Crazy day!

WOW what a day; today was pretty crazy! I didn't get done with everything that I wanted to do though; well I just didn't get to go shopping. Oh well I will just have to go on Friday or after school on Tuesday.

So I woke up at 11:00am got ready for work went to work at 1pm and then I got off at 5pm then went and got my nails done; after that I was so freakin' hungry that I had to go get something to eat, and then I finally got home; cleaned up the house a bit, then ate my food! I still need to do my laundry I've been putting it off all week; because I either forgot or things were just too busy or crazy to do it. So at least a little bit of it needs to get done before I go to sleep.

Tomorrow I have to be to church a 12pm so that means I have to wake up at least by 9:40am to get ready for church. Since tomorrow is fast Sunday it shouldn't be a problem. So church should be good. The CES Fireside should be good as well; that is one thing that I am looking forward to tomorrow.

I still haven't read the 4 chapters in my text book, and I didn't clean everything up in my house that I needed to! I did go to the gym twice this week which was very good of me, even though I almost ran a red light and almost hit someone! Lets just hope that I don't get into anymore accidents this year; because two in one month at the first part of this new year, is for sure a record. Also for some reason every night for the past two months my cat has been unusually really noisy at night.

Busy!

Well today I went to the dentist; thank goodness no cavities, also I had to pay a $9.00 dollar co-pay which was so not fair, well one more reason to hate the dentist! Then I went shopping for jeans and shoes I found one pair of jeans that I like, but no shoes; so I am just going to keep on looking for shoes, and I should buy another pair of jeans; I don't know though if I can find any because I hate the low rise and I don't like boot cut.

So then I went home because I needed something to eat before I left for work. Work was alright it felt kind of long though. Then I went to the gym, and my weight is still the same as before; but at least I am not gaining weight, and thank goodness on the way home from the gym I didn't run any red lights! Today is also payday so I have money now yea! I still need to get my nails done and I forgot to call and make an appointment for tomorrow so I am just going to have to do that early tomorrow.

I need to read 4 chapters before Tuesday, so that I can be ready for my practical test on Thursday; and then be ready for the written test on the next Tuesday. Also I have work tomorrow at 1:00pm which will be interesting and as a result I get off at 5pm so I will have the whole evening to do whatever I want; most likely I will go shopping! I am so happy that it's the weekend!

Red Light!

So I actually finally paid off school for this semester; which is good because now I am no longer in debt. Tomorrow is payday yea!! I am going to get me some new jeans and shoes. I went to the gym tonight and on the way home I almost ran a red light and I almost hit a van. Yikes! Good thing I was 5 blocks away from my house; I haven't done something like that for almost 2 years and usually when I run red lights it's 3am in the morning and no one is around. Thank goodness though I didn't hit anyone or anything! Cause I really can't afford to hit anyone else; since I have already gotten in two accidents this year! Heavenly Father was sure watching over me!! I have to go to the dentist tomorrow and I need to make an appointment to get my nails done on Saturday before I go to work, and I am so happy that I get to go to work at 1pm and I get off at 5pm. Yea I have evenings off on Saturdays now, and I won't be late for church anymore because I won't be getting off work at 1:30am on a Sunday. I still have only lost 6lbs which isn't too bad; at least I am not gaining weight!

Institute!

Today in Institute we were reading from Moses 7:47-69 and we made a list of all the things that we thought were important in those verses and from the student manual. So here is some of the list that I made.........and a few of my thoughts.

The Atonement.

The Earth lives and will be sanctified from all unrighteousness.
When I read that I thought how cool that the earth lives as a whole, because I always knew that things on the earth had spirits, but I had never really given a whole lot of thought about just the earth being alive. Also how neat is it that since there has been and will be wickedness on the earth; that the earth will be vindicated and cleansed.

Noah will be the Father of all nations.

The Savior will come again.
I like what Enoch asks God as he is ascending up to the Father "Wilt thou not come again upon the earth ?" Then the lord tells Enoch "As I live, even so will I come in the last days." (Moses 7:59-60)

Resurrection

The Second Coming is when the Earth will be at rest.

All are able to receive exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom, if they have lived worthy.

Revelation from God will not be taken away again.

Book of Mormon to come forth.

A new Jerusalem will come forth.

The City of Enoch will be brought back down to the earth, and the earth will rise.

So I am for sure going to the gym tonight after work which will be good because last week I didn't go. In my first aid class today we did unconscious choking cpr for adult, child, and infant. The cycles are so much easier to do than they were a couple of years ago; though the heal of my right hand still hurts after doing chest compressions.

Just Let It Go!

