gave up and went back to the house (seeing as we had also left the door open in our chase). Unfortunately, he got there first and locked me out until he had sufficiently torn the list up into little tiny pieces and buried them in the trash can. We were then able to get on with our scripture study, but not before I tried to dig through the trash first :)
Story #2 - Last Tuesday (the day before Thanksgiving), Talls and I decided to go support our institute teacher by going to his night class. We have an LDS History class from him on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and he had mentioned how worried he was that no one would show up to his class on Tuesday night so we decided to go and support. The lesson was amazing and yada yada yada... However, the good part of this story comes after class. Talls went and sat down at the piano and asked me to sing to him. He then proceeded to play the song Someone Like You by Adele and when I didn't sing he decided to just do it himself... except he was joking around and sang it totally off tune. I had been talking to Brother Barret and the second he heard Talls start to sing, he flipped his head toward the piano and a look of complete and utter terror crossed his face. He then looked back at me with an expression that looked a little bit like, "What was that?" and I just busted up laughing. It was the funniest, most candid reaction I have ever seen from an institute teacher! He did feel a little bit better when he knew Talls wasn't actually serious. Then yesterday, the plot thickened. We were at institute talking about the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. We were talking about the hymn A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief and Brother Barrett asked someone to read (or sing) verse 6. Talls volunteered us to sing it, but Brother Barrett just looked at him and was like, "Please, no. Not like last time." Talls and I cracked up laughing like lunatics and since no one else from our class was there that night, they probably thought we were crazy too.
Story #3 - The last story is just kind of a sweet one. About a week and a half ago, there was a fall formal put on by the institute. Talls really wanted to go, but there was one small problem. No married people allowed! And plus, I hate dances. Well the same night of that formal just happened to be my turn to plan date night and so even though I wanted to go to the ballroom dance performance or perhaps even to Happy Feet 2, I decided to be sweet and created a Johnson Fall Formal instead. First of all, I locked the door on him so he couldn't come in when he got home from work. When I answered the door, I made him close his eyes and guided him to our room where I had laid out on our bed a nice shirt and tie combo with an 'official' ticket to our formal. I made him stay there while I finished my preparations of dressing up in a nice skirt, finishing our relatively fancy dinner put on paper plates because no real dance ever has the funds to afford nice china, making a customized playlist for the dance part of our date, and creating a homemade sign to put on our wall that said, "Johnson Fall Formal." When all the preparations were made, I brought him out although not before I thoroughly examined his ticket cuz ya know... he could have forged it or been trying to sneak into the dance illegally :) Then we had a nice dinner with romantic background music that is special to us then danced to a couple of songs that I had specially planned out to end on a slow dance to Marry Me by Train which is the song he used to propose to me with. I think that date meant a lot to Talls and he still hasn't allowed me to take down the Johnson Fall Formal sign.
So there you have it. There is an update of my blog after 3 months and some nice stories to do it with. Hopefully I will be able to remedy my relationship with this said blog and get into a somewhat regular blogging habit... Easier said than done.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Day 28: The Past Year In Great Detail
Okay so honestly I have been dreading this post ever since I started this 30 days of posts thing which is why it is coming in so late, but here goes nothing....
August 2010 - I was just starting my sophomore year of college and surprisingly breaking out of my shell to make friends with some really awesome roomies... my dutch girls! Miss them so much. If we are also including the first half of August in this, I was able to take a nice trip to Glenwood Springs, CO with my mom and step pops. It was way fun! By far my favorite part was the river rafting/ropes course/ziplining day. It was amazing and I have been wanting to do another ropes course/zipline ever since. Maybe someday...
September 2010 - Um... Yeah, I really don't remember much about this month. I think it was just standard school, institute, roomie bonding and such... Not too much exciting.
October 2010 - Elder Warren left on his mission to NYC. This wouldn't seem like a big enough deal to make my blog since we weren't even speaking to each other, but it was huge to me. I mean, this kid broke my heart and I had spent the entire year trying to get over him and I thought for sure when he left on his mission it would make things easier, but it just didn't. What made it easier will come later on in this post.
November 2010 - This is the month I interviewed for and received my patriarchal blessing and limited use temple recommend. I felt good! I was also able to show my dutch roomies what Thanksgiving is and it was way fun taking them home with me and going shopping and such. This is the month they also invited me to go to NYC with them in December and somehow I managed to talk my mom into letting me go. Way cool!
December 2010 - By far the biggest month of my year... sorta. On December 3rd, I met Talls and the whole week following we spent just hanging out and getting to know each other. Then I left for NYC with my lovely Holland girls on the 10th. I loved loved loved NYC! I just feel sorry for them because I couldn't stop texting Talls the entire time I was there. I still feel way bad about that, but in a way I don't cuz all those hours of texts and phone calls really brought us closer together. My favorite part about NYC and the one thing I would do if I could only spend one more day there was the museum on 9/11. It was so emotional being there and seeing pictures and reading stories. It just brought everything about that day closer to home in the most amazing way possible. Ellis Island was also gorgeous! I got home from NYC on the 19th and my grandma died on Christmas and it was about time too... We are all super happy that she is with my grandpa again, right where she belongs :) And on the 27th, buddy made the 2 hour trip to come visit me. We had our first kiss on temple hill and then he told me he wanted to marry me so the rest of my month was occupied with crazy thoughts of marriage.
January 2010 - I came back down to start spring semester. Talls and I hung out all the time and made arrangements for the wedding like hiring a photographer and I got my dress. That was all before he officially proposed to me on the 27th. We had gone to the temple to do baptisms and then he took me to my favorite cupcake shop in the world. With our cupcakes, we went up on a hill overlooking St. George to eat dinner and of course, our cupcakes. Well he had put my ring on top of my cupcake and I was absolutely in shock when I saw it. He then played Marry Me by Train on his phone and asked me to dance, but I was too in shock to even move, so we just sat there instead and when the song was over, he stood me up, got down on one knee, and asked me to marry him. Obviously I said yes :)
February 2010 - I really remember like nothing from February so moving on...
March 2010 - Spring break! Loved it! Talls was able to come home with me for a weekend and it was super fun hanging out with old friends and playing cards with my rents. By the way, I have the funnest and hippest parents on this planet!
April 2010 - I got a job! Well actually, I got it in March, but I really started getting into it in April. Good stuff. I also had my bridal shower over Easter break and Talls was able to go home with me then too.
May 2010 - Um... So I got married this month which I kinda think is a big deal yeah? Yeah. I also got to move out of a dorm for the last time! Ya! No more smeer lappen to battle with. Just an adorable husby to pick up after :) And on the 13th I took out my endowments. Then went on a honeymoon to SLC, or more correctly, temple square.
June 2010 - Worked, worked, and worked some more! Also got to go home for the Mormon Miracle Pageant which was near and dear to my heart and just an overall great experience. I highly recommend going if you have never gone before. It's life changing! Literally...
July - August 2010 - Can I just let you read my month in great detail? Too bad if not, cuz I will anyways. That is all.
September 2010 - Um... Yeah, I really don't remember much about this month. I think it was just standard school, institute, roomie bonding and such... Not too much exciting.
October 2010 - Elder Warren left on his mission to NYC. This wouldn't seem like a big enough deal to make my blog since we weren't even speaking to each other, but it was huge to me. I mean, this kid broke my heart and I had spent the entire year trying to get over him and I thought for sure when he left on his mission it would make things easier, but it just didn't. What made it easier will come later on in this post.
November 2010 - This is the month I interviewed for and received my patriarchal blessing and limited use temple recommend. I felt good! I was also able to show my dutch roomies what Thanksgiving is and it was way fun taking them home with me and going shopping and such. This is the month they also invited me to go to NYC with them in December and somehow I managed to talk my mom into letting me go. Way cool!
December 2010 - By far the biggest month of my year... sorta. On December 3rd, I met Talls and the whole week following we spent just hanging out and getting to know each other. Then I left for NYC with my lovely Holland girls on the 10th. I loved loved loved NYC! I just feel sorry for them because I couldn't stop texting Talls the entire time I was there. I still feel way bad about that, but in a way I don't cuz all those hours of texts and phone calls really brought us closer together. My favorite part about NYC and the one thing I would do if I could only spend one more day there was the museum on 9/11. It was so emotional being there and seeing pictures and reading stories. It just brought everything about that day closer to home in the most amazing way possible. Ellis Island was also gorgeous! I got home from NYC on the 19th and my grandma died on Christmas and it was about time too... We are all super happy that she is with my grandpa again, right where she belongs :) And on the 27th, buddy made the 2 hour trip to come visit me. We had our first kiss on temple hill and then he told me he wanted to marry me so the rest of my month was occupied with crazy thoughts of marriage.
