Bring in 2013!

Well here it comes....the rest of my thankfuls...I have exactly 36 to type up here...can I do it? I don't know. But I better get started....

#331...I am thankful for Thanksgiving. Sadly most people only let their thankfulness show around then, if they even let it show. It's just nice to see most everyone be kind, even if only for a little.

#332...I am thankful for the mop I bought today. I've been using sponges and getting down on my hands and knees....and while that's been fun I had even more fun getting it done in like .25 seconds because I had a mop!

#334...I am thankful for the temple. We don't go nearly enough, but that is one of our goals for the new year, to go at least once a month. We went to the temple a few weeks ago and the spirit felt was amazing and I just love being reminded of all the blessings I can have.

#335...I am thankful for nails. Because without nails I wouldn't be able to hang up all my pictures in my apartment. I love that it feels more and more like a home.

#336...I am thankful for others examples. As sad as it is, some people are afraid to show a spiritual side, in fear of what others will think. I love those people that just put themselves out there and bare their testimony and aren't afraid to show what they believe at all. Not that I'm afraid or anything, but I definitely have some work to do, I mainly need to not be so shy. I just love the examples I see, because as it would, it makes me want to be a better person and better at sharing the gospel.

#337...I am thankful for Dr. Noorda. He's the second opinion doctor, and let me tell you, he is fantastic. He made me feel comfortable, he made me laugh, he was honest with me, and he cared about what I wanted to do, and let ME make decisions.

#338...I am thankful for insurance. There's no way I'd be able to visit the doctor like I have been without it. And surgery, thank goodness there is insurance there for that.

#339...I am thankful for the little signs in grocery stores above the aisles that tell you what you'll find in that aisle. If it weren't for those I'd be lost in grocery stores for hours.

#340...I am thankful that I can still be a "kid" with my husband. Sure we have to be grown up, but it's fun to just have fun together sometimes. And we do. We joke around, we talk in kid voices, and we enjoy life. It's great to take those breaks and stop stressing about things.

#341...I am thankful for fleece. I made some fleece blankets for Christmas and I never knew how much I loved fleece until I cuddled up in Kohn's blanket. The blanket might as well be mine now. Haha.

#342...I am thankful Kohn knows what he's doing when it comes to money. Because let's be honest, if I were the one handling bills I just don't think things would be going as smoothly as they are with Kohn in charge. He's pretty great, and smart too.

#343...I am thankful that I was born into the church. I can't picture my life not being born into it. Would I have been strong enough to accept the truth if I wasn't told it from the second I could understand? I don't know how things would have been, I like to think I would have accepted it. But I'm thankful I've always had the blessing of it in my life.

#344...I am thankful for how yummy soap smells. There is nothing I love more than the smell of the bathroom after a shower. It just smells clean, and not like Pine Sol clean, but just clean and yummy! And it's so warm!

#345...I am thankful for snow. Sure it's not fun to drive in, and it's cold, but it is what makes Christmas! And we sure did have a white one this year!

#346...I am thankful for lower gas prices. Just right around the time when we started filling our tank more than usual the prices dropped. That was definitely a huge blessing for us, and our wallets.

#347...I am thankful for the radio. I would hate driving so much more if I didn't get to listen to music while I drive!

#348...I am thankful that I actually found time to get this post done. Because it was something that I really wanted to accomplish, just to say I could. I know that I didn't put a thankful up every day, but I still will get 366 (Yeah I figured it is 366 with the extra day in February) things that I'm thankful for. And that's great. Plus, you would've gotten sick of reading something EVERY day.

#349...I am thankful for people who don't judge. We're not perfect, and we all have flaws. But thank goodness for the few people who don't care about those things.

#350...I am thankful that I can count. Counting is very important and if I couldn't count I wouldn't have been able to do this project.

#351...I am thankful for how supportive Kohn is. He is always there to cheer me on when I start something new, even if we both know in the back of our minds that it's not going to last long.

#352...I am thankful for the fantastic Christmas break I've had. I haven't gotten a lot accomplished, because I've been lazy. But I never get to be lazy so it was nice to do it for a little bit. Plus I still got important things done, so it was a win-win situation anyway.

