I’m seeing you next week!
I’m seeing you next week!
I’m seeing you next week! (I think?)
I’m seeing you next week!
Mom! I’m seeing you next week!
Fact: The women in these pictures are four of the loveliest women I know.
I’ll see you next week in CALIFORNIA!
Red is the color this Christmas.
With Black? White? Gold?
(Yes, there will be a color scheme associated with the gifting!)
According to a friend of mine, my two year old laptop’s screen was only being held to the computer by fragile wires.
And therefore, it became absolutely necessary for me to purchase a new computer…
BEHOLD!
A MacBook!
Hallelujah!
(By the way, thank you Santa! Love, Allie)
(Or, late Halloween…)
School. Specifically the Fine Arts Building (HFAC). Specifically the costumes seen in the Fine Arts Building… the Village People, Calvin & Hobbes, “Dead Sexy”, a cop, Spiderman…
(I was a cat by the way. Or a mouse. You couldn’t really tell. The costume was extremely vague.)
Watching Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin with Devon.
(Has Charlie Brown always been such a depressing young boy? Did I miss aspect of this when I was a child?)
Attending a concert adaptation of Sweeney Todd at the outdoor Castle Theatre with Andrew at 11pm. It was absolutely incredible! Every aspect of it! It started raining and the actors just kept on going. They deserve a lot of praise for their performance.
Going to Aunt Susan’s house the next day. I had sent the boys pirate mustaches/eye patches, and my little cousin Jake stuck his mustache to the bathroom mirror so he can stand at the counter and have a mustache in his reflection! AH! I’m so completely delighted with this. I love those boys!
P.S. It’s been a blustery day, and the lovely wet weather is supposed to continue for a little while! I love Utah!
Read this article if you want to cry. But it’s a good cry, I promise. It’s about the Nielsons/NieNie Dialogues,
Listen to “The Piano Duet” and “Victor’s Piano Solo” from The Corpse Bride Soundtrack,
Listen to The Painted Veil Soundtrack, specifically “Gnossiennes No. 1 – Lent,” but all are breathtakingly beautiful.
Think about how to serve others. Make gifts for others. Show love to others.
And when you get the magic out of your head, settle down for some homework (but at least it’s theatre homework, so there’s some magic in that).
Dear Mom, This is what my room looks like when it’s clean. I told Roommate Nancy that if I don’t keep it clean this month, I’m buying her rice pudding.
Will I owe Roommate Nancy rice pudding? Stay tuned to find out!
some of my favorite things
Friday, 10/10/08, 8:40pm: Andrew knocks on the apartment door at exactly this moment. He looks quite handsome dressed up as he hands me a single red rose. Roommate Kim then acts as ‘mom’ and takes pictures of us before we leave for the homecoming dance.
Saturday, 10/11/08, 10:50am: Andrew and I pull into the parking lot for Sunflower Market (grocery store) and I realize that the little drops of rain have turned into snow!!!! After purchasing groceries, we head to Starbucks and order two kid’s size hazelnut hot chocolates. We stand in the falling (and melting) snow for a few minutes before getting back into the car. As I drive out of the parking lot, I call my mom in excitement to tell her of Utah’s first snow.
Sunday, 10/12/08:
I try to write thank you notes for everything. I have a lot of reasons to be thankful because I am so, so blessed. But sometimes, like this very second, I feel in a bit of a slump. Therefore, this post is dedicated to things I am thankful for.
1. School: I’m so blessed to have a father who values education. I needed to come here. I really, really did.
2. Work: I have a great job with an amazing boss and fantastic coworkers. It’s the best job I’ve ever had!
3. Family: This should be first, but the giant lit “Y” on the mountain was in my head. It’s homecoming this week, you know. But family. My gosh, I have an amazing family! Large and diverse. I am you, and that makes me incredibly happy.
4. Snow: There is snow on the mountains from the storm last weekend. It’s melting from the sunshine, but boy, am I excited that autumn is here. It’s absolutely beautiful and makes the mile walk to campus worth it completely.
5. A Boy: I can’t tell you how much I adore a certain boy, and I’m so blessed that he adores me, too!
6. Voice: I had no voice and thus had to whisper from Friday night until Monday morning. It’s almost completely back now! Take that, stuffy nose!
But really, I am very blessed. I’m going to roll out of bed in the morning, perhaps do some yoga to make up for the lazy week, and go to the mall and find something lovely [and inexpensive] to wear for a special date this weekend. Blessed? Very.
Because my mom asked what my room looked like, and I forgot to take a picture after cleaning checks last week…
I bet you’re regretting your request now mom.
Spiritual thought: D&C 24:8, Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many; but endure them, for, lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days.
And this weekend is general conference! And it’s supposed to rain! I’m very excited!
