President Hinckley

I will miss President Hinckley so much, but when I look at this picture of him and his daughter at Sis. Hinckley's funeral a lump comes to my throut and I feel selfish for ever wanting him to be here with us instead of with his wonderful wife. Of course we will all miss him but at least they are together now and I know that we will see him again and that the Lord continues to guide this church.

New Year

I didn't want to do this this year but I decided that I needed to organize and write down the things I want to accompish over the coming year. So here goes...

Financial

1. Pay off all credit card debt
2. Add to my savings account every pay check
3. Be better at balancing my checkbook

Spiritual

1. Make a habit to study my scriptures 1/2 hour each day
2. Make a habit of saying my morning and evening prayers
3. Better my relationship with my Savior
4. Attend Institute every week

Health

1. Make a habit of working out 3-4 times a week
2. Learn how to cook at least 7 healthy meals
3. Lose at least 30 pounds

Misc.

1. Get my Esthetics license in Utah and Nevada
2. Finish my Hawaii scrapbook
3. Write in my journal once a week
4. Travel to at least one place I've never been
5. Start scrapbooking my Europe pictures
6. Start dating someone

We'll see how it goes :)

Viva Las Vegas

So I'm finally updating my blog...sorry it's been awhile. So I moved to Vegas a week and a half ago and everything is going great. I love my roommates, no drama yet which I am happy to report. I love having people to hang out with at all times and in all things and in all places :) I love where we live too. We live in Summerlin which is the Northwest part of Vegas and there are tons of shopping centers and restaurants and things to do. We are also close enough to the Strip to go down and hang out if we wanted. It's still really weird to think that I'm living in Vegas. The weather is great! A little cold at night but I will take it over Utah in heartbeat. My job is going good. I actually have my first day on my own tomorrow. The company I work for is owned by a Jewish family so we don't get the regular holidays off but we get a ton of Jewish holidays off which is ok. I'm working as a receptionist so it's not too difficult but every job is kind of hard when you first start...you know?! I'm a little nervous about tomorrow since I've only trained for three days and I have to be completely on my own. Pray for me! The ward seems really good. The bishop is fun, we went to the UNLV BYU basketball game with him and his daughter last week. It was fun but don't ask about the game. So other then that everything is the same :) I'm reading the Twilight books right now, I'm on the 3rd one, so I'm going to go read...I'll write more soon!

Great things in 2007

Things that I loved about 2007

1. I finished Aesthetics school


2. I took a trip to Key West for a week


3. Sean got his mission call to Merida, MX

4. I decided to move to Vegas

5. I got extensions

6. The movie Waitress

7. I learned to play Idiot (it's a card game, known by another name)

8. I loved the celebrity gossip of this year...classic!

9. The group The Format

10. The Office seasons 3 & 4

11. I got back in contact with my cousin Sarah

12. I got a new niece

Boys Club

So I was talking to Cassidy today and I was telling her about my work and I realized this was worth sharing with all of you. My work is a total boys club. We have one lady that is in the Senior Staff out of about 10-15 guys. All the guys are pretty young like early 40's probably. So there is a trend at work that they all wear these ugly (they don't think they are, but they are) shirts. We're casual at work so we're allowed to wear jeans but I think this is the way these guys choose to feel dressed up but casual at the same time. I will put a few examples up here so you can see what they wear. Not these exact shirts, but I would not be surprised in the LEAST if I saw them floating around with the rest of the ugly shirts. It's like they all try to outdo each other and they all want to be super trendy. They all wear faded jeans and really trendy shoes too. It's just a little weird. Oh, and they all wear them untucked like this too. What do you think? Is this just weird to me?

Mission Call

Well, Sean finally got his mission call yesterday. He's going to Merida, Mexico. He's really excited because we wanted to go somewhere warm and he wanted to speak Spanish and he wanted to go foreign so he got everything he wished for. He doesn't go into the MTC till April 2nd though, crazy huh?! He's got a lot of time to study! It was really cute watching him open it because he was shaking and he started to cry a little. Sean is not an emotional person so that was sweet to see. Anyway, he's excited and we're all excited for him.

Tagged

Ok, this is for you Myra...I'm supposed to list 6 habits/facts about myself and then tag 5 other people to do it so here goes...

1. I love the smell of Chlorine and laundry detergent. I'm a little obsessed with it actually. I think I like chlorine because I practically grew up in a swimming pool and I guess the detergent thing because it makes me think of being clean. I'm only obsessed with the powder kind of detergent though.

2. I have a habit of not hanging any of my clothes up when I take them off. I can do it if I'm living with someone, but when I have my own room, I take my clothes off and they go straight onto the floor. Then every Saturday I clean them all up and the cycle starts again!

3. I LOVE seafood and I usually order something with seafood if I go out to eat. Especially shrimp, I could live on only shrimp!

4. Ok, this one is a little weird but it's definitely a habit. I take my hair and hold it close to the end so it looks like a paint brush and then I press it against my face or my lips or finger or something. I know you're probably thinking I'm crazy but it just feels really good. I'm sure if you hang out with me long enough you can catch me doing this. And I've seen other people doing this so I can't be TOO weird, right?! :)

5. I have lived in 6 different places and I've loved them all. I don't think I could ever choose my favorite. I've lived in Rio Dell California, Vancouver Washington, Rexburg Idaho, Orem Utah, Laie Hawaii, and Wollerau Switzerland. It'll soon be 7 when I move to Vegas and I'm sure I'll love it there too!

6. I LOVE art history. I love learning about paintings and all the symbolism in them. I love studying architecture and sculptures. My favorite sculpture is in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican city. It's called the Pieta, it's a marble statue of Mary and Jesus. It's just AMAZING to me how Michelangelo could do that with one block of marble and get everything proportioned right. It's like seeing a miracle in real life that you can touch and feel.

That's it then, I think I'll tag Kelli, Amberlyn, Theens, Mindy and Cassidy! Ready go!