So last night I went bowling with friends in my student ward. It was so much fun my scores were 100 and 105 so I beat my score of 101. So next time I hope I can beat my score of 105.

When I was little my sister and I would fight so much; but we also had a good time when we were not fighting. Since I am so laid back and as I got older I realized something.....that if I just kept on fighting with her that's all that would happen, and nothing would get resolved; so I decided that when we would get in a disagreement, I would just stop talking and not bring it up again; cause when I would fight back all it did make make her fight back even more; and I was so sick and tired of arguing with her; so I thought what's the point in arguing with her, when all it does is just make her even more mad. Something had to be done to stop it. So when we got in a argument I just stopped talking, and things were better for me I don't know about her; but I usually felt so much better if I didn't argue back. But don't get me wrong there were a few times when we fought, that I would just kept on fighting with her until we ran out of things to say. I mean I am only human.

So fighting is no fun; I really don't like to fight with other people, so I tend to avoid it as much as possible or I just stop talking. So in the end when I do fight it usually doesn't end well and it causes more stress to come into my life; which I don't need because I have enough stress from school, work, and boys already; so it's just better for me if I drop it and let it go.

Come What May!

Today in Relief Society we talked about Elder Wirthlin's talk Come What May and Love it. It was a really good lesson even though I forgot to bring my ensign, but I had read the talk before. So I knew what the lesson was about. One of the girls made a comment about laughing at the little things because it's in the past and there is nothing to you can do about it. Another girl made the comment, so you can cry about it or you can laugh about it; but crying doesn't do you any good so you might as well laugh. Well I agree with that to a certain point sometimes you have to cry, cause that is how you heal sometimes; at least that is my opinion. In Sunday school we talked about the keys of the Priesthood and what they were. Then in Sacrament meeting Bishop Burton's wife came and spoke to us. It was pretty neat, and she talked about Israel; and having just recently returned from the Holy Land, and how she now has a deeper understanding of the Savior than she did before, because being there she learnd so much about Jesus Christ.

Sorry if my post seems a bit confusing I tried not to make it so, but it makes sense to me in my head; so sorry if I ramble on and on.

Good days and Bad days!

I have my good days and my bad days just like everyone else; even though it seems like I am a little down and hard on my self a lot, and I just want to hide under my bed covers for a month. I don't like to give up on life; hope, I guess pushes me on to try it again or to try something else or to look at it a different way. Sometimes I do get depressed for a while, but I know it will pass and hopefully sooner than I think it will, because I am stronger than I seem.

The real lesson that I learn over and over again is that I have to have bad days; because then I wouldn't be where I am today and I wouldn't have been able to pick my self up at the end of the day, and if I wasn't strong I would have given up on life a long time ago and I wouldn't be in a good place.

I am so thankful to have the gospel in my life and a Heavenly Father that cares enough about me to answer my prayers, and even though life is so hard sometimes and I just want to give up;I stop and think about all the good that has happened in my life and the bad times are worth it because it makes me appreciate the good times, and the good always over comes the bad. I am so blessed and I thank my Father in Heaven for it. I know that Jesus is the Christ and that he bled and died for me to take away my sin, and made it possible for me to be able to return to my home in Heaven. I am so greatfull that I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

4 Hours of Sleep!

Last night I couldn't sleep; I only got like 4 hours of sleep which is not good; thank goodness I can sleep in tomorrow; I just hope I don't sleep in too long. So I went to school and I was late but only by 5 min. but it turns out that my class was canceled; which is way cool; so I went over to the institute to wait for my Pearl of Great Price class to start; it was nice for once to be on time for my institute class. I went home for a bit, then off to work I went; now I am at home again making some food to eat, and relaxing! But I am really tired; so I am going to go to sleep early tonight!!

Slept In

OK so today I slept in way too long, then I went to work and then came home and now I am just relaxing. Tomorrow I have school and institute; it should be good; I always enjoy my institute class!
But that means that I don't get to sleep in which is no fun. But at least I get to watch CSI New York, and Lost. And I can finally pay off my school tuition! Yea!! I will no longer be in debt for school this semester!! My cat is also being freakin' annoying, and if she doesn't stop being noisy she will wake up my mom! I need something to eat; I am freakin' hungry right now so as soon as I post this I am going to get something to eat! I have lost 6 lbs now!!!!

To hide or not to hide, that is the question!

I would really love to hide under my bed covers for like a month but since that isn't an option I guess I will just have to live my life and go to work, school, church, and institute! Also I would rather not drive anymore I wish I could just fly!

