Crazy Socks & Writer's Block

It's time to play catch up over here on the blog. I've been gone for awhile and it's time to get back. Life is crazy and going too fast and I want to remember it! I thought it'd be appropriate to start with my new years resolutions. At the end of the year, Sammy and I sat down and made our resolutions. I tried to make mine as simple as possible, without cutting myself short. I made sure they were things that I could attain. So, here are my resolutions for the year! 1. Finish a book of scripture cover to cover. I decided to go with the Old Testament this year. Things are getting pretty crazy in there, and I'm only in Genesis.  2. Finish a draft of a story. Every time I make goals, I've always said that I'm going to finish a book. And that just isn't attainable for me at the moment! I'm in school, working, being a wife, and so many other things. So, I feel that finishing a rough draft is something that I'll be able to actually achieve! ...

Last night we got to have a visit with Elder Hoyt, one of the missionaries who was in the ward when we first moved in. He was with Elder Wipfler who has been here that long as well. All we needed was Elder Brennan who's gone home and it would have been just like old times.  It was a lot of fun catching up with Hoyt since it's been awhile since we've seen him. He shared a really cool story with us. Apparently these three missionaries had been praying for a few months to have a baptism. They wanted to have one by June 28th. They were doing everything they could think of to meet this goal, constantly fasting and praying. On June 7th, they were heartbroken. It usually takes three weeks of attending church in order for someone to be eligible to be baptized.  Well, on June 14th we showed up out of nowhere. We went to Sunday school with the missionaries, and then Sammy pulled them aside and said he wanted to be baptized. Ok, this is bizarre in and of itself. People don't usual...

This is my person. I love him:)  We try pho together. Well, I try it. He tells me the best flavor to try. He loves puppies He's very sweet. When I try on clothes in the fitting room he sits with me and tells me  beautiful when I feel anything but.  He plays with my hair whenever I have a headache.  I love my person. The end 

This year was our first Christmas as a married couple, and first together in two years so I was really excited! We were so busy going into Christmas, it didn't feel like Christmas for a bit. But then we watched Elf together which was so fun! Sammy had never seen it before and I was nervous he wouldn't like it but he did. He was quoting it for days.  For Christmas Eve we went to Sammy's parents house. We had tamales and watched a Christmas story. It was my first time seeing that movie and I loved it! Which was a relief since that's Sammy's favorite Christmas movie. We also watched Jingle All the Way. Oh boy that was cheesy!  On Christmas Day we'd planned on getting up at seven, but we slept in until nine. We made it over to my parents about ten. Sammy brought his own Sunny D with him because he needed orange juice with breakfast.  We had egg mcmuffins and potatoes for breakfast. It was such a fun time with family. We kids played Shindig machine which was hilariou...

At the beginning of summer, I made a goal to read 47 books by the end of the summer. That was an unrealistic goal. By the end of summer, I read 23 books. And then had two literature classes which kicked my butt. But that is done so yay! I've had time to read a few more books for fun.  It's the end of the year though and time to evaluate how I did on all my goals. I decided to include the books I actually read cover to cover during the semester as well. I thoroughly enjoyed most of them which was fun. So, here at the end of the year, I completed 46 books. One short. I'm so happy with where I am! I didn't think I'd get this close to my goal! I halfway read so many books this semester that it adds up to 47 page wise ;)   Here's what I read to get to 46. The only book not pictured is Where She Went- the sequel to If I Stay. I had it as an ebook.  For my school books: I loved all the Shakespeare.  I hated Gullivers Travels.  There was too much beheading in Oroonoko f...

I would like to apologize for all the typos on my blog lately. I've been writing my posts on my phone because it seems less daunting that way for some reason. Auto Correct is not my friend.

Last year when I started going to counseling for my anxiety, the first thing she asked me was one of my goals. Well, it was to not be anxious anymore. That wasn't the most measurable or realistic goal for me then or now, so she asked me to think of another. So, I settled on flying on an airplane. It was one of my biggest fears for so many reasons, number one being anxiety.  Fast forward to two weeks ago. We were in the middle of Indiana and out options to get home were twenty hour road trip or flying. Sammy and I decided on flying. I tried not to think about the fact I was flying as little as possible. The airport was a five hour adventure. I watched one plane landing and freaked out so I didn't do that. Sammy was so awesome. He explained everything about the plane in detail so I'd know what to expect. My dad gave me a bunch of flying tips and that really helped since I know he gets sick like me. We got  on the plane and it was a lot smaller than I thought it was going to b...