January 2010 - I came back down to start spring semester. Talls and I hung out all the time and made arrangements for the wedding like hiring a photographer and I got my dress. That was all before he officially proposed to me on the 27th. We had gone to the temple to do baptisms and then he took me to my favorite cupcake shop in the world. With our cupcakes, we went up on a hill overlooking St. George to eat dinner and of course, our cupcakes. Well he had put my ring on top of my cupcake and I was absolutely in shock when I saw it. He then played Marry Me by Train on his phone and asked me to dance, but I was too in shock to even move, so we just sat there instead and when the song was over, he stood me up, got down on one knee, and asked me to marry him. Obviously I said yes :)
February 2010 - I really remember like nothing from February so moving on...
March 2010 - Spring break! Loved it! Talls was able to come home with me for a weekend and it was super fun hanging out with old friends and playing cards with my rents. By the way, I have the funnest and hippest parents on this planet!
April 2010 - I got a job! Well actually, I got it in March, but I really started getting into it in April. Good stuff. I also had my bridal shower over Easter break and Talls was able to go home with me then too.
May 2010 - Um... So I got married this month which I kinda think is a big deal yeah? Yeah. I also got to move out of a dorm for the last time! Ya! No more smeer lappen to battle with. Just an adorable husby to pick up after :) And on the 13th I took out my endowments. Then went on a honeymoon to SLC, or more correctly, temple square.
June 2010 - Worked, worked, and worked some more! Also got to go home for the Mormon Miracle Pageant which was near and dear to my heart and just an overall great experience. I highly recommend going if you have never gone before. It's life changing! Literally...
July - August 2010 - Can I just let you read my month in great detail? Too bad if not, cuz I will anyways. That is all.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Day 27: The Last Month, In Great Detail
Wow... A whole month to detail for you guys. I don't even remember last week, let alone last month. Well I guess we will do our best...
A month ago was obviously July 19th. I know that my birthday is on July 23rd and Talls and I took a trip to my home for it. From Talls I got a book, What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (my fave author ever!!!), the movie Charly (tear jerker), and some coolio capsules that you put in water and they dissolve into sponges. My present from my mom was going to the Idols Live concert earlier in the month which was awesome! Plus a shopping spree that same trip. And my dad gave me what my dad typically gives... a squash, a cucumber, some food to add to my food storage, plus an amazing guitar tuner! and an iTunes gift card. Thanks all!
My birthday is awfully close to the 24th of July which just happened to be on a Sunday this year so it got celebrated on my birthday. That was fun getting to do the local town celebration of a parade and a celebration at the park. I don't think Talls was expecting much since the town I grew up in has about 500 people versus his 30,000, but he was pleasantly surprised. I also baked an awesome birthday cake for myself and put some rubber duckies on top which are now sitting in my shower. I also got a birthday balloon which blew up on the way home scaring everyone in the car. Great fun.
The last Sunday in July, Talls and I had to speak in sacrament on priesthood leadership and given it was my first ever sacrament talk, I think I did pretty well. In fact I went to the dentist today and my hygienist is a girl in my ward and she told me that she enjoyed our talks, especially the part when I elaborated on how Talls and I met and his stalkerish ways... Mwahahaha...
August 8th, 9th, and 10th, buddy and I took a nice mini vacay up to the SLC area to go to Thanksgiving Point, Lagoon, and Temple Square. Thanksgiving Point was good and the gardens were gorgeous (but hot). We both decided that we need to get Talls mom up there cuz she just loves gardening so she could easily spend a whole day there enjoying the gorgeous flowers and stuff. Lagoon was also a blast. It was fun watching Talls get all worked up over the roller coasters. For me, Lagoon began to loose its appeal the first time I went to Disneyland, but Talls has only spent a couple of hours in Disneyland and he had only been to Lagoon approx 3 times before I went with him so he was like a little kid in a candy shop. Too cute! The best part about it all was the fact that the lines were way short. Like max wait time = 20 minutes. Average was probably 5-10 which was great other than the fact that I can get motion sick sometimes and going on that many rides in the heat eventually did me in. Temple Square was also great, but that is in my week detail.
There is so much I am leaving out, but I'm honestly getting tired of these 30 days of posts. I have no idea how I'm supposed to tackle a whole year in detail. Whew... May have to take a break before getting to that one...
A month ago was obviously July 19th. I know that my birthday is on July 23rd and Talls and I took a trip to my home for it. From Talls I got a book, What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (my fave author ever!!!), the movie Charly (tear jerker), and some coolio capsules that you put in water and they dissolve into sponges. My present from my mom was going to the Idols Live concert earlier in the month which was awesome! Plus a shopping spree that same trip. And my dad gave me what my dad typically gives... a squash, a cucumber, some food to add to my food storage, plus an amazing guitar tuner! and an iTunes gift card. Thanks all!
My birthday is awfully close to the 24th of July which just happened to be on a Sunday this year so it got celebrated on my birthday. That was fun getting to do the local town celebration of a parade and a celebration at the park. I don't think Talls was expecting much since the town I grew up in has about 500 people versus his 30,000, but he was pleasantly surprised. I also baked an awesome birthday cake for myself and put some rubber duckies on top which are now sitting in my shower. I also got a birthday balloon which blew up on the way home scaring everyone in the car. Great fun.
The last Sunday in July, Talls and I had to speak in sacrament on priesthood leadership and given it was my first ever sacrament talk, I think I did pretty well. In fact I went to the dentist today and my hygienist is a girl in my ward and she told me that she enjoyed our talks, especially the part when I elaborated on how Talls and I met and his stalkerish ways... Mwahahaha...
August 8th, 9th, and 10th, buddy and I took a nice mini vacay up to the SLC area to go to Thanksgiving Point, Lagoon, and Temple Square. Thanksgiving Point was good and the gardens were gorgeous (but hot). We both decided that we need to get Talls mom up there cuz she just loves gardening so she could easily spend a whole day there enjoying the gorgeous flowers and stuff. Lagoon was also a blast. It was fun watching Talls get all worked up over the roller coasters. For me, Lagoon began to loose its appeal the first time I went to Disneyland, but Talls has only spent a couple of hours in Disneyland and he had only been to Lagoon approx 3 times before I went with him so he was like a little kid in a candy shop. Too cute! The best part about it all was the fact that the lines were way short. Like max wait time = 20 minutes. Average was probably 5-10 which was great other than the fact that I can get motion sick sometimes and going on that many rides in the heat eventually did me in. Temple Square was also great, but that is in my week detail.
There is so much I am leaving out, but I'm honestly getting tired of these 30 days of posts. I have no idea how I'm supposed to tackle a whole year in detail. Whew... May have to take a break before getting to that one...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Day 26: Your Week In Great Detail
This should be a bit more exciting than my day in detail, but not by much...
Wednesday - This was the last day of a trip buddy and I had gone on. This day we decided to go to temple square and attend an endowment session along with visiting some of the buildings we didn't make it to while on our honeymoon. That temple has the prettiest celestial room ever! Granted I have only been in two other temples, but still. Gorgeous! We had lunch at the Olive Garden which was delicious and we had the coolest waitress. She was awesome! Maybe she was just working for a good tip, but she deserved one thats for sure. Then we went back and toured the Church History Museum which was really cool and then stalked some brides before we had to leave at 5 to go have dinner with one of his friends in Roy. I had never met her or her husband but they were really fun to hang out with for a couple of hours before we headed home. We got out of there a little before nine and with construction and all, it took us a little over 5 hours to get home. It was such a struggle to stay awake but we made it and it was worth it!
Thursday - I don't really remember much about this day except buddy didn't have to do a whole lot of working and so we got to hang out a bit. what we did exactly I don't recall although I do know we went grocery shopping.