#353...I am thankful for bubble baths. Whenever my cysts hurt they're just about the only thing that can help me feel a little bit better, even if just for the short time I'm in the bath. Sometimes I just wanna live in bubble baths, but then my hands would look like old lady hands, and we don't want that.

#354...I am thankful for how considerate my parents are. They do their very best to make sure Christmas is great for everyone, and I tell you what, they do a dang good job! We were spoiled by them, and I love the outfit I got from them! They've actually got good taste for old people ;) but seriously...my parents always want to make everyone happy, and that makes me happy! And I'm so thankful for their love and love them so much!

#355...I am thankful for a phone that works. My last one stopped working, so it was great to get a new one for just 99 cents, and it works! Wooo!

#356...I am thankful for new chances. That's what every new year is, a new chance to start all over. I was kind of a bum about it and said it was stupid...but the more I thought about it, it's really not. What a perfect time to turn your life around and make it what you want it to be. And to have the rest of the world trying to change things too make for great support.

#357...I am thankful for cute old men that always have nice things to say. Sometimes all I need to hear is an old man tell me I'm a pretty girl and I feel happy! Not that I'm into old men, it's just that they have been around for a while so they know a pretty girl when they see one, they've seen all sorts of people!

#358...I am thankful that I haven't gotten any yucky sicknesses that have been going around. I haven't got a cold, and on Christmas a flu bug started spreading around my family. My dad and Angela had it, then David got it, then Meagan, Rikki, and mom had it...but Kohn and I never got hit!

#359...I am thankful that I was able to accomplish this...I really needed it for my ego.

#360...I am thankful that there is a surgery to help my medical problem. It will help the pain go away, it will help. And I'm excited...who knew someone would be excited about getting cut into...

#361...I am thankful for magnets. That way I can put important things on my fridge.

#362...I am thankful for all the things I've been through to help shape me into the person I am, and the person that I am going to be. We all go through things to only make us better, as long as we handle it the right way.

#363...I am thankful my life doesn't have any gigantic drama in it. Sure there are little things that I make a big deal out of, but then I look at things other people are going through and I've got nothing compared to them. I've got it pretty good.

#364...I am thankful for blinds, who wants people looking in their windows!

#365...I am thankful the world didn't end on December 21 ;) I still have too much life to live.

#366...I am thankful for the past year. I've learned a lot about life and a lot about myself. I know there is still a lot to be learned, and I'm ready to learn it. I'm ready for a new year though. A new journey, new beginnings.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

....and that's my story!

It has been way too long....and I honestly don't know when the last time was that I posted either...and I'm just too lazy to look! Haha. The year is almost over, and I just about made it!....Because I like to finish things I will indeed finish the thankful posts before the end of the year, just not tonight. I just wanted to say "Hey, I'm still here!" and I WILL finish if it's the last thing I do, and you know what, it probably will be the last thing I do.

But...I don't go back to work until January 2nd, so after all the Christmas craziness I may be able to stick in a super long post (because of all the "thankfuls" I'll have to catch up on) before January 1st! I promise it will come! Until then...

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! And I am so excited! I've been ready for this for what feels like forever, but it's really only been over a month! I was done with my Christmas shopping the day after Thanksgiving, and the wrapping, which is unusual for me, so it just felt like Christmas should have been closer than it was then. So I feel like a little kid this year....and Kohn will even tell you I snooped. And I'm not denying it. But there is a story behind it...

So when I was Black Friday shopping I found a pair of boots that I LOVED! And I told Kohn I needed them, because he was going to get me boots for Christmas anyway! So I took him in that store later, showed him the boots, and then left. Well later I was telling him some cute outfits those boots would go with and he tried to convince me he got a different pair of boots! Well...I was freaking out, because maybe I had been planning outfits for boots I wasn't even going to get! So, when he was working one day I opened the bag and saw that he was teasing and actually got me the right boots! So it wasn't really snooping....just checking. But I guess it's snooping because there was another present in the box with the boots, and there was another bag up there too. I didn't look in the bag, but because of the bag I knew what was in it, but still didn't look to see what they looked like....more shoes of course, cause you know how we are :) but again, I DID NOT LOOK! So props to me there! Right?

