Show and Tell FHE

Tonight's FHE was Show and Tell.  I didn't take anything to share.  But I did give the lesson.  I have my mom to thank for the idea.  I wanted to share the two stories here because I like them so much.

The Grapefruit Syndrome

Toothpaste on the Mirror

I love both of these stories, probably because I have so much to learn from them myself. 

Commitment Issues

Apparently I have commitment issues. Dare I say it out loud?  I guess I knew this was true to a degree, but I was told flat out by three guys tonight that it was really apparent I had problems with commitment.  All this came up because I said I had a tinge of homesickness for moving my stuff out from Atlanta.  It was a similar feeling to when I registered my car here and got a Utah driver's license.  They corrected me and said I wasn't homesick, but that I have commitment issues.  How did they know?  They are all too familiar with those issues themselves!

At least I'm in good company.

Pioneer Woman

I love the Pioneer Woman blog.  She is fabulously entertaining.  I was introduced to her a few years ago.  And I love her photography and stories about living on a ranch in the middle of nowhere.  It so romantic.  And yet, how are cattle and manure in the middle of nowhere even the least bit desirable?  And yet, as I drove through Wyoming two years ago on my way out to Utah, I wanted more than anything to visit a ranch, maybe someday live on a ranch. with a big red barn. and horses.  Don't ask me why or when it first happened.

I do like horses, although I don't go riding much, there are a lot of things I'd like to do more often than I do.  But one thing I loved most about living in Farmington was my daily runs past the wide open fields and horses.  Since I don't actually ride the horses much, or live out on a ranch, I live that life vicariously through movies.  I love movies of the country with horses and country music and small towns and country dancing.  a few movies I love: Sweet Home Alabama.  the Hannah Montana movie.  John Wayne.  Country Strong.  Snowy River.  and lots of others.  Anyway, this weekend I watched Flicka and I just loved it.  Have you seen it?  Add it to the list!  I even watched it a second time with the director's commentary.  The scenery was just beautiful.  It really made me want to live on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming.  I pick the one in that movie.  With those cute ranch hands.  And Tim McGraw.

I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a Pioneer Woman.  But it sure is fun to dream. or at least watch the movies.

Dating is a Competitive Game

Dating. I'm sure my married friends are missing out on a lot of fun.  At least funny experiences.  I was recently on a date and this was the conversation in the car on the way back home:

Guy: So did you date a lot when you were at BYU?

Me: No, not really...my roommates and I did lot of group dates and stuff. (thinking in my head - that was TEN YEARS AGO! what does that have to do with anything about life right now?)

Guy: Really?  did you date a lot when you lived in Atlanta?

Me: umm...more than I did at BYU.

Me: You know, I'm surprised how much fog we get here in the valley....

Guy: I'm surprised you didn't date more when you were at BYU.

Me: *silence*

Guy: I mean you're a really cute girl and when I see you at church, you're always surrounded by a lot of guys.  There's just a lot of competition.

Oh, I didn't realize there was ANY competition.  Thanks for letting me know!  I think I'll wait awhile before I tell him the guys he is likely jealous of are my home teachers.

And I'll keep my college pictures in a box. under my bed.

MOVED

I see you found the new blog.  WELCOME!!

Moving AGAIN

I have experienced a lot of CHANGE the past few years.  Change this month has come in the form of MOVING.  As in me moving from my old apartment to a house and now to a new apartment.  As in moving my stuff from Atlanta to Salt Lake.  And as in moving my blog to a new blog home.  I have had some complaints that my blog doesn't show up in blog feeds, so I am going to try out a new blog address to see if it improves.  I did a little research a while back and apparently blogger has a glitch for some blogs and there's no fix.

So if I may redirect you to my NEW BLOG.  See you there!!

Biggest Loser

Believe it or not, I have lost 15 lbs. in the last year.  

Yes, it's true.  Based on the reading on the scale last January compared to the reading on the scale this morning, 15 lbs.  Let's see if I can keep it that way.

On a side note, I wrote this really long great post about last weekend - how I saw Oprah and everything in Park City.  Well, it appears it wasn't published and didn't save.  Sorry.  

Skype Sandwich

Belated post....

Tonight I was on Skype with my sister.  After talking about how she needed to eat more, she took me (in the laptop) down to the kitchen to make a sandwich.  This sandwich needed avacado on it.  So I watched her peel one.  Not like I peel an avacado.  It was kind of like watching her peel an apple, but she was cutting around the seed, then peeled the outside off.  And then we got disconnected.  She came back and told me what a disaster peeling this avacado had been.

She said the sandwich was delicious.

Thanks for taking me with you.

Here are some updates.

In case I haven't talked to you in the last two weeks: I moved.  And if I don't talk to you for another 2 weeks: I'll be moving again.  Yep!  I moved in with a friend last Friday.  On Saturday, she came home and said her landlord was raising rent and so we are moving out.

Last Saturday, my stuff in Atlanta got picked up and is being shipped out here.  Happy day to soon have all my stuff back!

Cold Weather Locks

Sometimes the cold weather causes issues.  Like when I was at home in Atlanta, the really cold weather caused a problem with the garage door opener.  You had to get out of the car and help the door up.  So upon arrival back in Salt Lake where it has been really cold, I discovered my car door locks have issues in the cold.  Apparently when you click to unlock, they unlock, lock, unlock, and lock again really fast.  So this week, on my first day back to work after vacation, I locked myself out of the car.  while it was running. with my purse and two phones inside.  oops.  Each day this week, I have opened a door other than the front driver door to get in my car, usually reaching over from the back seat to turn on the car, then scraping the ice off the windows.  I know now not to close the door after I open it, and have been mildly successful in eventually getting the front driver door to open so I can get in.  Today, I couldn't get the driver door open at all and I had to climb over the seat from the passenger side.  I'm happy I was wearing pants.

I hope this doesn't last long, it's kind of frustrating.  I'd rather get out of the car and lift the garage door up.

By the way, it is FREEZING here.  It is so cold.  I don't like this cold. And then again, our apartment is toasty warm. So warm that I wear a t-shirt and no socks when I'm at home.  Then it's been so warm in my office that yesterday I wore short sleeves.  Come on! Let's get something in the middle here.  

Deal of the Day

So I'm not the best 'couponer' but I am proud of myself when I do use a coupon.  Today I grouped a coupon of Buy 2 get 1 free - secret deodorant - 4 types.  At Rite-Aid you get 2/$5 Secret invisible solid - excluding 3 of the 4 types the coupon allowed you to buy.  So I bought 2 Coco Butter Lites and 1 Summerberry scented deodorants.  Maybe not what I would have picked out without the coupon, which some say is the danger of using coupons, but I'm branching out and who knows, maybe I'll like these bold scents!

And since Chase has 5% cashback on grocery and drugstore purchases, I even get 5% back of my $5.  Don't worry, it will add up.