Friday - One of my good friends from high school was having her bridal shower this day so I made the 2 hour trek home to celebrate with her. It was a great shower and I even won at two of the games... famous partners & bingo (I got blackout first). I was also able to visit my daddy which was good. Friday nights are usually our date nights so we just had a nice game night and played some Racko and Mancala and Connect 4. Buddy also let me do his makeup... haha... It was a very good makeup job though. If only it had been on a girl... After we played our games we walked down to McDonalds (with buddy's makeup still on) and got some kiddie cones. It was fabulous.
Saturday - Buddy didn't have to work much this day either so we played some more games in the morning and then cleaned during the afternoon. I was able to tackle our study room which has been driving me bonkers ever since he got all of his stuff moved in and cluttered everything up with random books and papers. It was bad, but now you can actually see our desks and I love it! That night was the Miss Iron County pageant which we went to because A) I love pageants and B) One of my roomies was competing (she took 1st attendant! Yeah! Go Emilee!). It was Tall's first pageant and he actually enjoyed it which makes me happy cuz that means I can take him to more :) After the pageant we came home and hip hopped it up before bed time.
Sunday - Right before we went to bed Saturday night, Talls got a call from his little sister saying that their mom had been injured in a hike earlier that day and wouldn't be able to play the piano in sacrament so buddy had to cover for her. We also had a farewell to go to for one of his friends. When we came home, we had a lovely and adventurous lunch for our third month anniversary (details of that are contained in day 24's post). After that I don't remember much of what happened that day although I'm sure it was great.
Monday - I went back to work after a week off for my last 40 hour work week before school starts! Yay! And we had a great FHE lesson that night and other than that, I also don't remember much from that day.
Yesterday - Another work day, which was detailed in yesterday's post. For those of you wondering (for the one of you who is actually reading this and maybe wondering) I did go get my haircut by possibly the cutest and nicest beautician working for any great clips anywhere! and then went home, made dinner, and buddy didn't go to ultimate frisbee so we watched Love Happens instead.
Yup... that's my week.
Wednesday - This was the last day of a trip buddy and I had gone on. This day we decided to go to temple square and attend an endowment session along with visiting some of the buildings we didn't make it to while on our honeymoon. That temple has the prettiest celestial room ever! Granted I have only been in two other temples, but still. Gorgeous! We had lunch at the Olive Garden which was delicious and we had the coolest waitress. She was awesome! Maybe she was just working for a good tip, but she deserved one thats for sure. Then we went back and toured the Church History Museum which was really cool and then stalked some brides before we had to leave at 5 to go have dinner with one of his friends in Roy. I had never met her or her husband but they were really fun to hang out with for a couple of hours before we headed home. We got out of there a little before nine and with construction and all, it took us a little over 5 hours to get home. It was such a struggle to stay awake but we made it and it was worth it!
Thursday - I don't really remember much about this day except buddy didn't have to do a whole lot of working and so we got to hang out a bit. what we did exactly I don't recall although I do know we went grocery shopping.
Friday - One of my good friends from high school was having her bridal shower this day so I made the 2 hour trek home to celebrate with her. It was a great shower and I even won at two of the games... famous partners & bingo (I got blackout first). I was also able to visit my daddy which was good. Friday nights are usually our date nights so we just had a nice game night and played some Racko and Mancala and Connect 4. Buddy also let me do his makeup... haha... It was a very good makeup job though. If only it had been on a girl... After we played our games we walked down to McDonalds (with buddy's makeup still on) and got some kiddie cones. It was fabulous.
Saturday - Buddy didn't have to work much this day either so we played some more games in the morning and then cleaned during the afternoon. I was able to tackle our study room which has been driving me bonkers ever since he got all of his stuff moved in and cluttered everything up with random books and papers. It was bad, but now you can actually see our desks and I love it! That night was the Miss Iron County pageant which we went to because A) I love pageants and B) One of my roomies was competing (she took 1st attendant! Yeah! Go Emilee!). It was Tall's first pageant and he actually enjoyed it which makes me happy cuz that means I can take him to more :) After the pageant we came home and hip hopped it up before bed time.
Sunday - Right before we went to bed Saturday night, Talls got a call from his little sister saying that their mom had been injured in a hike earlier that day and wouldn't be able to play the piano in sacrament so buddy had to cover for her. We also had a farewell to go to for one of his friends. When we came home, we had a lovely and adventurous lunch for our third month anniversary (details of that are contained in day 24's post). After that I don't remember much of what happened that day although I'm sure it was great.
Monday - I went back to work after a week off for my last 40 hour work week before school starts! Yay! And we had a great FHE lesson that night and other than that, I also don't remember much from that day.
Yesterday - Another work day, which was detailed in yesterday's post. For those of you wondering (for the one of you who is actually reading this and maybe wondering) I did go get my haircut by possibly the cutest and nicest beautician working for any great clips anywhere! and then went home, made dinner, and buddy didn't go to ultimate frisbee so we watched Love Happens instead.
Yup... that's my week.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Day 25: Your Day In Detail
Ready for a boring story? Here goes...
6:45 - Unwillingly wake up to my alarm and try to wake up the husby who always sets his alarm for like an hour before he actually wakes up.
7:00 - Eat breakfast. I had a bowl of frosted mini wheats that I discovered have more protein and fiber in them than multi grain cheerios do.
7:15 - Took a nice hot shower to brush my teeth and wash my face (I had showered the night before) because my house was cold!
7:30-8:00 - Did my hair and makeup and, since I was running late, let the husby pick out my outfit for the day.
8:00 - This is where it gets boring.... Went to work. Where there was nothing to do. As always.
12:07 - Went on my lunch break. Finished writing a letter to Elder Warren, had some easy mac, mailed the letter to Elder Warren, got a new student ID, got a cool sticker to put on my student ID which will allow me to get into sporting events for free, and got a pack of M&Ms when I realized that easy mac probably wasn't enough to hold me over until dinner.
1:07 - Went back to work and sat here waiting and praying for something to do other than study a hugemongus accounting book and surf the web.
At approximately 5 o'clock I will close up shop, go to great clips where I will get a much needed trim and then venture home to make dinner. Depending on what the hubby chooses to do tonight, I will either make another fleece blanket to donate to Cantus! (if the husby decides to go play ultimate frisbee) or go on a walk with the husby (if the husby decides to eat dinner with me rather than play frisbee). At approximately 9:30 I will insist on turning in for the night, but we will have to do our scripture study first and cuddle and talk for a while so once again, I will get to bed anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half later than I desire. Isn't my life just so exciting? :)
6:45 - Unwillingly wake up to my alarm and try to wake up the husby who always sets his alarm for like an hour before he actually wakes up.
7:00 - Eat breakfast. I had a bowl of frosted mini wheats that I discovered have more protein and fiber in them than multi grain cheerios do.
7:15 - Took a nice hot shower to brush my teeth and wash my face (I had showered the night before) because my house was cold!
7:30-8:00 - Did my hair and makeup and, since I was running late, let the husby pick out my outfit for the day.
8:00 - This is where it gets boring.... Went to work. Where there was nothing to do. As always.
12:07 - Went on my lunch break. Finished writing a letter to Elder Warren, had some easy mac, mailed the letter to Elder Warren, got a new student ID, got a cool sticker to put on my student ID which will allow me to get into sporting events for free, and got a pack of M&Ms when I realized that easy mac probably wasn't enough to hold me over until dinner.
1:07 - Went back to work and sat here waiting and praying for something to do other than study a hugemongus accounting book and surf the web.