So since President's Day was this week I wanted to write something about it and I read an article that I really liked in the Mormon Times section so here is a bit from that article...."In his book, "Abraham Lincoln, God's Humble Instrument," Ron L. Andersen describes a 14-year-old boy who didn't find any of the existing churches in the mid-1800s to his liking, so he didn't join any of them. He relied instead on the God of his prayers for answers.
He didn't smoke, swear, chew tobacco, drink or despise minorities.
He lost people dear to him, including his mother and two young sons.
He was called "peculiarsome."
He enjoyed a good wrestle, liked playing with children, laughed easily and often.
He believed the Founding Fathers designed the Constitution with divine guidance and that America was founded for a wise purpose, a purpose in which he felt he would play a significant role.
He had a hunger for learning and truth but not a great business head. Instead of amassing wealth, he more often gave his money away to those he felt needed his help."

By Sharon Haddock

Mormon Times

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009

Also I am concerned about one of my best friends because her father has cancer, and I haven't seen her for 4 months; and my cat is being really noisy right now and she needs to be quiet or she will wake up my mom; and I do get to sleep in happy day!

Awkward days!

Well Saturday what a day. So the guy that I side swiped calls me up to thank me for telling him that I had scraped the paint off of his car; and that I am awesome for being honest. I really didn't want to hear from him because I wanted to forget about the entire accident and put it behind me and not have to think about it again. So since he called I wanted to start crying after I hung up. But I didn't because I had make-up on, and if I started to cry over that again, I would of been mad at my self because sometimes I just don't like to cry. So it would be really nice to just hide under my bed covers for like a month.

Well church was really good up until the end of sacrament meeting after the prayer this guy stands up and shouts in the chapel "If anyone needs free hugs they can get one from me" or something like that; and I am sorry but that just was way awkward and it totally ruined the spirit for me. So church was good just a little disappointing at the end. Then I went to guess who's coming for dinner at James house and it was a lot of fun and the food was so good I have never had smoked chicken before and man it was so freaking good.

Today I am going bowling after work it should be a lot of fun; I hope I beat my score of 101! I just hope work doesn't make me too tired; and I do get to sleep in today!!

Pearl of Great Price!

Ok so today I got to sleep in which was lovely! I also got paid today so now I can finally pay off my tuition for school. Work was alright it wasn't bad. My head hurts though and I am very hungry, so I should eat something soon.

Yesterday in my Pearl of Great Price institute class we talked about Cain and Abel and the sacrifices that they gave and there is one part in the student manual I really liked, which was what The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: "By faith in this atonement or plan of redemption, Abel offered to God a sacrifice that was accepted, which was the firstlings of the flock. Cain offered of the fruit of the ground, and was not accepted, because he could not do it in faith, he could have no faith, or could not exercise faith contrary to the plan of heaven. It must be the shedding the blood of the Only Begotten to atone for man; for this was the plan of redemption; and without the shedding of was no remission; and as the sacrifice was instituted for a type, by which man was to discern the great Sacrifice which God had prepared; to offer a sacrifice contrary to that, no faith could be exercised, because redemption was not purchased in that way, nor the power of atonement instituted after that order; consequently Cain could have no faith; and whatsoever is not of faith, is a sin" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith,58).

The last part of that quote gets me thinking about how much Christ payed for our sins and how wonderful the atonement is and how merciful our Heavenly Father is to us. It reminds of the hymn How Great Thou Art and the 3rd verse "And when I think that God, his Son not sparing, Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in, That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin, Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee, How great thou art!

Good Day!

Ok so I stayed up way to late last night, so I am really sleepy. I am so happy that I get to sleep in tomorrow. My right arm is sore from playing volley ball last night. I am freaking cold right now, I have been cold all day long, and I don't like it. It felt like it was 10 degrees out side today! But I guess that's February for ya, nothing but cold and no sun! I did go to school today, and thank goodness I didn't hit any cars. School was good, it wasn't boring for once. Institute was good, some very interesting questions were asked. Then I went to work, and it wasn't bad either so all in all today was a good day!!

Even a bit more about me.

So Monday night I went bowling with some friends in my ward, and my first score was 85 and then the second time around I got 101! So it was pretty awesome because I wanted to at least get 100!

Also here is some more about me. I like the dry Utah heat better than humid heat. I am good at keeping secrets. My friend Camille and I call Barnes and Noble and Deseret Book the evil stores. My favorite Jamba is Caribbean Passion. I love the smell of the air when it rains. My dad named me. I love horses, and I would like to own a few some day. I love calla lilies and the Gerber Daisys, those are my two favorite flowers. I love most movies, and I want more of them. I don't know how many movies my family has because there is too many to count I am guessing on I think we have over 200 movies. I am such a night person, I hate waking up early. I love to sleep.

