Wednesday, August 25, 2010
5k
So last night my roommate and I stayed up ALL night talking. Around 5 Am we decided it wasn't worth even trying to go back to sleep so we went to the gym and ran bleachers. We were both dying!Seriously. But I picked up a paper for a 5k on September 11th. I know that i can physically do it but I'm worried that I will be SLOW as heck! But ya were getting to make a Walmart run. Maybe I'll actually do a not lame blog post soon. maybe....
Best days of your life
So I'm in Thatcher. My mom and I came up on Thursday and got me all moved in. Then she left and my roommates came up on Friday. We've gotten pretty much everything unpacked and put away with the exception of a few boxes. We look at them and promise were going to do it the next day but... It never happens. So at some point I'll finish unpacking. It's just hard when there's so much going on all the time. But our apartment is super cute! I love it!
What I've been up to:
Friday night: I went to a huge dance party. Surprisingly it was a ton of fun!
Saturday:I cant remember I'm pretty sure we just chilled honestly I cant remember haha.
Sunday: Church. ugh we sang hymn after hymn after hymn,because no one had a lesson. Basically it was super lame and I was dying by the end of it.Oh and we went for a little four Wheeling drive to the top of some mountain to see some stinky near empty pond.
Monday: After FHE about 20 of us or so went to a place called Cluff ponds. There's a big rope swing. I managed to master doing a back flip off it! So fun! except for the fact that it took me like a million tries to finally nail it and my arms have crazy sore the last two days! Dang im out of shape!
Tuesday: LONGEST DAY OF MY LIFE! Classes start at 8 am and just go on and on and on until 10 pm. I have short breaks in between but still. I'm pretty sure that my two 3 hour long BIO classes will be the death of me, yes I said 3 stinkin' hours! I think it's even harder because every other day I only have one class at 10.
But yeah that's basically it. I'm loving it here! We do the most random things
Usually it involves driving to see a pond or a river or something equally lame. But the people I go with make it fun!
What I've been up to:
Friday night: I went to a huge dance party. Surprisingly it was a ton of fun!
Saturday:I cant remember I'm pretty sure we just chilled honestly I cant remember haha.
Sunday: Church. ugh we sang hymn after hymn after hymn,because no one had a lesson. Basically it was super lame and I was dying by the end of it.Oh and we went for a little four Wheeling drive to the top of some mountain to see some stinky near empty pond.
Monday: After FHE about 20 of us or so went to a place called Cluff ponds. There's a big rope swing. I managed to master doing a back flip off it! So fun! except for the fact that it took me like a million tries to finally nail it and my arms have crazy sore the last two days! Dang im out of shape!
Tuesday: LONGEST DAY OF MY LIFE! Classes start at 8 am and just go on and on and on until 10 pm. I have short breaks in between but still. I'm pretty sure that my two 3 hour long BIO classes will be the death of me, yes I said 3 stinkin' hours! I think it's even harder because every other day I only have one class at 10.
But yeah that's basically it. I'm loving it here! We do the most random things
Usually it involves driving to see a pond or a river or something equally lame. But the people I go with make it fun!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Goodbye Peoria, Hello Thatcher.
It's after 12 and I'm leaving in just a few short hours to drive to thatcher. It was hard to stay home last year and watch everyone go off. It was hard to see the pictures uploaded to facebook. It was hard to see the status updates,to hear all about the fun times they were having and people they were meeting. Looking back I can see that there were reasons I needed to stay, and I'm thankful that I did. But now it's time for me to go and I couldn't be more excited! Anyways I have mucho packing to do tomorrow and I have to get some sleep so I can drive and not die.
sometimes
Sometimes I need a...long run.sonic slush.pedicure.to drive with the windows down. throw my head back and scream at the top of my lungs. good book. blog. blog stalk . loud music. hug . Today I needed to get ice cream with a practical stranger and get a sweet letter from the bestie. It couldnt have been more perfect.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Postage stamps
I heard this story in church last week and its stuck with me so I thought I would share.It's from a talk given by President Thomas S. Monson.
"I mention José Garcia from Mexico. Born in poverty but nurtured in faith, José prepared for a mission call. I was present the day his recommendation was received. There appeared the statement, “Brother Garcia will serve at great sacrifice to his family, for he is the means of much of the family support. He has but one possession—a treasured stamp collection—which he is willing to sell, if necessary, to help finance his mission.”
President Kimball listened attentively as this statement was read to him, and then he responded: “Have him sell his stamp collection. Such sacrifice will be to him a blessing.” Then this loving prophet said: “Each month at Church headquarters we receive thousands of letters from all parts of the world. See that we save these stamps and provide them to José at the conclusion of his mission. He will have, without cost, the finest stamp collection of any young man in Mexico."
I love this story. It's a perfect example of how we are blessed for our sacrifice.
Here is the link if you want to read the rest of the talk.
http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=9532dbdcc370c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD
Sunday, August 8, 2010
If I was...