At approximately 5 o'clock I will close up shop, go to great clips where I will get a much needed trim and then venture home to make dinner. Depending on what the hubby chooses to do tonight, I will either make another fleece blanket to donate to Cantus! (if the husby decides to go play ultimate frisbee) or go on a walk with the husby (if the husby decides to eat dinner with me rather than play frisbee). At approximately 9:30 I will insist on turning in for the night, but we will have to do our scripture study first and cuddle and talk for a while so once again, I will get to bed anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half later than I desire. Isn't my life just so exciting? :)
Monday, August 15, 2011
Day 24: Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Oh buddy... If there was ever a story worthy of being a Talls & Smalls Adventure, its probably this one. So yesterday was our 3rd month anniversary. For our wedding someone gave us two champagne glasses with a bottle of sparkling cider (non-alcoholic of course) which we drank with a fancy dinner for our 1 month anniversary so its become sort of a tradition to have sparkling cider in those glasses every month on the 14th. The first month we had a fancy dinner at home and the second month we had a picnic. Well this month the 14th just happened to be a Sunday so I tried to think of Sabbath Day dates to go on and finally decided to hide out in a church after the block to have a packed lunch like we did pretty much every Sunday when we were engaged. However, that plan got disrupted by a messed up schedule blah blah blah so we were just having a normal lunch at home with our champagne glasses and everstuff when I had the brilliant idea of lighting a candle to make it a little more romantic. So we lit a candle and the mood was set, that is until buddy picked up a random paper towel and stuffed it in the candle. At first I was just like, "Buddy, what are you doing?" But then I plucked it out and it was flaming and I started yelling, "Buddy! Buddy!" There were ashes flying everywhere and a burning paper towel just sitting on our table. It wasn't long before our smoke alarms went off too. Buddy was poking at the flaming towel with a fork while I was debating on whether stomping on the ashes or throwing water on them would have a better effect. Finally, buddy got the towel stabbed by a fork and wanted to throw it in the garbage can which really is probably the stupidest thing you could do so I yelled at him for that too. His next idea was to take it outside but I wouldn't let him do that either so I grabbed a cup, filled it with water and stuffed the paper towel in it to listen to it sizzle. As we looked around, we noticed all the ashes that had littered our kitchen/living room and were just grateful we didn't set anything on fire. And then we laughed... and laughed... and laughed. It really was great! Just wouldn't have been if the house had caught on fire. The best part though is that we still have the cup with the paper towel inside and a note on top of it that reads, "In remembrance of the sparks that flew at our third month anniversary lunch". Oh yes, married life is great :)
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Days 21, 22, and 23
So I'm just throwing this out there but... I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for two years today! Probably even about this exact minute, although I don't quite remember exactly when my baptismal service was, only that it was in the evening. Oh, and I pormise that the last few days of posts will go much smoother than the last week has because I will be at work where I have both the time and the fast internet connection to post. So anyways...
Day 21 <3 A Recipe
Here is a recipe for fettuccine alfredo that I stole out of a Betty Crocker cookbook. Everyone I feed it to loves it so I figured its a good one to share...
Ingredients:
8 oz uncooked fettuccine
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup whipping cream
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp salt
dash of pepper
Directions:
1-Cook noodles in a dutch oven pan. While noodles are cooking, make sauce.
2-In a saucepan, heat the butter and whipping cream on low until butter is melted. Stir in the cheese, salt and pepper until mixture is smooth.
3-Drain the fettuccine and put back in dutch oven or serving bowl.
4-Pour sauce over noodles and stir until the fettuccine is well coated.
Super simple, just don't make the same mistake I did the first time I tried to make this. I was young and innocent and didn't know that there was more than just cool whip whipping cream out there so yes... I tried to make this with cool whip. Not exactly the best result I must say. :)
Day 22 <3 A Website
There is a website I have recently become obsessed with called pinterest. It is so great for a girl like me who loves to shop online and surf the web because it allows you to pin and organize all the products and ideas you like in a neat and organized fashion which you get to share with others and they can either like it or repin it to their own respective boards. It's great! Here is a link to one of my boards...
http://pinterest.com/cassityj/wish-i-may-wish-i-might/
Day 23 <3 A You Tube Video
Oh all the great ones I could go with, but when it comes right down to it and people ask me to share my favorite video at a youtube party, it always comes back to this one. Every time.
So stupid, but I <3 it! :)
Day 21 <3 A Recipe
Here is a recipe for fettuccine alfredo that I stole out of a Betty Crocker cookbook. Everyone I feed it to loves it so I figured its a good one to share...
Ingredients:
8 oz uncooked fettuccine
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup whipping cream
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp salt
dash of pepper
Directions:
1-Cook noodles in a dutch oven pan. While noodles are cooking, make sauce.
2-In a saucepan, heat the butter and whipping cream on low until butter is melted. Stir in the cheese, salt and pepper until mixture is smooth.
3-Drain the fettuccine and put back in dutch oven or serving bowl.
4-Pour sauce over noodles and stir until the fettuccine is well coated.
Super simple, just don't make the same mistake I did the first time I tried to make this. I was young and innocent and didn't know that there was more than just cool whip whipping cream out there so yes... I tried to make this with cool whip. Not exactly the best result I must say. :)
Day 22 <3 A Website
There is a website I have recently become obsessed with called pinterest. It is so great for a girl like me who loves to shop online and surf the web because it allows you to pin and organize all the products and ideas you like in a neat and organized fashion which you get to share with others and they can either like it or repin it to their own respective boards. It's great! Here is a link to one of my boards...
http://pinterest.com/cassityj/wish-i-may-wish-i-might/
Day 23 <3 A You Tube Video
Oh all the great ones I could go with, but when it comes right down to it and people ask me to share my favorite video at a youtube party, it always comes back to this one. Every time.
So stupid, but I <3 it! :)
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Days 15-20
Since we have been on vacation, I am seriously behind on posting so here comes 6 days worth of posts...
Day 15 <3 Favorite Game
My step-dads family has a family game that I feel obligated to put here which is... Progressive Rummy! Super fun! But recently I have also become relatively obsessed with Apples to Apples... Also super amazing! And the more people you have for both, the better.
Day 16 <3 A Song That Makes You Cry (or nearly)
This really depends on the day but when I was little it was unquestionably Holes in the Floor of Heaven. The link to the youtube video is here...
Day 17 <3 An Art Piece
I'm not sure what the name of this painting is but it was done by Harry Anderson. It means more to me than I can even put into words, but the power of the atonement is so shown and felt in it and it means so much to me because the atonement has changed my life and made me into the person I am today. There is no subject I have ever studied that has brought me closer to my Savior than the atonement and learning about it is always a very special spiritual experience.
Day 18 <3 Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
So as I mentioned we have been on vacation for the past 3 days. Talls and I went up to SLC to go to Lagoon and Thanksgiving Point and Temple Square. My favorite part was probably playing one of the boardwalk games in Lagoon and winning a cute dolphin I have affectionately named Oscar. The object of the game is to have the person guess your age within 2 years and I was confident in my ability to win because people often think I'm about 15. She guessed me at 17 so I got her by one year and got a dolphin out of the deal. Awesomeness! The temple was also great and the SLC temple has the prettiest celestial room I have seen thus far. Buddies favorite part was just spending time with me. We ate dinner with one of his friends last night in Roy and didn't get home until after 2 in the morning though so we are definitely just bumming it up today. Its great stuff.
Day 19 <3 A Talent of Yours
Um... refer to Day 11. That picture tells all.
Day 20 <3 A Hobby of Yours
Um... refer to Day 11 also. I know its a talent, but its also a hobby.. Music is the correct answer to both of these questions.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Day 14: A NonFictional Book
As a HumbleObedientTempleworthy member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, what else would I put here but...
and then of course... testimony time! In Moroni 10:3-5, the prophet Moroni says, "Behold, would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would rmemeber how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts. And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."
I have followed this scripture and have prayed to know if the Book of Mormon is indeed true and through the testifying power of the Holy Ghost, I know without a shadow of a doubt that it is. If this book is true, and I know that it is, then it means that the rest of the doctrines taught in the LDS church must be true also. That Joseph Smith was a true prophet called to restore the true church to the Earth and that President Thomas S. Monson currently guides the church today. It means that the priesthood power has been restored to the Earth and that through it we can repent, be baptized and confirmed, and receive all the saving ordinances of the temple in order to live with our families forever. If you would like to learn more about this faith, you can check out the official church websites at www.mormon.org and www.lds.org
I have followed this scripture and have prayed to know if the Book of Mormon is indeed true and through the testifying power of the Holy Ghost, I know without a shadow of a doubt that it is. If this book is true, and I know that it is, then it means that the rest of the doctrines taught in the LDS church must be true also. That Joseph Smith was a true prophet called to restore the true church to the Earth and that President Thomas S. Monson currently guides the church today. It means that the priesthood power has been restored to the Earth and that through it we can repent, be baptized and confirmed, and receive all the saving ordinances of the temple in order to live with our families forever. If you would like to learn more about this faith, you can check out the official church websites at www.mormon.org and www.lds.org
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Day 13: Fictional Book
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Day 12: Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
So this morning, I ate a bowl of lucky charms. Standard right? Wrong! They have added new colors to the shooting star marshmallows so now there is green and blue and pink and another color I can't quite remember. Weird right? But I kinda like it...