Sunday

Last night thank goodness I got at least 8 hours of sleep, because I needed it. So today I went to church which was good, in Relief Society we talked about how we can remain strong and true in the Church and one of the girls gave the comment on how she stays focused is that she keeps in mind of the temple and wanting to be able to be worthy to go to the temple and also to be worthy to be married in the temple, that was a really neat comment to hear I never really thought about focusing on temple blessings would push us away from being fence sitters.

Sunday school we talked about the different promptings of the Holy Ghost, and we had some very good discussions about receiving answers to prayers, and that while we are waiting to receive an answer that we should read our scriptures more, think about our prayers before we say them, and go to all of our church meetings.

Then in sacrament meeting talks were given on the 4th Article of Faith, and about how sometimes we let fear take over our lives and fear taking us away from the church. So church was really good I got a lot out of it. We shouldn't let fear overcome us, but it does happen because we are only human. One way I overcome fear is that I think about tomorrow and that it's a new day and what goes down must always come back up, because there is opposition in all things but the good lasts longer for me and a lot of times I forget about the bad days that I have had. As long as we focus on the good and do our best, the good will always overcome the bad.

Only 5 hours of sleep!

Since I only got 5 hours of sleep and I woke up today at 7:45am which is super early for me. I tried going back to sleep but for some reason I couldn't. So I am extremely tired. I am writing this while listening to the Fray "You Found Me." I still need to clean my living room and I should eat something for lunch.

Later tonight I am going out with my friend Camille, we will probably go get something to eat for dinner and then go to Barnes and Noble. So it should be fun....well I always have fun with Camille!

It's too Cold!

Ok so I went to the gym tonight. It was good but I am tired now. Today was a good day I got to sleep in, which is wonderful because I love to sleep! Then I went to work and then the gym and then I had to stop at the store because I am out of conditioner and orbit gum. Now I am at home relaxing which is wonderful.

So one thing that annoys me, is that at my work we always get Martin Luther King Jr. holiday off but we don't get Presidents Day off. And if we didn't have a Abraham Lincoln then we would not have a Martin Luther, and since when did Martin Luther become bigger than Abraham, Washington, Adams, Madison and all the rest of the great Presidents that our country has had. All those Presidents sacrificed a lot for our country and the people. So you would think that my work would like to honor them more. I am not saying that Martin Luther King Jr. shouldn't be honored or not have a holiday, but I just think that we should honor the men that paved the way to stop people being racist first, before we honor Martin Luther King Jr. I know that Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man and helped our country see the prejudice against the African Americans that was going on. It just kind of annoys me, but since there is nothing I can do about it, I just have to let it go. But it's completely lame that I don't have work off on Presidents Day!

Another thing I am not liking the cold so much and all this bad air that we keep on getting in the Salt Lake valley. I really do wish it was summer already. I so would like to hide in my bed with the covers over me and wait until May comes, when we have 60 degree weather again. I miss the sun and the really warm summer nights.

School and Institute!

So I didn't go to the gym, because I was way too hungry after work and I needed food. So shame on me, but I will just have to go tomorrow and work out a little longer than usual.

Besides work today I went to school and thank goodness I wasn't late, and it was good we got out early so I was on time for my Pearl of Great Price class. We had a really good discussion about Eve and Satan tempting her to eat the fruit of the tree of good and evil. Some things come to mind when I think about that...1 I am very grateful that Eve ate the fruit other wise we would not be here on this earth with bodies. 2 It must of taken a very smart and courageous woman to eat of the fruit. 3 It had to be done so that we could come to earth to gain a body and eventually be like God the Father and his Son, as Gods and Goddesses. As long as we live righteously.

Not a good week for me!

Ok so the the car that I scraped the paint off, it turns out that my friend wants to get it fixed. Which I was afraid that was going to happen. But I didn't want it to happen, because I had to call the insurance company. Cause in January as I was driving to work the road was frozen from the night before and when I was driving there was snow on the ground and it was still snowing and I went through intersection at North and West Temple and then all of a sudden I started to slide to the right, and I slid into a parked car and put a dent on the back end of the drivers side and also scraped a little bit of the paint off.

So probably the the insurence is up already, and now it is going to go through the roof, and I know that my mom is a little bit dissapointed in me even though she hasn't said anything to me. But I can see it on her face. So this week ranks up there in one of my top five bad weeks.

A bit more about me.

I decided not to go to the gym tonight. I will just have to go tomorrow and Friday. Which is good because I am a little more tired than I would like to be.

