Currently....

{watching} Full House
{listening} to Kiss Me Slowly by Parachute
{hating} change
{excited} to spend time with family today
{loving} the three day weekend
{thankful} for a working dryer
{wishing} I could go to South America
{blessed} to have a temple down the street. some people travel for days to go to the temple.
{feeling} anxious
{wanting} a tan
{learning} to forgive

Quote of the Week.

You never know what good things will pour in when the heart is open to life

A Day at the Zoo.

Saturday was fantastic.
Mostly because I got to be a kid again.
The giraffe's were by far my favorite part.

Quote of the Week.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

{Albert Einstein}

The Pit and the Peak of a Tuesday.

{the pit} Our washer broke on Saturday and the soonest they can send someone out to fix it is Thursday. This couldn't have happened at a worse time.
Cause last week I didn't feel like doing my laundry on Thursday.
So I didn't.
Now I'm stuck with a lot of dirty clothes.
I've realized two things: One, I am very thankful for a dryer. So glad we don't have to hang clothes on a clothes line anymore. And two, I have a lot of clothes. Even though I haven't done my laundry for a week now, not even half my wardrobe is gone. Time to clean out the closet.

{the peak} Naptime at work is my sanity.
This is by far my favorite time of the day.

And also, I have no idea how I get all 22 kids to bed within an hour.

Talent? I sure think so. 

Currently....

{watching} The Billboard Music Awards
{listening} to Forever and Always by Parachute
{hating} that tomorrow is Monday. Monday's are the worst
{excited} for dinner with Shartel on Wednesday
{loving} the rainy weather
{thankful} for Jamba Juice
{wishing} i had a new car
{blessed} to have friends that serve the lord for two years
{feeling} old. i watched my brother graduate from seminary today. seems like that was barely me.
{wanting} a raise again. 8 dollars an hour isn't cutting it
{learning} how to save money better

The Pit and the Peak of a Saturday.

{the pit} Apparently the world is supposed to come to an end today.
Dun, dun, dun......
So that's kind of a downer.
Whelp, I lived a good life.
Kidding.
The world is probably, most likely not going to come to an end today.
Which is good, cause I still have a lot of things to check off on my bucketlist.

{the peak} Don't tell me this is not one of the funniest things you've ever seen....

Ah man she is so cute.
Good thing I decided to get her behind my mom's back.
Have you ever heard that story before?
I wanted a dog.
So I of course went to my daddy.
He told me ask mom.
My mom said absolutely not.
So naturally I went and got one anyways.
And had my dad take me.
My mom was ticked livid.
She wouldn't touch Ellie.
She wouldn't look at me.
She wouldn't talk to me or my dad- actually, she would only yell at my dad and I.
The couch became my dad's best friend that week.
And I became the receiver of the cold shoulder and some dirty crusties.
Eventually she got over it.
And even admitted she was glad we got Ellie.
See, I knew what I was doing!

Oh Brother.

Sometimes....I worry about this kid.....

My Brother.
Apparently yesterday all the seniors took a panoramic picture.
They all got lectured before about not flashing gang signs.
My brother and some of his friends however decided to ignore this warning and gave the cameras the good ol' straight edge sign.
Which by the way none of them are straight edgers.
(such a boy thing to do)
And a few hours later my dad was on the phone with Mr. Edmunds.
Remember him? He was the worst.
Needless to say my brother got a good lecture and a beating.
Okay so minus the beating.
Just the lecture.
And a threat to not be able to go to Senior Dinner Dance.

Check out the invitations he sent out to people in my family for his graduation...

I found this quite hilarious.
I was also really tired from work that day so anything was funny really.
I pray to the heavens this kid makes it in life.
It's lookin a little sketchy right now.
I know he will though.....eventually :)

Money Tree.

"Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does bring reassurance and comfort." -Dad

Amen to that.
Right about now I'm wishing I had one of these in my backyard...

Why oh, oh why does money not grow on trees?!
Because then I could....

• go to South America to work in an orphanage.
• pay off my school loans. Yes, I'm already in debt and I'm only 20 years old.
• buy a new car.
• pay for school without loans.
• travel the world.
• pay off my car loan.
• solve world hunger.

Just kidding about the last one. That would be nice though.
I guess until I find a money tree I'm going to have to keep doing this saving money thing.
Which is supposed to teach valuable life lessons or something lame like that.

Currently....

{watching} Glee
{listening} to Good Life by One Republic
{hating} having a 80 year old women's back
{excited} for Friday
{loving} my new white iPhone (thanks Daddy)
{thankful} to have a job
{wishing} it would stay warm
{blessed} to have a nice warm bed to sleep in at night
{wanting} to go skydiving
{learning} how to welcome change with open arms