On Sunday, buddy and I gave talks in sacrament. Our topic was on the restoration of the priesthood: priesthood leadership and the blessings that come from it. It was my first ever sacrament talk, but I think I did well considering. Buddy did very well too and we had a lot of people tell us that they enjoyed our talks which made our feel goods feel real good!
Friday night we were also able to go up to a ward campout. We couldn't stay overnight because buddy had to go to work early Saturday morning but we were able to go and get to know a few couples in our ward a little bit better which was excelent. It's been really hard for me to feel like I fit into a married ward when all I have known thus far have been singles wards. I just feel to young and immature to mingle with such awesome yet older married sisters, but I'm learning that there are some really nice sisters there who I could potentially be friends with.
Thats about it for Talls & Smalls updates. Now go enjoy those new colored marshmallows. Awesome sauce!
On Sunday, buddy and I gave talks in sacrament. Our topic was on the restoration of the priesthood: priesthood leadership and the blessings that come from it. It was my first ever sacrament talk, but I think I did well considering. Buddy did very well too and we had a lot of people tell us that they enjoyed our talks which made our feel goods feel real good!
Friday night we were also able to go up to a ward campout. We couldn't stay overnight because buddy had to go to work early Saturday morning but we were able to go and get to know a few couples in our ward a little bit better which was excelent. It's been really hard for me to feel like I fit into a married ward when all I have known thus far have been singles wards. I just feel to young and immature to mingle with such awesome yet older married sisters, but I'm learning that there are some really nice sisters there who I could potentially be friends with.
Thats about it for Talls & Smalls updates. Now go enjoy those new colored marshmallows. Awesome sauce!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Days 9, 10, and 11
Day 9 <3 A Photo You Took
I totally have periods in my life where I desire to be a photographer. Those moments in life usually wear off relatively quickly. Here are my top three favorites that I have taken (and have readily available).
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| Flower near Rifle Falls, CO |
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| Monrovian Park |
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| Monrovian Park |
Day 10 <3 A Photo of You Taken Over 10 Years Ago
As I am 2 hours away from all my old pictures, this one will have to go TBA for now.
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| One of my favorite past times...Dec. 2010 |
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Day 8: A Photo That Makes You Sad
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| Lara, I and Annoeska in NYC |
A) It makes me miss the coolness of New York City
and
B) It makes me miss two of the best roomies and two of the coolest girls this planet has ever known.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Day 7: A Photo That Makes You Happy
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| Taken by AK Studio & Design |
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Day 6: Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
So the Johnson family has been plagued my some super weird dreams this week... all Harry Potter related. Does that tell you something about our recent obsession of choice? So here are our top 3 weirdest/most vivid dreams in no particular order...
1 - This was a dream had by Smalls. She dreamt that she was watching a family trying to travel by floo powder only through a dresser drawer. There were two little girls and a mama and papa. The two little girls went through first and made it safely through I assume. Then just as the parents were about to leave, they heard a sound near the front door. The mama asked the papa if he had locked the door and so he went back to double check which was most unfortunate because when he got there, the wife heard Voldemort's high pitched voice yell ava kadavra accompanied with a flash of green and knew her husband had just died. She made it through to her girls just in time to run for it.
2 - This one was dreamt by Talls. I don't know the details exactly but he says in his dream we were a couple kind of like Lily and James Potter... only not... and that someone had sent a dragon after us to kill us. The dragon set our current apartment on fire but we were able to escape. From there, buddy thought it might be a good idea to hide in Zions NP but I wasn't quite so sure. Well I obliged and seconds after we got there, the dragon found us. So we apparated to a city something like Chicago and were living in a high rise apartment right underneath a couple of our friends. Well we were just at home one day when we felt some heat so we looked up and the dragon was burning through the roof into our apartment. We didn't know how we were going to get out of that one but then some wizards showed up and captured the dragon. Later a news crew was able to interview the dragon about how he found us and he said he knew I liked apartments with a certain kind of pipes and so he found us by looking for apartments with those kind of pipes.
1 - Okay... maybe these were in order cuz this one is my favorite and it was had by mwah. I dreamt that talls had been injured somehow and had to be transfigured into a penguin in order to heal. He was put in a zoo and I visited him everyday. He knew who I was, but he couldn't talk to me or anything... He could only cuddle with me in a very awkward manner. After days and days of visiting him at the zoo, doctors began to tell me that he might never be transfigured back into a human... he might have to stay a penguin forever. My mom suggested I get a divorce but there was no way. We had been sealed so even if we couldn't be human together in this life, we could be husband and wife humanly in the next.
So yes... a little bit too much Harry Potter going on in the life of the Johnsons? I think so...
1 - This was a dream had by Smalls. She dreamt that she was watching a family trying to travel by floo powder only through a dresser drawer. There were two little girls and a mama and papa. The two little girls went through first and made it safely through I assume. Then just as the parents were about to leave, they heard a sound near the front door. The mama asked the papa if he had locked the door and so he went back to double check which was most unfortunate because when he got there, the wife heard Voldemort's high pitched voice yell ava kadavra accompanied with a flash of green and knew her husband had just died. She made it through to her girls just in time to run for it.
2 - This one was dreamt by Talls. I don't know the details exactly but he says in his dream we were a couple kind of like Lily and James Potter... only not... and that someone had sent a dragon after us to kill us. The dragon set our current apartment on fire but we were able to escape. From there, buddy thought it might be a good idea to hide in Zions NP but I wasn't quite so sure. Well I obliged and seconds after we got there, the dragon found us. So we apparated to a city something like Chicago and were living in a high rise apartment right underneath a couple of our friends. Well we were just at home one day when we felt some heat so we looked up and the dragon was burning through the roof into our apartment. We didn't know how we were going to get out of that one but then some wizards showed up and captured the dragon. Later a news crew was able to interview the dragon about how he found us and he said he knew I liked apartments with a certain kind of pipes and so he found us by looking for apartments with those kind of pipes.
1 - Okay... maybe these were in order cuz this one is my favorite and it was had by mwah. I dreamt that talls had been injured somehow and had to be transfigured into a penguin in order to heal. He was put in a zoo and I visited him everyday. He knew who I was, but he couldn't talk to me or anything... He could only cuddle with me in a very awkward manner. After days and days of visiting him at the zoo, doctors began to tell me that he might never be transfigured back into a human... he might have to stay a penguin forever. My mom suggested I get a divorce but there was no way. We had been sealed so even if we couldn't be human together in this life, we could be husband and wife humanly in the next.
So yes... a little bit too much Harry Potter going on in the life of the Johnsons? I think so...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Day 5: Your Favorite Quote
This definitely depends on the effect you are going for. For example, if you are looking for thought provoking, it would have to be... "You won't always have the moment, but you will always have the memory". Kind of a life motto for me. However, if you want funny than it is either a quote from Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory... "Cause of accident? Lack of adhesive ducks!" Or this other that I got in an e-mail from my mother that says something to the effect of... All women are born as angels, but when someone breaks their heart they continue to fly, just on a broomstick. Be warned... we are flexible like that. So true boys.... so true.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Day 1! And 2... 3... 4...
Wow... So its only day 1 (and 2 and 3 and 4) of my 30 days of posts and I have already failed because I am 4 days late in posting! But if its only day one, does that really count? Well best to get this over with then...
Day 1 <3 Your Favorite Song
I cannot pick just one so I will have to go with a few...
1 - All time favorite song: Lullaby by Shawn Mullins
2 - If I Die Young by The Band Perry
3 - Don't You Wanna Stay by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson
4 - Just a Kiss by Lady A
5 - Like My Mother Does by Lauren Alaina
But you must keep in mind that my favorite songs change like fads so ya know...
Again... its impossible to just pick one so you get another list.
Day 3 <3 Your Favorite Book
I can't give you a favorite book, but I can definitely give you a favorite author... Sarah Dessen... and a favorite series... Harry Potter.
Day 4 <3 Your Favorite TV Show
Finally... something that can be answered with one definitive answer... I love American Idol!