I promise I don't normally snoop, but it was all in the name of fashion....honest.

Alright, so what's been going on with our lives lately?

Kohn just finished another semester of school, and he did wonderfully! I'm so proud of him! And now while he's on break from school he's just working like crazy and building shelves for me and being the best ever! I sure do love him! :) Oh and he's being sexy as ever! :)

Me, well....I've been working, like usual. So nothing really exciting going on in my life, except now I'm on Christmas break and I'm crafting it up, baking it up, and hopefully will get to crocheting it up too! :)

Also, around Thanksgiving I started getting a really bad pain in my right side. We thought maybe it was appendix, maybe a UTI, and honestly maybe just a really bad time of the month coming up...it was none of the above. The pain kept getting worse and to the point where I would have to curl up in fetal position, and sometimes I cried...yes, I did. So, I went to see a doctor. She thought maybe some cysts. So we scheduled an ultrasound for the next week....

So I went in the next week, got the ultrasound, didn't even see my doctor that day. The tech found a large cyst on my right ovary, about the size of a golf ball is what he told me. He told me he'd get the ultrasound sent to my doctor and she would call to let me know what she wanted me to do.

Well she didn't call til more than a week later and said she just wanted to see if it would pop on it's own, have me come back in 8 weeks and then go from there if it hadn't popped. So I didn't like the treatment I'd received and just didn't feel comfortable...so I went to a different doctor for a second opinion. And I sure got a second opinion....it's like the first one was a waste of my time.

He did an ultrasound to just see for himself and what he found was something bigger than a golf ball, and it wasn't just one, it was three that had kind of all clumped together and formed what we seem to be one. So he decided he wanted to do surgery, forget the letting it pop on it's own business. He said he'd not seen something like it before, and it wasn't normal...

How can two appointments be completely different from each other? But boy am I glad I went to that second one. So now I'm scheduled to have surgery on January 14 to get those suckers removed. And please oh please get rid of the pain! Sure it doesn't seem like a big deal, but it hurts, bad.

So that's my thoughts there....I think I just had to get that out there because due to a previous status posted by my brother in law some people think I am pregnant. Which I AM NOT. Exactly the opposite. Doctor said the cysts make my hormones all out of balance, they make my cycle very irregular, and it makes it so my right ovary is not ovulating so it would be very difficult to get pregnant with the cysts because of what it's doing to my body right now (sorry if this is too much info for those reading, but I'm just sayin)....so let's just clear that up. I AM NOT preggers. Nor will I be for a looooong time. Babies are expensive.

Well now I just don't know what to say. But I believe that should clear things up. K thanks for reading. Oh....and....

MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (All that good stuff!) :)

I Like Black Friday!

Boy does this time of year really keep a person busy! No wonder right now is the time of year that people gain some extra weight....there's what seems like NO time to ever work out! I really need to be better about finding time! And I should be able to because I don't have to worry about Christmas shopping or wrapping anymore! That's right....I got EVERYTHING during Black Friday, (sidenote: and I think Kohn is getting pretty spoiled! I can't help it when I find great deals!) And I wrapped all the presents last night, and finally made it to bed at 3:30 a.m.! Kohn can't figure out why it took me from 10-3:30 to do it, but that's cause he doesn't know everything I was doing...I guess he'll just have to find out on Christmas!

I never knew I could love Black Friday shopping so much, this year was my first time! We started at 4:00 am and finished at 2:30 in the afternoon! That's like a full time job! And I'll take shopping as a full time job! ;)

So I'm feeling pretty good right now! The apartment is nice and clean, the Christmas decorations are up, and now I just get to relax while Kohn wraps some presents! We are really on top of things this year, guys! I think I really needed to be this year too. Because now I can focus on ENJOYING the holidays, and focus on other things as well, without having any stress. This is probably the only time in my life I have not procrastinated. And I really like it. That's a very good step in the right direction. See, I'm making changes without telling myself I have to make a change! Funny how it works out that way! But truly, I have noticed some changes in me that I wasn't trying to force myself to make...they just happened and it's been a good thing!

