Ode To My Home States

Ok so I am not really an ode writer BUT I do like Ellen,
and recently my home states of Utah and Idaho have been featured on that very show,
So here are the clips because I like my states....

Because I know *people like these who would do anything to help others....

and even though we may look like terrible drivers with hilarious weather....

Have I ever mentioned how much I love where I come from?

*If you didn't hear/see the original story check out my sisters blog here as it clears up the mistakes that the national media made in telling the story as well as showing you the clip.

friday happy list

It appears these are the only posts that actually get written out and posted...
Someday you may hear about my thoughts and life again.
Until then, today I am happy because...

a cute little girl
two late night phone calls with my little sister - one including me being half awake the whole time and the other was mostly about riddles
tomorrow night being my last day of working at the Drive-In (on to figuring real life out)
getting to see lots of friends tonight due to two other friends getting married
getting to wear shorts
having air conditioning (even if it's too cold in the house)
peaches and cream (love)
beautiful fall weather in hometown Idaho

friday happy list

Oops! I am behind quite a bit but I promise I've been happy. :)
And today I'm gonna do the list different as I am in Hyrum, UT
... still.
A tally of good and bad and the good... MAKE me SO happy!

driving to Logan for a job interview (I really wanted it) +1
finding out the next day I didn't get the job -1
Getting to see my best friend Michelle, Drea, Shayna, and Cody in one day +1
Filling the car up with gas -1
Shopping for fun things for gifts to others +1
Spending time with my grandparents +1
PARADE of HOMES with Ashley (best thing ever - pictures to come) +1
Seeing Natalie on the side of the road and getting to go to dinner with her at Tandoori Oven for picker her up +1
Driving home and having the car stall on the freeway -1
Being super close to an exit ramp and making it down to a gas station +1
Having a grandpa and uncle willing to come and get me when stranded at night (2nd time for Roy) +1
Not getting to go home -1
Spending more time at Grandma and Grandpas +1
Becoming the apparently designated fixer of family cars when on the road -1 (Note me fixing the van a few times in the past month. . .But I am learning a lot of things.)
Knowing the car can be fixed +1

Having a happy friday... :D

I think in life the positive almost ALWAYS outweigh the negatives just as above (10:4) and I am truly so grateful for my good friends and family for all they do and all the are...

And I am sad I didn't get to see everyone in Logan or even contact them... but next time? :)

friday happy list

Today I am writing from New York so real quick...

Today I am happy because:

Beautiful Palmyra -

the Sacred Grove, 

Chill and Grill "kiddie sized" ice cream cones,

Random Strangers you sort of know, 

The Temple,

The Hill Cumorah, 

and the Printing Store.

The Happy and very in tune Sister Missionary from Australia

Being in New York with my best friend Michelle

Trees (everywhere)

The adventures ahead

 MY LIFE

friday happy list

Today I am happy because...

my flat tire is fixed (again, but this time hopefully for good)

new shirts and a purse

lotion de l'paris.

The Shine's brilliant ideas

bagels and jamba

this song (old news but re-kindled)

my saturday and sunday excursion to the NOg area

thoughts of my upcoming trip to the state of NY and the road trip back

and this book (I recommend waiting to read it - the other two books aren't out yet!).

Somedays...

Things just don't go as planned. . .

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/happylovestrawberry/5978455881/

And you work until seven,
Have a friend planning on dropping by at seven,
Have a long-missed volleyball invitation with a visiting friend at seven,
Have a brother coming to help you change a flat tire at seven,
Have a phone call needing to happen at seven,

Oh bother.
I promise I don't mean to overschedule my time...
it just happened.

happy list

The cute Miss Aleisha over at the world through my eyes 

has this happy Friday tradition of writing up a little Friday happy list. 

Today is not Friday of course but I want to follow her in that endeavor.

I think I will also even pick Friday's 

BUT today I want to start so my first happy list will not be a Friday.

I'm also going to expand a lot today.

So what makes me happy today?

Cookie Monster cupcakes

Kisses (Of course here I am meaning the chocolate kind)

Swinging with people I love

Jenni and her conversations with a Polish boy over here 

(I'm so glad one particular conversation reminded my sister of me 

so she could share this happiness with me).

I laughed a ton at all the great things said and I may just want a Polish boyfriend now...

Lightning storms because oh my goodness Logan had a BEAU-tiful one the other night.

Mother Nature in general.

Job applications turned in to places I want to work

Famiily

Friends - seeing old ones and making new ones! 

Plus the ones I see EVERYday. I have the BEST of all of them.

A sister who cleans while I'm out

Life being hard... and worth it.

Vacations: real and in my daydreams

Jane Austen. I watched Mansfield Park the other day and fell in love again. 

I also loved the following quotes:

“Is there anything to be done?” 

“Wait.” 

“Wait?” 

“Yes. Time can do almost anything.”

“I was so anxious to do what is right, that I forgot to do what is right.”

"It could have all turned out differently I suppose, but it didn’t."

Because they all seem to apply to real life so much. 

Time can do just about anything. 

Sometimes we miss the little prompting that could have made all the difference 

looking for something BIG and yes our decisions determine

the consequences we get but we can't change the choices we made... 

and yet life still works out.

Next time will be more listy.