Day 1 <3 Your Favorite Song
I cannot pick just one so I will have to go with a few...
1 - All time favorite song: Lullaby by Shawn Mullins
2 - If I Die Young by The Band Perry
3 - Don't You Wanna Stay by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson
4 - Just a Kiss by Lady A
5 - Like My Mother Does by Lauren Alaina
But you must keep in mind that my favorite songs change like fads so ya know...
Day 2 <3 Your Favorite Movie
Again... its impossible to just pick one so you get another list.
Day 3 <3 Your Favorite Book
I can't give you a favorite book, but I can definitely give you a favorite author... Sarah Dessen... and a favorite series... Harry Potter.
Finally... something that can be answered with one definitive answer... I love American Idol!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Pictures! And 30 Days of Posts Begins Now...
Also, I have been busy blog stalking and have come across a cute little idea called thirty days of posts. Basically the concept is to post a blog every day about you and there are categories for every day. Here is the list that I have found...
1) Your Favorite Song
2) Your Favorite Movie
3) Your Favorite Book
4) Your Favorite TV Show
5) Your Favorite Quote
6) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
7) A Photo That Makes You Happy
8) A Photo That Makes You Sad
9) A Photo You Took
10) A Photo Of You Taken Over 10 Years Ago
11) A Photo Of You Taken Recently
12) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
13) A Fictional Book
14) A Non-fictional Book
15) Favorite Game
16) A Song That Makes You Cry (or nearly)
17) An Art Piece (painting, drawing, sculpture etc.)
18) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
19) A Talent Of Yours
20) A Hobby Of Yours
21) A Recipe
22) A Website
23) A You Tube Video
24) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
25) Your Day, In Great Detail
26) Your Week, In Great Detail
27) This Month, In Great Detail
28) This Year, In Great Detail
29) Hopes, Dreams, Plans For Next 365 Days
30) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
Let the blogging begin!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Beat the shock! Beat beat the shock!
Yes... that is my cheerleader side coming through which is amazing because I detest cheerleading but I am super excited because we have beat our electricity! Yeah! It has been a two month long battle between us and it, but this time, I'm pretty sure we have mastered our problems. This month has been particularly interesting with our electricity going out on the 5th and having serious issues with it ever since. It got to the point where we didn't dare use our stove or microwave so we were eating sandwiches, waffles, and cereal every meal. We were getting tired of not having any hot meals and the fact that despite numerous complaints, our landlord wasn't doing too much to fix the problem so we threatened to move out if he didn't have it fixed by the end of the month. Then last Saturday as I was cleaning, every time I touched the stove or dryer, I got shocked so call our landlord we did. He told us to unhook the wires on the back of our stove that were connecting our stove to our dryer and then to the breaker (so not safe by the way). So we turned off the breaker and unhooked the wires. Standard procedure right? Wrong! Because when we went to turn the breaker back on we heard a loud pop and sizzle and everything was out. So we quickly loaded up the contents of our refrigerator and went to stay with his parents for a few days while it got fixed. In a way this was a good thing because for one reason or another our landlord realized how serious the situation was and had an electrician in there on Monday. By Wednesday morning, everything was safe and in working condition and we were able to move back in last night. So take that mister electricity! Trying to kick us out of our cute little conveniently located cozy apartment! Well guess what? We are here to stay! At least for another two years that is...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Pictures Up! Plus Hikes and Miracles...
So I have been so bad at not posting for a while... That is the problem with blogs and I, we just seem to forget about each other for very long periods of time...
Anyways, today I am super excited because Abbey Kyhl of AK Studio and Design has finally posted my engagement and bridal pictures to her blog and I know my wedding pictures are coming soon... If you would like to check out those pics and the rest of her amazing work, go here... http://akstudiodesign.com/blog/2011/06/cassity-neil-st-george-utah-temple-wedding-photography/ The link to our engagements is then in the bottom left hand corner of the page... :)
So to the hike part of the post... I have had the last two weeks off work and so Talls and I had time to go on a hike to Kannara Falls... something we have been wanting to do for forever! And it was so pretty! I was complaining towards the beginning cuz I had to hike up a super steep hill and I'm not much of a steep dusty hiker, I go mostly for gorgeous, easy to get to waterfalls and such. Once that hill leveled out though and we started wading through the river, it was just so gorgeous! Half of that hike requires that you wade through water and up through slot canyons where you don't have any option but to get wet. This fact made me feel super bad for a group of missionaries out for a pday activity who were trying to hike the falls as missionaries are not supposed to play in water like that. However, it was comforting to know that if I drowned, I had a priesthood blessing more than covered. We were able to take a couple of pictures up there which I wish I could post, but they were on Talls phone and for some reason I have been unable to send them anywhere! But maybe one day...
During my time off we were also able to go to the Mormon Miracle Pageant which was really special for me because that is where I first realized that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true and the pageant was the event that triggered my conversion. The morning started off with a wonderful trip to the Manti Temple for an endowment session. My step sister came down that day with her husband and their girls so we had a fun afternoon playing cards with them and at the park with the girls. Then that night came and wow! I have never cried so much in my life! From the second the pageant started to the moment it ended I was just in tears! I couldn't help it though as I thought about the last two years, ever since I joined the church, and how much that decision has changed my life. It is an incredible transformation and a testimony to me that the church is true... But I don't want to get all preachy so you should probably just go check out those pictures :)
Anyways, today I am super excited because Abbey Kyhl of AK Studio and Design has finally posted my engagement and bridal pictures to her blog and I know my wedding pictures are coming soon... If you would like to check out those pics and the rest of her amazing work, go here... http://akstudiodesign.com/blog/2011/06/cassity-neil-st-george-utah-temple-wedding-photography/ The link to our engagements is then in the bottom left hand corner of the page... :)
So to the hike part of the post... I have had the last two weeks off work and so Talls and I had time to go on a hike to Kannara Falls... something we have been wanting to do for forever! And it was so pretty! I was complaining towards the beginning cuz I had to hike up a super steep hill and I'm not much of a steep dusty hiker, I go mostly for gorgeous, easy to get to waterfalls and such. Once that hill leveled out though and we started wading through the river, it was just so gorgeous! Half of that hike requires that you wade through water and up through slot canyons where you don't have any option but to get wet. This fact made me feel super bad for a group of missionaries out for a pday activity who were trying to hike the falls as missionaries are not supposed to play in water like that. However, it was comforting to know that if I drowned, I had a priesthood blessing more than covered. We were able to take a couple of pictures up there which I wish I could post, but they were on Talls phone and for some reason I have been unable to send them anywhere! But maybe one day...
During my time off we were also able to go to the Mormon Miracle Pageant which was really special for me because that is where I first realized that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true and the pageant was the event that triggered my conversion. The morning started off with a wonderful trip to the Manti Temple for an endowment session. My step sister came down that day with her husband and their girls so we had a fun afternoon playing cards with them and at the park with the girls. Then that night came and wow! I have never cried so much in my life! From the second the pageant started to the moment it ended I was just in tears! I couldn't help it though as I thought about the last two years, ever since I joined the church, and how much that decision has changed my life. It is an incredible transformation and a testimony to me that the church is true... But I don't want to get all preachy so you should probably just go check out those pictures :)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Receptions, Temple Trips and Banana Pie
So basically a two in one adventure to report and one amazing recipe to share!
Friday night, one of Tall's old mission companions was holding his farewell near St. George. We decided to go and support because we know how good it felt to have people show up at our reception... Priceless. So we go there and it was huge! Tons of people there to support those kids, but they are really sweet people so I guess that would be why. Well we waited in line and chatted it up with the brides grandma. It took us forever to actually get to talk to the happy couple and the whole time the clock is just ticking because we have to make it to the temple in time for the 8 o'clock session... also the last one of the day. But alas, we said our hellos and congrats and booked it to the refreshment table (of course we couldn't pass up the cupcakes). So with about 6 cupcakes and tons of grapes, strawberries, crackers, and not to mention drinks in tow, we headed into St. George. We made it 15 minutes early and rushed to get ready for the session. Luckily we made it....