I'm going to hop on over to the thankful portion now...

#319...I am thankful for all the great deals during Black Friday! I know that some people think it's dumb and a waste of time and crazy...but Kohn and I can enjoy a good Christmas because of the good deals! We give ourselves budgets and without the good deals we'd never be able to get all the things we did at regular price and stay in the budget! So for now, while I'm a poor newlywed putting her husband through school, I'll be a crazy Black Friday shopper who runs through the front door...

#320...I am thankful for Netflix. We haven't had T.V. for a while, since we moved, because we just haven't had time to be around when Directv can be here. But last night, I would have never made it until 3:30 without  the company of a cheesy movie playing off of Netflix in the background. It kept me awake, and it kept me from hearing creepy late night noises :)

#321...I am thankful for Kohn's hugs. I've needed them a lot lately, and I'm glad Kohn is always ready to hand them over :)

#322...I am thankful that in my current job I don't feel like I'm always being compared to other's. Sure there have been plenty of people that have had my job before me, but my boss only tells me how great I'm doing, and she never says "Well when so and so worked here..." or "So and so did this, maybe you should try that." It's very refreshing! I love going to work because I feel like I make a difference there and I get to work the way I feel comfortable and know!

#323...I am thankful that my husband makes me a better person. Sadly enough there are people out there that bring others down when they're with them, but lucky for me, my husband only makes me better and he is an amazing person and a great example!

#324...I am thankful for my wonderful marriage! It's sad to me that some people aren't happy and my heart hurts for them. I am just so blessed that I'm in such an amazing marriage and we both put an equal amount into our relationship!

#325...I am thankful that Walmart stays open late. When I decided to wrap presents at 10 last night I didn't realize we had very little wrapping paper left. But have no fear, we live close to Walmart so I went on my way. Very convenient.

#326...I am thankful for comfortable things. My back has been aching like crazy lately, and it's nice to rest it on comfy things.

#327...I am thankful for the changes I have been able to find in myself. I don't know how long they were there before I realized them, but this weekend I have noticed a few different things, and it's exactly what I needed. And it's a nice bit of motivation.

#328...I am thankful for toilet cleaner...because really, how gross would toilets be if they NEVER got cleaned....? Am I right or what?

#329...I am thankful for the hard worker Kohn is. I don't know how he does all he does, but he does it. And he's amazing. And I can always count on him.

#330...I am thankful that if I do something Kohn doesn't necessarily like I don't get in huge trouble. He is so calm and understanding and so even tempered. I never have to be scared about how he'll act, and that is wonderful.

I realize a lot of this was about Kohn....but I can't help but be so thankful for the amazing man I married.

....and this is really long!

Wow...it's been a REALLY long time this time. Like 2-3 weeksish? Life has been crazy busy. Kohn's at school and work full time and I'm at work full time. And then throw in moving and running RAGNAR in Vegas in the mix and there's no time for anything! Which probably explains why we are still not completely moved in.

The move was basically a spur of the moment thing, but the best thing for us. Don't get me wrong, we had it good at the apartment we were in. But we just needed a change. We'd been living there a year and still didn't really know any young couples. The fact that all our neighbors in our building were old didn't help the cause. We need friends folks. We've actually made a couple friend, Jenessa and Zak, and they're good fun! So that's good stuff.

But my point of that was moving was a good thing. And a surprise for both of us. But we're glad we did it.

RAGNAR, now that was a good time. We rocked it. And I wanna do another one! Just like EPIC. I'm glad I've gotten into these running race things! The only thing I wish would have gone differently would be that I was sick. And I had leaky eyes. Why did I have leaky eyes? I don't know, but it sucked. Normally when I have the leaky eye thing, it's only one eye. But this time it was both, and it was bad. Running in wind sure did not help out either. Oh and I could have done without all the nasty pictures down the strip and such. Yeah, it was my first time in Vegas and you can bet my eyes were opened! A LOT. And Kohn's were covered.