If I was a season, I'd be Fall
If I was a piece of furniture, I'd be a bed
If I was a country, I'd be Australia
If I was a food, I'd be a cucumber
If I was a flower, I'd be a daisy
If I was a song, I couldn't pick just one
If I was an instrument, I'd be a piano
If I was a color, I'd be teal
If I was a letter, I'd be a love letter
If I was a book, I'd be Dusty Britches
If I was a time of day, I'd be sunset
If I was a drink, I'd be a Sonic Watermelon Slush
If I was a holiday, I'd be Thanksgiving
If I was a store, it would be full of vintage goodies
If I was a word, I'd be intoxicating
If I was a person, I'd be me
If I could know the future, I'd refuse to let it define me
If I was a piece of furniture, I'd be a bed
If I was a country, I'd be Australia
If I was a food, I'd be a cucumber
If I was a flower, I'd be a daisy
If I was a song, I couldn't pick just one
If I was an instrument, I'd be a piano
If I was a color, I'd be teal
If I was a letter, I'd be a love letter
If I was a book, I'd be Dusty Britches
If I was a time of day, I'd be sunset
If I was a drink, I'd be a Sonic Watermelon Slush
If I was a holiday, I'd be Thanksgiving
If I was a store, it would be full of vintage goodies
If I was a word, I'd be intoxicating
If I was a person, I'd be me
If I could know the future, I'd refuse to let it define me
Sunday, December 27, 2009
December 23, 2009
December 23 was Ben's birthday this is the email that was sent out before to the wards explaining what we were doing. My mom can say it better than I can.
"Many of you may know that today is my son Benjamin’s birthday and if he were still with us he would be turning 17. A group of his friends asked how we would be spending our day today because
theywanted to come over and spend some time with us as we took time to celebrate the 15 years we did have with him. At the time they were asking the only thing I really had planned was to visit his grave, beyond that I wasn’t really sure.
As Jenn Collins was thinking of things the youth could do she said the spirit reminded her about Bens love for the missionaries and missionary work. So she thought it would be a great idea to get the youth together to pass out pass along cards to the neighborhood. The minute she told me her idea I felt spirit and the words of one of Benjamin’s all time favorite primary songs passed my mind “...We are as the army of Helaman. We have been taught in our youth. And we will be the Lord’s missionaries to bring the world his truth…”. I absolutely knew this was the perfect way to spend his birthday.
I felt that since we were working with an army we could do a little more than just pass along cards. So, feeling very ambitious and relying completely on faith I ordered 300 videos (Together Forever) for the kids to pass out. I am going to write a little note to attach to the videos bearing our family’s testimony, as well as the testimony of Benjamin’s friends, of eternal families. Then this army of youth will go out and leave a video on 300 doorsteps in the neighborhood.
I know that Ben would love this activity and that he is working on the other side of the veil to do his part in teaching the gospel to others. I am so glad we have the opportunity to be united in this effort on his birthday and hope to make missionary work a tradition each year on his birthday.
So, with the youth doing the hard work of walking door to door, I am asking that each of you will say a special prayer with your families today that their hard work will be fruitful. Please pray that the hearts of those receiving our videos will be open to hear the message and that they will want to know more. I hope that if they aren’t willing to hear our message than at least they will know that we love and follow our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ and that some of the feelings that divide our community will be dispelled and their will be a greater tolerance for our church among those that don’t worship as we do. Please pray also that the testimonies of the youth participating in this activity will be strengthened and that those youth that may struggle will have their hearts converted because of the spirit they will feel and that they will continue to find ways to serve Heavenly Father and each other. I know that the strength and goodness of the hearts of these youth is a direct result from the truths that they have been taught at home. I am constantly amazed at how good our youth are and for the love they so willingly express to others.
I know that through our prayers miracles can happen.
I am truly, truly grateful for the wonderful friends and family in our lives. We feel the love that you constantly express to us and it gives us strength. I don’t know why I deserve such goodness in my life, but I express my gratitude every day to my Heavenly Father for it and for how you teach and touch our lives the way you do.
Love,
Christy "
As Jenn Collins was thinking of things the youth could do she said the spirit reminded her about Bens love for the missionaries and missionary work. So she thought it would be a great idea to get the youth together to pass out pass along cards to the neighborhood. The minute she told me her idea I felt spirit and the words of one of Benjamin’s all time favorite primary songs passed my mind “...We are as the army of Helaman. We have been taught in our youth. And we will be the Lord’s missionaries to bring the world his truth…”. I absolutely knew this was the perfect way to spend his birthday.
I felt that since we were working with an army we could do a little more than just pass along cards. So, feeling very ambitious and relying completely on faith I ordered 300 videos (Together Forever) for the kids to pass out. I am going to write a little note to attach to the videos bearing our family’s testimony, as well as the testimony of Benjamin’s friends, of eternal families. Then this army of youth will go out and leave a video on 300 doorsteps in the neighborhood.
I know that Ben would love this activity and that he is working on the other side of the veil to do his part in teaching the gospel to others. I am so glad we have the opportunity to be united in this effort on his birthday and hope to make missionary work a tradition each year on his birthday.
So, with the youth doing the hard work of walking door to door, I am asking that each of you will say a special prayer with your families today that their hard work will be fruitful. Please pray that the hearts of those receiving our videos will be open to hear the message and that they will want to know more. I hope that if they aren’t willing to hear our message than at least they will know that we love and follow our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ and that some of the feelings that divide our community will be dispelled and their will be a greater tolerance for our church among those that don’t worship as we do. Please pray also that the testimonies of the youth participating in this activity will be strengthened and that those youth that may struggle will have their hearts converted because of the spirit they will feel and that they will continue to find ways to serve Heavenly Father and each other. I know that the strength and goodness of the hearts of these youth is a direct result from the truths that they have been taught at home. I am constantly amazed at how good our youth are and for the love they so willingly express to others.
I know that through our prayers miracles can happen.
I am truly, truly grateful for the wonderful friends and family in our lives. We feel the love that you constantly express to us and it gives us strength. I don’t know why I deserve such goodness in my life, but I express my gratitude every day to my Heavenly Father for it and for how you teach and touch our lives the way you do.
Love,
Christy "
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