So this was only my second time going to do an endowment session and my first time without a girl buddy there with me. I was absolutely terrified I would get lost or mess up or something, but I didn't and it was amazing. I shouldn't say much here, but suffice it to say that walking out of that temple hand in hand with Talls felt so good and we both felt closer to each other than we ever had before. We went and sat on our special bench on temple grounds for a few minutes and the peace that was there was just incredible and overwhelming and incredibly overwhelming. I knew so much right then that the gospel is true and has been restored to the Earth in its fullness. But I don't want to be preachy so...
Banana Cream Pies! I made these as our FHE treat Monday night. I think I'm the designated FHE treat maker, but that's okay because as it turns out, I absolutely love to cook! But anyways... Let me get to one of the most amazing recipes so far.
Mini Banana Cream Pies
Ingredients: single serve graham cracker crusts
cook and serve vanilla pudding
banana
whipped cream
whole milk
In order to make these suckers, you need to make the pudding, but instead of using the milk that is called for on the pudding box, use 1 and 1/2 cups whole milk instead. Once the pudding is cooked, let it sit 5 minutes to thicken before pouring in the pie crusts. While the pudding is cooking, slice up a banana and put the slices in the bottom of the pie crusts then like I said, after the pudding has set for 5 minutes, pour it over the banana slices and into the graham cracker crusts. Cover the individual pies and chill them until ready to serve. Top with whipped cream if you so desire :) They are awesome!
Friday night, one of Tall's old mission companions was holding his farewell near St. George. We decided to go and support because we know how good it felt to have people show up at our reception... Priceless. So we go there and it was huge! Tons of people there to support those kids, but they are really sweet people so I guess that would be why. Well we waited in line and chatted it up with the brides grandma. It took us forever to actually get to talk to the happy couple and the whole time the clock is just ticking because we have to make it to the temple in time for the 8 o'clock session... also the last one of the day. But alas, we said our hellos and congrats and booked it to the refreshment table (of course we couldn't pass up the cupcakes). So with about 6 cupcakes and tons of grapes, strawberries, crackers, and not to mention drinks in tow, we headed into St. George. We made it 15 minutes early and rushed to get ready for the session. Luckily we made it....
So this was only my second time going to do an endowment session and my first time without a girl buddy there with me. I was absolutely terrified I would get lost or mess up or something, but I didn't and it was amazing. I shouldn't say much here, but suffice it to say that walking out of that temple hand in hand with Talls felt so good and we both felt closer to each other than we ever had before. We went and sat on our special bench on temple grounds for a few minutes and the peace that was there was just incredible and overwhelming and incredibly overwhelming. I knew so much right then that the gospel is true and has been restored to the Earth in its fullness. But I don't want to be preachy so...
Banana Cream Pies! I made these as our FHE treat Monday night. I think I'm the designated FHE treat maker, but that's okay because as it turns out, I absolutely love to cook! But anyways... Let me get to one of the most amazing recipes so far.
Mini Banana Cream Pies
Ingredients: single serve graham cracker crusts
cook and serve vanilla pudding
banana
whipped cream
whole milk
In order to make these suckers, you need to make the pudding, but instead of using the milk that is called for on the pudding box, use 1 and 1/2 cups whole milk instead. Once the pudding is cooked, let it sit 5 minutes to thicken before pouring in the pie crusts. While the pudding is cooking, slice up a banana and put the slices in the bottom of the pie crusts then like I said, after the pudding has set for 5 minutes, pour it over the banana slices and into the graham cracker crusts. Cover the individual pies and chill them until ready to serve. Top with whipped cream if you so desire :) They are awesome!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Dates & Spiders... But Not Dates With Spiders
So two adventures to report... First, buddy got his date for winning the idol contest. We don't have much time to do things together anymore due to his insane work schedule so it was quite a short and simple date. We had dinner... I can't remember what that was anymore, but then after dinner we were able to go on a nice walk like we love to do but haven't had the chance to do in forever. We live half a block away from campus so we were able to take a nice walk all the way down to the football stadium and up to the Shakespeare theaters... as if campus is so big. It was awesome though. We went at sunset and it was gorgeous as well as perfect weather for once. There was a high school graduation taking place in the Centrum which brought up a nice talk of our old graduation days and how I refused to throw my cap... Instead I just kind of dropped it because I didn't want to have to search for it again. Once we reached the library, Talls had this brilliant (or maybe not so brilliant) idea to give me a shoulder ride. It lasted about a minute as I was freaking out too bad to even hold still! But seriously... he is six feet tall and so my head was probably seven feet off the ground and I am scared of heights when they are not secure heights so he just had to settle for giving me a piggy back ride instead cuz then if I fall its only a two foot drop and serious injury is less likely to occur. We also made a stop by our favorite fountain on campus which is where we took our favorite engagement picture and I had the opportunity to practice my terrible James Bond skills while he illegally watched a rehearsal of a Shakespeare play... This led into the argument of how if you want to be perpendicular to a tree, you must lie next to it. Its not possible to obtain perpendicularness while still standing. And that pretty much sums up our date...
Now on to the spider section of this post. Sunday night as we were getting ready for bed, I went to turn off the lights in our study room only to find a huge spider staring me down a couple of inches away from the light switch. I have this huge fear of spiders so I yelled for buddy who was already in bed and told him there was a huge spider staring at me and that it probably wanted to eat me. Talls laughed at me for a while before he got the hint that I needed him to come save me. He had fun teasing me with horror stories of how he was going to put it in our bed and everything, and I actually have no idea where the spider corpse went so he very well could have. I was so afraid I even made him sleep closest to the wall that night just in case any more spiders were crawling around. Then when I woke up the next morning and went out to make breakfast, I noticed a black spot on the back of our couch that I thought was the spiders ghost or maybe his twin brother. I went back and told Talls this and he came out prepared with his shoe only to investigate and find that it was merely a stain. I didn't believe him though and I was so delirious that I thought this 'spider' was moving. I think Talls was scared by my paranoia and it took five minutes of debate for me to believe that it was indeed just a stain.
So yes... dates and spiders made for one fabulous memorial day weekend. Forget the hamburgers and cemeteries... We have awesome walks and spider corpses to celebrate instead.
Now on to the spider section of this post. Sunday night as we were getting ready for bed, I went to turn off the lights in our study room only to find a huge spider staring me down a couple of inches away from the light switch. I have this huge fear of spiders so I yelled for buddy who was already in bed and told him there was a huge spider staring at me and that it probably wanted to eat me. Talls laughed at me for a while before he got the hint that I needed him to come save me. He had fun teasing me with horror stories of how he was going to put it in our bed and everything, and I actually have no idea where the spider corpse went so he very well could have. I was so afraid I even made him sleep closest to the wall that night just in case any more spiders were crawling around. Then when I woke up the next morning and went out to make breakfast, I noticed a black spot on the back of our couch that I thought was the spiders ghost or maybe his twin brother. I went back and told Talls this and he came out prepared with his shoe only to investigate and find that it was merely a stain. I didn't believe him though and I was so delirious that I thought this 'spider' was moving. I think Talls was scared by my paranoia and it took five minutes of debate for me to believe that it was indeed just a stain.
So yes... dates and spiders made for one fabulous memorial day weekend. Forget the hamburgers and cemeteries... We have awesome walks and spider corpses to celebrate instead.
Friday, May 27, 2011
American Idol
So just like every other blog out there in the nation, we had to have a post dedicated to the Season 10 American Idol finale. Talls and I have been following the show all season long. His favorite was Casey Abrams and mine was Scotty McCreery (who won by the way). When they were down to the top 9 contestants, Talls and I both made lists of the order in how we thought contestants were going to get kicked off. We decided that whoever guessed the most right, would have to take the loser out on a date. We both predicted three correctly... I predicted Jacob Lusk, Lauren Alaina, and Scotty McCreery. He predicted Casey Abrams, Scotty McCreery and someone else I can't recall. Thus, it came down to a coin toss. I picked the losing side of tails and therefore am obligated to take him out tonight... details coming later on that.
We also made another little bet concerning the show. Like I said, Scotty has always been my favorite but I was a little weary that he would actually win despite all of the teenage girls in America who are in love with him. When we got down to the top 5, Neil kept on insisting that Scotty was going to win and with my defiant spirit, I kept disagreeing with him saying it was going to be James or Haley instead. So when we got down to Lauren and Scotty as the top 2, we made another bet. He said that Scotty was going to win and just to spite him, I said that Lauren was going to take it all. If he was right, I had to take an institute class with him next semester of his choice no questions asked. If I was right, he was going to have to make me dinner for a week. Well as I mentioned, Scotty won and the institute class is TBD. And now that our Idol adventures are over, we can actually have a life again... until next January at least.