 I can't believe I haven't blogged for forever, I've missed it. It feels good to just sit and type. I could go on and on about a lot of things right now, but I will spare you all. Whoever you all may be. I guess I should do some catching up with thankful posts eh?

#298...I am thankful for alarm clocks. I know I've said that before, but I'm just thankful again. I'd be late for all sorts of things if it weren't for an alarm clock. In fact I don't know that I'd ever wake up if I didn't have one.

#299...I am thankful that my washer and dryer are right outside my bedroom. They used to be outside behind my apartment, so it was always really a pain to go get the laundry late at night. But now all I have to do is jump out of bed.

#300...I am thankful that this year is almost over. For one, it was good for me to do this thankful thing, but it also made me feel like blogging was chore because I had to get my posts. And I just want blogging to be fun again. I'm also thankful the year is almost over because I'm ready for a new one. I know it's cliche, but it's time.

#301...I am thankful for an eternal marriage. No matter what happens I get to be with the hubs for eternity, as long as neither one of us really screws up. I can't imagine having him for a limited time. So I'm super glad that's not the case. I'm a lucky girl!

#302...I am thankful for phone chargers. If my phone ever died it would never turn back on because of a button that's broken. So I'm glad I can charge it when it's close to dead. Good stuff.

#303...I am thankful that I know the things I know and live the way I live. Being in Vegas I was somewhat shocked, actually a lot shocked, by the lifestyles of people there. Can you imagine having a JOB walking around in skimpy clothes serving perverts? No thanks. And we went walking through a Casino and I can't believe how miserable half the people looked. You could just tell they spend more time than not in there, trying to win money because it will make them happy. It was just so sad to me.

#304...I am thankful I'm a good girl. On our way back from Vegas I was getting some grief because the worst thing I've ever done would probably not even seem bad to some people. And it's true, and I'm proud of that.

#305...I am thankful we go through things that make us stronger. And patient.

#306...I am thankful for the year and 8 days I've been married to Kohn! We had a wonderful 1 year anniversary! Some times I "complain" about how it was lame because we were moving and at work our actual anniversary, but I wouldn't have wanted to be doing those things with anybody else!

#307...I am thankful that we have awesome friends and family who are willing to help us move. It meant a lot because they had their own things going too, but they took time out for us! Thanks everyone!

#308...I am thankful for my babies at work. They each teach me a lesson every day, and of course they don't even know it. Those little people that have been on earth for a year make a huge difference in my life.

#309...I am thankful for the nice guy in yellow shorts. On my last leg during RAGNAR I was playing leap frog with this guy in yellow shorts, meaning he'd get ahead of me, then I'd run ahead of him, and so forth and so on. Once we got to the last mile he kept on giving me pep talks about how I needed to beat him. I told him to go on, he couldn't let me beat him. But he insisted. And I beat him. It helped my pride ;) so to the guy in yellow shorts, thanks, and I don't have those mean thoughts about you anymore, hoping that you're chafing...

#310...I am thankful for my pretty wedding band. I got one for our anniversary, and now I really look married, as if my ring didn't make me look that way before ;)

#311...I am thankful for Nicole at work. I kind of had an off day today, and I guess I didn't realize I was being so obvious about it. But she pulled me aside at the end of the day to make sure I was okay. And that meant a lot to me.

#312...I am thankful children are so forgiving. Sometimes, a lot of times, we have to tell kids no and tell them things they don't want to hear. So then they'll act like you're the worst person ever, but about 5 minutes later they'll love you  to death again. The mood swings get old but it's better than nothing.

#313...I am thankful that I get to see David, Angela, and Jaxon this weekend! It's been way too long and I'm glad the time is finally here!

#314...I am thankful for the area I live in. We live by Willow Park, right by the running trail by the river, the golf course...it's a nice area.

#315...I am thankful for our new bathroom. It has two vanity's. So now while he goes potty in the mornings, I can be on the other side of the door, and still have a vanity :)

#316...I am thankful that I can talk to Kohn about anything. Seriously anything. He always listens and doesn't get upset. Even if it's something that most people would get upset about. He's awesome.

