Monday, August 29, 2011

♥ Life is Wonderful ♥

Have you ever gone through life only focusing on the bad parts? Constantly thinking "When does it get better? Will the stress go away? Why can't things be easy for awhile?" and then have something simple but wonderful happen that reminds you how perfect life really is? That happened today, and I'm suddenly feeling so blessed and realizing how much I really should be counting my blessings. What an amazing thing to be reminded of! 


. . . I still would appreciate not being sick anymore though :) Allergies &
drainage (that allergy medicine has no effect on) are awful!


Thursday, August 18, 2011

"I Must, I Must, I Must Increase My Bust"

There's a book I read when I was younger that I'll never forget -- especially for one specific reason...


Did anyone else ever read "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" by Judy Blume? She does an exercise that's supposed to increase your boob size and says certain words that are supposed to go along with it.

"I must, I must, I must increase my bust."

Am I the only one who read that at a young age (10 yrs old, I think) and honestly tried the exercise she did in the book, thinking that it just might make me magically have boobs? And I can't lie, I did mutter those words under my breath while I did it. I had to say it quietly because I didn't want anyone to hear me in case it wasn't true. I didn't do it for long before I realized it wasn't working.

13 years later, I still have no boobs. Dang it. Judy Blume failed me as a child! Oh the false hopes of childhood...

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

School

Since Matt and I moved to Arizona while we were both still in school at BYU, I never finished my Bachelors. I can't finish online, because 2 of the required courses for my major aren't offered online. I decided that, instead of starting all over again (a lot of credits won't transfer from BYU, even though they should because it's a huge university, so I would have about 3 years left if I started at somewhere like ASU), I'd go to PVCC (Paradise Valley Community College) and simply get my Associates for now.

I met with someone at PVCC a couple months ago about transferring credits and what I would have remaining. How she told us, maybe 2 or 3 of the classes from BYU would count as classes I needed -- or would even simply be accepted... That was frustrating that 4 years of college was basically getting me nowhere, and in time, I decided I'd just work instead, and later on, I'd go back to school.

That plan...didn't work out too well. I haven't been able to find any "real" job that's been a decent fit so that I can still be at home when Matt is, allow the dogs to be out of their crates most of the day, and pick up my nephew most afternoons once school starts again.  I've been feeling depressed and out of place since we moved here, and school and work problems weren't making things any easier.

This past week, I got a letter from PVCC telling me that 54 credits transferred! Yes, several only counted as electives, but that's still WAY more than "2 or 3" - I've been so excited that I may be able to start school again!

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Dog Pile!

The past few nights, before Matt and I go to bed, we've let the dogs join us on the bed and cuddle with them for a bit. Sometimes they're calm and just lay there, but other times, they decide it's their play time & start wrestling with each other. Last night I was lucky enough to get a couple of cute pictures.

Matt loves pretending to sleep so that Sam will cuddle and fall asleep next to him.
But just like any other dog, Sam's awake as soon as he hears the camera.

Phoebe's favorite activity: Giving baths.