Feeling like a mom, and learning to be social too!

*THEME OF THE BLOG: "He who avoids complaint, invites happiness."-Abu Bakr
I'm working on not complaining this year. That's not to say that I do it alot...but I do it enough. I find myself complaining about the small things. I tell myself that I complain about reasonable things, like any normal person, but I'm sure even those little complaints stopping sometimes, can make a huge difference in my life and the lives of those around me. So I challenge those reading this to do the same. If you find yourself complaining about something, small or big, ask yourself these questions-Is there anything I can do to change what I'm complaining about? is it REALLY a big deal? Will it matter tomorrow? or in 5 years? Invite happiness, by enjoying the little things, instead of complaining about them. The End. *

Hello fellow bloggers/readers of my blog! School is in session here in Iceburg, Idaho-at BYUIdo. Lucky me, I spent the first week and a half sick with a cold, causing me to be unsocial and slightly miserable. Especially when I had a choir audition, causing me to NOT make it into the choir because, well I didnt sound as good as I normally would-just my luck! ha, well maybe it wasn't meant to be. Well on the bright side(not that I was complaining or anything:)), I am now doing much better and went out with friends the last couple of nights!
School is keeping me super busy. My favorite parts of the week, are when I go to sleep at night, and I long await the weekends when I only work a little bit on at least one of those wknd days, and can then enjoy my time relaxing. I'm sure it will get even busier soon, as I am starting voice lessons next week as well. Should be excellent!

So despite loving sleep all the time, I am enjoying the things i'm learning in my classes-especially my preschool lab! We start having kids in the class this week! My staff/team is great! We have alot of great lesson plans and ideas! Its all legit-23 kids in the classroom, 6 on our staff, and lots of fun! I'm nervous and excited to start. There is SO much work to do for a preschool class-I kinda wish I was getting paid for this:) but thats ok because I'm learning tons for my future!

Nothing too exciting else is going on just yet. I practiced my bread making skills again on Friday and failed. ok. i didn't "fail". Its just that the bread didnt look right-still, I can't seem to let it rise enough. Its very edible but I want it to look full and like sandwhich bread. Any hints from anyone?!!? Practice I suppose. But I still feel like I'm not doin something right. I WILL get it right by the time I get married.

Thats all I gotta say this time round. Have a great week everyone!

Life and Stuff as No One will ever know!

*THEME OF THE BLOG: New blog idea-I'll choose a theme for each blog-having to do with my life at that time-i'll use a quote or word or something. Cool right? Yes I am! SO....this BLOG THEME is: Endurance. Someone once said, "Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is the one who endures that the final victory comes."

Oh how I, and many people do know, that endurance is SO hard sometimes. Easier said than done right? Well, thats the point of endurance. CAN you endure? Life rumbles and tumbles and throws you around, and sometimes makes you faceplant it hard. But if you don't trust your faith and the guidance of God, you won't have the strength you need. So endure with all you've got and life will make its turns where it needs to go and you will be able to ENDURE, in happiness.

And now for the remainder of my life in a nutshell.....where shall I begin? I really need to be better at blogging. Psh...yeah right...like I have time.

Well anyway, Life has been crazy these past few weeks, what with finals and all. Well, I meant it when I said last time, that when it rains, it STORMS on me. After my car died, things seemed to continue to go down hill. I failed two of my THREE finals, causing me to get C's in those classes. One final I haven't the slightest idea how I failed and the other-total joke-which everyone in my class agreed with. Lame. Oh well. I'll still get in the celestial kingdom with C's. baha! Thats what they say at BYU-I anyway:) Oh good heavens....life....

So among all that, I am STILL figuring out what to do with this job thing. It's to the point of cutting my hours a little bit, just for the sake of getting to work, and I can't work too much with the 16 credits I'll be taking. I'm sure things will work out. Sigh....

Christmas this year was nice. I was very happy to have a week off from work, with 2 weeks off from school. We start school again next Wednesday. I'm looking forward to this semester and am ready to try new things and see how life turns the pages! Posted below, are pics from my little break in Show Low!

Me and my "nephew" Landen (Emily's baby)I LOVE this little boy! I wanted to keep him! The line of traffic in one of three accidents we saw while driving down to Mesa the day before coming back to Rexburg. Well hey-at least the sky looked cool!
Flying over the Grand Canyon!It is officially 2011. Wow. Thats' going to take some getting used to. After a rough end of this year, I'm looking forward to this year. I officially expect ups and downs as always, but I think I'm going to look at things a little differently. There are always things I know I can work on and even more that I can accomplish I'm sure.

4 lessons I've learned this year are as follows:

*There are strategies for every type of work you do.

*Relaxing, works wonders. I plan to try to do it more.

*"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." Well, its a work in progress.

*Above all things, the Lord is always understanding and shows mercy and love, in all righteousness. We must live as the Lord would have us live, and he will guide us and strengthen us in all ways.

Have a wonderful new year of 2011 Everyone!