Put The Wand Down!

Ok, I'm finally all moved in now (*sigh of relief*) and so this has been my first week of the 40 minute commute to work each day. Not only is taking the freeway to work exciting but there's construction between where I live and the freeway so it's especially a treat (please note my sarcasm...) This morning was especially eventful.

In the midst of construction, granted it was stop and go traffic, the lady in the car behind me proceeds to "put on her face for the day" i.e. do her makeup in her car. Now, I love makeup as much as the next girl, I'm quite the fan, but I'm also one of those people who believe that getting ready in the mornings should take place at home-not in the car. I gave this lady the benefit of the doubt at first thinking 'Oh I'm sure she just forgot her eyeliner..' But then I noticed how she was clearly not paying attention to driving, and putting her full face on. Yes, all of it. The eyeliner was followed by mascara (which I noticed was the same I use; Maybelline's Great Lash-how could I not recognize that pink and green bestseller!?) then the eyelash curler and the brow shaper and so on. Good thing we were in stop and go traffic because I'm sure if it had been anything else she would have rear ended me. I kept watching her half in disbelief and half in fear that she in fact would hit me. Then as traffic began to pick up I glanced back and she was on her cell phone! I was pretty frustrated but felt relieved when she soon turned. I probably should have prayed for her and the next poor fellow she followed but obviously that wasn't at the forefront of my mind.

Grrr.....

Get Your Motor Runnin....

Okay, so maybe that song is irrevelant but it was stuck in my head :-)



ITS MOVING WEEK! Whew! Boy is it stressful stuff! I heard somewhere that moving is rated in the top three on the list of "most stressful life events" and I definitely believe that. Luckily unlike my other Provo cohorts, I do not have to try to move during finals....just during a busy work week :) I feel like I've learned a lot through packing and moving though. Here's a few of the highlights. First, I need to de-junk constantly so as to not have to do it all in the middle of moving week. From talks that "I'm going to read....someday" to old clothes I haven't worn since I moved to Utah, it was nice to get rid of stuff I don't need but I wish I would have done it before now. Second, I hate goodbyes! In the midst of the excitement over a new apartment and all I kind of forgot about the people I am leaving behind. I know, I know, true friendships stand the test of time, distance, etc, yeah yeah, but it's hard enough living in Provo and making the time to see friends, now I'll be even farther away. Also, my dear ward friends! Ah, I will miss them so! But I also know the timing is right for me and hopefully we'll all be able to keep in touch. Ok, third, change can be good. As stressful as it has been packing and cleaning and de-junking for the big move, I am sooooooooo excited to be living in Eagle Mountain and living with Heather. Heather is amazing! Over this past weekend and through last night I have been busy getting my room ready for me to move in, which includes not only arranging dressers and bookcases but assemblying them too. I am so lucky that Heather was there-she majored in Interior Design-Yay for me! She was like a pro and without her help, I would probably still be in that room trying to figure out the dresser. IKEA is a great place in every way, except their directions- horrid! Also, we are way excited to paint this weekend. We are doing a red kitchen and have picked a 'Golden Desert' for the living room! Now I just need to settle on a color for my room, but one thing at a time, eh. Okay, I think that's all for now. My official move in date is this Friday. And Saturday starts the paint fest ;) Then we are having a sort of house warming party on the 25th-if you didn't get an evite and wanna come, lemme know! :)

Count Your Blessings...Name Them One By One

I've been feeling very lucky and fortunate lately. So from the oh-so-trivial to the serious stuff of life, I just wanted to quickly re-cap my blessings!

*Family-My family is am-a-zing! I recently elected my mom as the funniest person I know and I'm so lucky and blessed to be able to talk to her often :)

*Spirituality-General Conference was this past weekend and it was soo refreshing! I am so thankful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and know what I know.

*Friends-AH, what would I do without them! They sustain me day to day, even if I don't see them very often. I am so grateful to have so many friends who are so supportive of me. And to have friends all over is pretty cool too. I was recently asked "What is the first quality you look for in a friend?" I honestly answered 'humor' Thanks for cracking me up guys!!

*My hair-Ha ha, trivial and vain, I know but it's getting so long now and I love playing with it!

*Jobs-I feel sooo lucky to have two jobs that I love going to each day. Some days I am tempted to sing "I ....don't want to work....I want to bang on the drum all day...." but then I realize that I am grateful just to have a place to go every day and earn a living at it :)

*Sports and Sunshine :)-Speaking of jobs, one of my jobs allows me to be outside and bask in the light of the sun and it involves sports, I absolutely love it!!

*Skillz- :-) I have been trying to cut back in different ways, a big one being eating out. This has allowed me to cook at home more and I recently learned that YOU CAN FREEZE FOOD! haha, probably pretty basic, but now I freeze everything.

*Boys- Ok, so they make me crazy, but they provide a completely different point of view. I mean, how boring (and dramatic!) would a world full of just girls be..? So, from my dad to my home teachers to the boys I work with and those that I flirt with....I'm grateful for them ;)

*The Web- By this I mean, Blogs and Facebook. It's kind of silly to be thankful for things such as these but they are one of my major means of communication. I love reading everyone's blogs and seeing what they've been up to. And a number of my extended family members have recently joined Facebook. I'll admit, it was a little weird at first to have my aunts and uncles and cousins that I rarely talk to commenting on my status updates but it's nice and all our family, regardless of distance, can communicate on there. Yay!

Our Current Economic Status: I hate to use the 'r' word, but the recession has turned me into a Recessionista :) I've been panicked enough to try to cut back and save more, both things I should've been doing all along. Also, since I now loathe spending money, I needed work pants and decided to go to our local thrift store, DI. I usually hate thrift stores because just thinking about someone else wearing what I'm wearing kind of grosses me out, but I found two amazing pairs of pants and spent a total of $12 bucks! Woo Hoo! And I believe that hard times bring us all closer, so yay!

So there ya go, a short list from me. I know that so many of these things come and go and most of them could be gone tomorrow. But for now, I am SO thankful for these and ALL the blessings I have been given. :)