So here is a little bit more about my self. I have lived in Salt Lake my entire life, my family has never moved out of the house we are living in. I love living in Utah, but I don't always want to live in Salt Lake but for the time being I like it. It's just that sometimes the city is a little loud especially living on the west side of Salt Lake, and I would like to be able to see all the stars at night from my house. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and I have been a member since I was 8 years old. I am born in the covenant. I'm in a student ward and so far everyone that I have met in my ward is very nice to me.

I love Sunday's, I guess because it's the only day that I don't have to worry about school or work and I learn a lot from the scriptures in Sunday School.... also one of the benefits from being in a student ward is that when we take the sacrament, it is dead silent..... and I love hearing the water cups drop in the trays because it reminds me of Christ bleeding from every pore for us.

Can't go back to sleep!

I am really sleepy because when I woke up, I couldn't go back to sleep. So I am writing this post to say that I have had only six hours of sleep, and I want to go to the gym tonight. But now that looks like it's not going to happen, it all depends on how I feel after work. And I need some food right now because my stomach is getting mad at me. So I am going to post this now and get something to eat.

Also since I have been going back to the gym, (because I am no longer sick with a cold) I have lost about 5lbs!

Radom Facts about Me!

1. I don't like shoes, I like flip flops or sandals, or if I could I would go barefoot all the time.

2. My favorite color is Blue, I also like pink, and 7 is my favorite number.

3. I am very, very ticklish!

4. I want to travel the world.

5. I have read the Book of Mormon seven times, and reading is one of my passions.

6. I miss all my grandparents, because they all died by the time I was 17.

7. I got my own testimony when I was 18.

8. I have been to Israel, Canada, Mexico, and various places in the U.S. Like Idaho, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa.

9. I want to live some place where you can see ALL the stars at night.

10. I have an earring fetish.

11. I love chocolate, and Italian food!

12. I like to write in my journal.

13. I can hide my feelings, sometimes a little bit too much for my own good.

14. I love playing badminton, and just recently I discovered that I like to go bowling.

15. I love to listen to the rain and thunder, and I love watching the snow fall.

16. I love to go hiking, and I like going to the gym.

17. I am a U of U fan, I like watching college sports, and love watching the summer and winter olympics.

18. When I was little I loved it when my grandpa on my mom's side would call me his little blondie girl, because I had such white blonde hair growing up.

19. I am 24 years old, friends tell me that I look like I am 20, I don't mind looking younger, though I wish I was 22 again.

20. I am still in school and I wish I was done with it now!

21. I would love to preach the gospel in Israel, but if I tried, that would get me a one way ticket back to the U.S.

22. I love watching the sun set, and I get to see it set just about every day.

23. I am the second youngest in my family, I have an older brother and then a older sister and she is married, and then I have a younger sister and she is also married.

24. I am very calm and content, and I am way laid back, it takes a whole lot, and I mean a whole lot to make me very angry at someone.

25. I love to laugh, I love being around my family and friends and being able to spend time with them is the best thing ever!

26. I can swim, just not very well.

27. One of my goals this year is to bare my testimony every month.

28. I never played on any sports team in High School.

29. I never ran for any office in High School.

30. I rode a camel in Jericho the oldest city in the world!

31. I love water, milk, and strawberry lemonade.

32. Summer is my favorite season.

33. If I go anywhere in my car I have to have my ipod.

34. If I ever leave my house I have to have my cell phone.

35. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I also like the 4th of July.

37. I have seven letters in my first name, seven letters in my last name, I was born on the 7th day of the 7th month at 12:07 am. Hence #2.

38. I love to travel, I really like road trips.

39. I like most of the guys in the 26th ward they are good upstanding men, with good hearts, and they make me laugh....which is good because I love to laugh!

40. One of my other goals this year is to read the Pearl of Great Price cover to cover.

41. I know how to do CPR, but I hope I never have to do it.

42. I was never addicted to any caffeine drinks, and I haven't had any caffeine drinks for about 2 years

Today was not a good day!!

Today I was late for school, my class starts at 11:00am and I woke up at 11:20am. So I hurried to get ready and left with out eating breakfast and I wasn't feeling so good either. But I eventually got to school and as I was parking I was trying not to hit this truck as I was pulling in the parking spot so instead I scraped the paint off of this bright blue Kia Spectra. So that right there was the icing on the cake. But as luck would have it the car belonged to a friend, so in the end it wasn't too bad. But it was still bad enough because I was the one that did the damage. So I wish we could just fly because then I wouldn't have to drive a car.