We also made another little bet concerning the show. Like I said, Scotty has always been my favorite but I was a little weary that he would actually win despite all of the teenage girls in America who are in love with him. When we got down to the top 5, Neil kept on insisting that Scotty was going to win and with my defiant spirit, I kept disagreeing with him saying it was going to be James or Haley instead. So when we got down to Lauren and Scotty as the top 2, we made another bet. He said that Scotty was going to win and just to spite him, I said that Lauren was going to take it all. If he was right, I had to take an institute class with him next semester of his choice no questions asked. If I was right, he was going to have to make me dinner for a week. Well as I mentioned, Scotty won and the institute class is TBD. And now that our Idol adventures are over, we can actually have a life again... until next January at least.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Entry 2: House Fights Back
I know I know... Such an epic title right? That's because this is an epic post! So Talls and I are currently living in a rental house half a block from campus. We love it to death because its a top floor... not a basement..., its super colorful, and its location is practically perfect for us. However, it has one flaw. One major flaw. The electricity is haunted by some evil ghost that apparently doesn't want us living there. Seriously... Lights go on and off all the time, our dryer is super tempermental, and our heater likes to shut itself off. This weekend was especially interesting as it took us an hour to cook some fish sticks and heat up leftover alfredo and as for our hot water? Nonexistant! So yes... our house is fighting back. Not sure what we did, but it must have been absolutely dreadful for a punishment like this. We may have to surrender in defeat and move... But that would definitely be a sad day.
The rest of our weekend was interesting as well. A word of advice for you young love sick puppies wanting to jump straight into marriage... tread carefully. Make sure you are 110% in love with the one you marry or else you won't make it very far. It's rough... and its only been a week. I don't regret it one bit though and I love Talls more and more with every passing day. My brother-in-law Casey and I had a great talk yesterday in which he said, "You know you love someone when they make you so mad you just have to walk away and yet they are the only one you want to talk to about it." So completely true.
Our two major adventures of the weekend were a temple trip and celebrating Talls' uncle Mark's birthday. The temple was fabulous even though we argued for about an hour about actually going inside. We eventually did though and we went through to do sealings for the dead. For those who aren't familiar with the LDS church, a sealing is the marriage ceremony for our church. We are married and sealed to our spouses in the temple so that if we remain true to our covenants, we can live with our families forever. We return to the temple often to do those same ordinances for those who have passed on without an opportunity to do them for themselves so that they too can be with their families forever. Anyways... we were in a sealing session with a couple who was probably 20 years older than us and they were just awesome. They gave us advice that we desperately needed to hear and the spirit there was definitely strong, calming, and peaceful.
Our second adventure was going to his Uncle Mark's 50th birthday party yesterday. It was a huge gathering put on by his uncle Evan who is pretty much one of the biggest softies ever. There was more food than you could fit on your plate and all of it was delicious beyond belief! Evan also has an amazing back yard with a nice playground set for the kids to play on and it was fun to push them on the swings. Talls loves kids and so being there playing with them made him so happy he was floating on cloud 20 the entire time. It was fabulous :) Kids are adorable, but we are definitely going to wait a while before we have some of our own...
The rest of our weekend was interesting as well. A word of advice for you young love sick puppies wanting to jump straight into marriage... tread carefully. Make sure you are 110% in love with the one you marry or else you won't make it very far. It's rough... and its only been a week. I don't regret it one bit though and I love Talls more and more with every passing day. My brother-in-law Casey and I had a great talk yesterday in which he said, "You know you love someone when they make you so mad you just have to walk away and yet they are the only one you want to talk to about it." So completely true.
Our two major adventures of the weekend were a temple trip and celebrating Talls' uncle Mark's birthday. The temple was fabulous even though we argued for about an hour about actually going inside. We eventually did though and we went through to do sealings for the dead. For those who aren't familiar with the LDS church, a sealing is the marriage ceremony for our church. We are married and sealed to our spouses in the temple so that if we remain true to our covenants, we can live with our families forever. We return to the temple often to do those same ordinances for those who have passed on without an opportunity to do them for themselves so that they too can be with their families forever. Anyways... we were in a sealing session with a couple who was probably 20 years older than us and they were just awesome. They gave us advice that we desperately needed to hear and the spirit there was definitely strong, calming, and peaceful.
Our second adventure was going to his Uncle Mark's 50th birthday party yesterday. It was a huge gathering put on by his uncle Evan who is pretty much one of the biggest softies ever. There was more food than you could fit on your plate and all of it was delicious beyond belief! Evan also has an amazing back yard with a nice playground set for the kids to play on and it was fun to push them on the swings. Talls loves kids and so being there playing with them made him so happy he was floating on cloud 20 the entire time. It was fabulous :) Kids are adorable, but we are definitely going to wait a while before we have some of our own...
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Beginning
The beginning. Such a logical place to start right? I thought so too... So, by way of introductions, I am Smalls or Cassity and my husband is Talls or Neil. Don't ask how we got our nicknames because it's still a bit of a mystery... We got married on May 14th, 2011 and I have anxiously been awaiting the opportunity to start a blog to follow the adventures of our married life so here goes nothing...
I met Talls through our institute choir class Fall semester of 2010. At first I thought he was a creepy choir nerd and I didn't really want to have anything to do with him, but one night, the week before finals, he trapped me in the computer lab and lured me in with a granola bar. We spent that night together laughing and just having a great time getting to know each other and from that day on, there has never been anyone else for either of us.
Both my husband and I are currently students. I am majoring in accounting and he is in IS. We both have two years of starving studentdom to go and are sincerely looking forward to all of it. Together we love hiking, music, watching movies, and just plain being together. He also loves tennis and ceramics while I am into the whole artsy reading, dancing, singing stuff.
Anyways... nuff about us. First adventure to get to = the honeymoon. For our honeymoon we took an extended weekend vacation to Salt Lake City. We spent most of our time milling about temple square and eating good meals at The Roof, Olive Garden, and Cracker Barrel. We also went on a hike to Ensign Peak and watched the movie Soul Surfer at the Gateway complex. If you ask Talls what his favorite part of our vacay was, he would be sweet and just say getting to know me better because apparently I'm funny, sweet, and righteous 24/7, not just when I'm at my best. My favorite part was definitely our date Tuesday night which was the Olive Garden, Ensign Peak, and Soul Surfer simply because we rarely go out on dates... we usually just stay in so a change was mighty nice.
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and so today is our first day back to real life after our weekend of wedding bliss. However, at least we are back to real married life :) There is nothing better than a built in heater when the one in your house goes out... if you know what I mean ;)
I met Talls through our institute choir class Fall semester of 2010. At first I thought he was a creepy choir nerd and I didn't really want to have anything to do with him, but one night, the week before finals, he trapped me in the computer lab and lured me in with a granola bar. We spent that night together laughing and just having a great time getting to know each other and from that day on, there has never been anyone else for either of us.
Both my husband and I are currently students. I am majoring in accounting and he is in IS. We both have two years of starving studentdom to go and are sincerely looking forward to all of it. Together we love hiking, music, watching movies, and just plain being together. He also loves tennis and ceramics while I am into the whole artsy reading, dancing, singing stuff.
Anyways... nuff about us. First adventure to get to = the honeymoon. For our honeymoon we took an extended weekend vacation to Salt Lake City. We spent most of our time milling about temple square and eating good meals at The Roof, Olive Garden, and Cracker Barrel. We also went on a hike to Ensign Peak and watched the movie Soul Surfer at the Gateway complex. If you ask Talls what his favorite part of our vacay was, he would be sweet and just say getting to know me better because apparently I'm funny, sweet, and righteous 24/7, not just when I'm at my best. My favorite part was definitely our date Tuesday night which was the Olive Garden, Ensign Peak, and Soul Surfer simply because we rarely go out on dates... we usually just stay in so a change was mighty nice.
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and so today is our first day back to real life after our weekend of wedding bliss. However, at least we are back to real married life :) There is nothing better than a built in heater when the one in your house goes out... if you know what I mean ;)
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