#317...I am thankful for jog.fm. Seriously, check it out. It gives you songs for your mile pace.

#318...I am thankful that this post is about over. Talk about long.

If you made it all the way through this, I'm really impressed, and sort of flattered. I'm not going to make any promises about being better about writing. And I'm not going to make any promises about finally losing those few extra pounds, or doing my dishes. I'm just going to do things as I do them, and not make them feel like a chore. Now some things will always be treated like a chore because I just don't like them (dishes) but I've got to enjoy most things in life.

And that's my new goal...

4 Week Challenge

Just for the record, I did not get the bubble bath I talked about in my latest blog post. Super depressing. But oh well. I probably didn't do any of the things I listed that I would do....I got sidetracked. But oh well, it's a new day, and I have plenty of chances to take a bubble bath. Ya know, I have plenty of chances to clean too...but that one just seems like it HAS TO BE DONE. Always. I hate how it works that way. But oh well, a clean home is a happy home.

So for goals...I haven't had chocolate for like 2 weeks....still going strong. And I haven't had pop for a week. And that is something pretty great. As for the ab stuff before bed...it worked out really well for the first half of the week...but then as the weekend get nearer and nights got later, I sort of forgot. Because let's face it, when you just want to go to bed, ab workouts are the last thing on your mind. But I'm feeling pretty good about life, so it's fine. And as for the "secret" project. Well, I finished it! It was a cute wreath for my mommy dearest's birthday! A twig wreath with burlap roses. I don't know how to transfer a picture from my phone to blogger, so I'll just post it on Facebook.

I've been thinking...maybe I should make "long/short" goals. Meaning....instead of just doing a week by week thing, maybe I should make 6 week challenges, or 4 week, or something like that. So I don't work on the goal for a week, have the time fly by, and then just drop it. So I think I will just pick two goals to work on for 4 weeks, one month. So if I were to start tomorrow, then the day my challenges would be over is November 21st, right before Thanksgiving. So....here we go.

4 Week Challenge:

---We're going to do this thing where I work out 5 times a week. I've got an elliptical, a Tour de France bike, warm running clothes, and even access to the gym at USU...so. I will run 3 times each week, and do the bike 1 time and the elliptical 1 time. Doesn't matter what days. I just have to do those things each week. Maybe I should challenge myself to do it right as I get home from work, or right as I wake up (depending on time) just so I can get it out of the way. Maybe it'll become habit...haven't heard that from me before have you? ;)

---I have this cleaning schedule I found on pinterest, where I vacuum on Monday, and dust on Tuesday...yeah, I can't really remember the last time I followed through with that one. So I'm going to do that.

I don't think those challenges will be too terribly hard. So we'll see how this goes. I realize I've failed at goals in the past, but have a little faith in me this time around, I have been doing better.

So now I'll quickly be thankful...

#292...I am thankful for nice people that close for me. So I close every night at work, but the past two days other people have closed for me...and I appreciate it. I realize they're looking to get hours, but still....I appreciate it.

#293...I am thankful for warm, cozy socks. I walked around in my big furry socks at work all day. And it was heavenly...and comfortable.

#294...I am thankful for good prices at Ross. Last night we bought a new comforter, because our current one is ripping, and a new shower head. For way cheap!

#295...I am thankful for band-aids. I got a paper cut today and it was just really great to be able to put a band-aid on instead of having to feel the stingy pain.

#296...I am thankful for the fact that I work with nursing students. If I ever have a medical question I can usually turn to them and they give me a pretty solid answer!

#297...I am thankful that my husband is smart and stuff. I'd be lost without him when it comes to technology and all that business...I mean I'd be lost without him in everything, but especially those things.

So I feel as if this post has gotten kind of lengthy....so I will save my story about how some impatient person backed into my car at the stop light this morning.

Pumpkin Smash

I like....the pumpkin smash jamba that Jamba Juice is selling right now. It tastes like pumpkin pie in a cup, and I am a HUGE fan of that fact. I'll have to get plenty more before they're "out of season".

