My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

 Ugly Sweater Party, the sweater says "This Grandma is Fantastic". Best sweater ever. I won the contest with this lovely piece of clothing. One day when I am a grandma, I wear rock this.  BYU Football. It was a cold game! This is one of my hometown friends and we always planned on going to BYU football games together. It happened.  My childhood friend and I at General Conference. She will be a amazing missionary!  Okay, this one I am very proud of. I stayed here for Thanksgiving and went to my Aunts. I made my first pie with elephants on top for decorations. I was very proud of this decoration and this berry pie was berry good. So I heard, I didn't have a slice of my pie. But, here is a picture of my pie and I. Tender.  Love Temple Square during Christmas time, it is beautiful! We love BYU football! Happy ugly sweater season!

I have no idea why, but when break starts I just stay up way too late. Like right now, I am writing a blog post when I should be in bed. I stayed up until four in the morning one morning because I can. What am I doing? Nothing. But on the side note, I am waiting for my brother to edit my letter of intent and then I submit my application. I was so tempted to just submit my application tonight. I was talking to my teacher I ta for today on the phone and she was asking me about graduate school applications. She said she wrote me a strong letter of recommendation. I want to get in. So bad. Yet, I don't want to get in. But, I am so excited that fall semester is done and my application will soon be admitted. I am glad that I started my application early. Advice for all you individuals applying for graduate schools...start your application easy. It will make your life so much easier. So, that's all. Also, I have a question. There is a boy in my ward who I find very annoying. Norma...

I hate filling them out. I already feel done with job applications. I hate telling other people that I am amazing and that they want me. I want  graduate schools or jobs to want me. Unfortunately, it dosen't work that way. I need to make them want me. Maybe, I get this feeling because I am watching Postgrad which is making me nervous. I don't want to end up like her just confused about life. I feel like It is very possible that I could. It is a emotional rollercoaster knowing that I am graduating. I do love change and find it very exciting. I find it half exciting and half scary. On my facebook, all my friends are getting engaged, going on mission or graduated. I know that I can't be in my undergraduate school my whole life. It would make my life so much easier though. I was talking with my brother about the nerves of graduating. He told me to let go of my expectations. That is nearly impossible. I live on expectations. He told me to let go of expectations and let whate...

Tonight, I went to Salt Lake to look at the Temple Square lights with one of my good friends. First of all, we got hot chocolate at this amazing bakery. This hot chocolate was better than Starbucks hot chocolate which is saying a lot. I do love that hot chocolate. We walked over to Temple Square when everyone was leaving from the musical program which meant that it wasn't as crowded. It started snowing. It was magical. The only part that wasn't magical is the fact that my feet were soaking wet after but it was magical to watch snow fall and be on temple square. People from Utah probably don't find it magical, but someone from California finds snow on holy temple grounds amazing. I saw a couple of people that I knew there. I saw someone from my home ward visiting Utah for the weekend, and some friends from my ward, and then a guy who dated my roommate. My favorite view of the night was the reflection pool in front of the temple, where they had candles light with Joseph and M...

First of all, I know this is the second post of the day. It is a blessing in your life as you get double dose of my simple happy beautiful life, which is never a bad thing. I was thinking about the funny thing that I have learned in college, and there were quite a few. So, I am going to start list right now. 1. How to drink milk from the carton. Never did that before college, I just learned the convenience of drinking from the carton. 2. How to awkwardly dance at a dance party and avoid that creeper who is looking up and down every girl in the room. 3. How to awkwardly talk to the opposite gender on a first date. Like asking questions, "If you had to marry a animal, which one would you marry?" and "Which disney princess are most attracted to?" 4. How to enjoy leftovers. I never enjoyed leftovers until college. 5. How to facebook stalk in a thorough manner. All you need to know is a first name, and you end up with their birthday, music tastes, relationship stat...

I am still not motivated which is why I am writing this blog post. This is a post about good intentions. I have good intentions in my actions. I want to study to learn. I want to serve because I love people. I want to work so I can gain skills. I want to go to church to worship God. All these good intentions are great, but the problem is that I become lazy. I have noticed this multiple times in my life. I am so good at doing things and I feel like I am progressing in life...and then I'm lazy. I go back to where I was. So, here is my question for you. How you avoid the "lazy stage" and continue progressing? For example this week, I had a good intention of studying and working and being productive. What did I do? I studied half heartily, watched television to relax, ate pizza, went to a birthday party, daydreamed, talked to my roommates. The opposite of my good intentions. How do you transform your good intentions to actions? If anyone has good advice, it would  be...

Well, these last couple of days I have learned some amazing things. The first not amazing thing I have learned is that reading days aren't for reading. I don't feel like people read. They end up playing or wasting away their day relaxing. I ended up working, playing and wasting my day watching youtube pranks. Yeah I know...like I said I have no motivation. But we had our ward party which was really fun. I learned a lot of important things there. The first thing I noticed was that the ward has become very cliquey. I don't like the cliqueness of the ward at all. I was frustrated at the ward party but then I realized that I can't stop other people from being selective but I can be friendly to everyone to encourage friendships with everyone. I don't know if that will work, but it is better than being frustrated and bitter to a cliquey ward. I just realized that I can't control others behaviors and thoughts but I can control mine. Also, we had a ward auction for a ...

This is a problem. I can't get anything done. I have been starting at my social work book for 20 minutes thinking about how I should open up the book. It would be a good idea to study but you see, I have a somewhat easy final schedule. I only have two. This is the least amount of finals I have ever had in college. I have done most of the work already but these two finals are very important in raising my grade. But I have a long time to study for them. So, basically I have no motivation. I was just thinking back on my finals in my freshman year. I had a big breakdown and it was not a enjoyable experience. I am glad that I have learned some great coping and study skills that makes finals less stressful. Because lets face it, your life depends on your grades somewhat. My acceptance to grad school is somewhat determined by my gpa. But besides the pressure, you can only do your best. So, I guess do your best and don't fret. Instead, I am writing a blog post and listening to glee...