My goals are going splendidly. I finished that one thing I talked about finishing...and I've done some ab stuff every night before bed so far. So far so good.

I was sad when I was watching X Factor tonight and a baseball game that was delayed earlier overruled my favorite show. I was angry. Ask Kohn. But I was glad to hear that it will play in it's entirety on Tuesday. Good thing.

I feel sort of in a ramblish mood right now. So I'll just get to the point and be thankful...

#289...I am thankful for the changes scripture reading and praying have made in my life in such a short period of time. I feel like I've been thankful for this already, but it really is such a big deal to me. I feel better about myself, even though I look the same as I did when we started reading scriptures again. It just goes to show me how doing the simple things every day can help EVERY aspect of life, and not just your knowledge of the gospel. What a blessing.

#290...I am thankful for bobby pins. Without them my life would be a mess...or just my hair, but they're pretty close to the same thing ;) and on a side note, I really can't wait for this mess on top of my hair to grow out. I feel like a mop, or something.

#291...I am thankful that people are always trying to help us out. For instance, when Kohn and I were talking about a washer and dryer, Shannon was quick to let us know of some for sell, because she knew we wanted them. And a couple nights ago Kohn and I talked about me taking Hunter's Ed so I could go deer hunting with him some time. And his mom saw a class posted for all girls and she let me know about it right away. I just love that what we want is important enough to others that they look out for us. There are many more people and things that could be good examples of this, but those are the most recent.

I think I will go take a nice warm bubble bath, while Kohn does his homework. Tonight when the Relief Society presidency came to meet me they asked what I did when Kohn was doing homework...and my friends, I just get to relax. Unless I'm cleaning, doing laundry, dishes, working out...it's crazy because I say I don't do a whole lot, but I actually do. It's just not fun things that I like to recognize. So for this night...I'm going to go take a bubble bath....after I fold laundry, and work out...then I'll take that bubble bath....

Dr. Pepper

We went to our new student ward today...and let me just tell you, it was the best decision we could make for ourselves! They were all so friendly and we actually felt very welcome! We're both pretty excited about it!

So my goals went very well this last week :) I finished the bulletin board at work. Mainly. I just need to figure out a cute little saying and put it up then it really is all done. And as far as chocolate goes...I haven't eaten any and I feel great! I'm going to continue with the no chocolate eating thing! It seriously makes the biggest difference, and I'm loving it! And just as a sidenote: I rode the Tour de France bike twice this week...accomplishing the goal was a week late ;) but I did it!

So for this week....my goals are this:

Food: No pop. I guess that's not really food, but you get the idea. No pop. That will be a struggle with my Diet Dr. Pepper fedish, but if Kohn can do the no pop thing then so can I! Plus it will be so much better for me, and that's what I keep thinking when I set these goals, which I'm getting better at accomplishing!

Misc: Finish a certain something I'm working on. I can't really put too much detail into this, because I know a certain someone reads this...but I'll spill the beans next week. Just no I'm going to get "IT" done.

Fitness: Do some simple ab workouts before I go to bed every night. That should be easy, because it's not like it takes ten million minutes of my time, and I don't have to get all geared up. Even something that little makes a difference, it has in the past, so I'm going to start with it again. Even if Kohn makes fun of me.

So goals are fun, and I'm really enjoying them now. And we're going to watch Once Upon A Time soon so let me be thankful...

#285...I am thankful for the good feelings accomplishing my goals is giving me. I failed at first, but I'm progressively getting better, and it makes me feel like I can do "hard" things. Though the goals aren't that hard, but they're things I don't normally do, so you get the point.

#286...I am thankful for all the kind people in our new ward. All the very friendly sisters in relief society and the gentlemen in priesthood. Kohn and I could not have felt more welcome.

#287...I am thankful for 9:30 church, so much better than 12:30...we actually felt like we had a day.

#288...I am thankful for Sunday naps. Boy was that nap today needed, and it was amazing. I almost forgot what Sunday naps were like.

Life is good, and that's all there is to it :)

Less Than 100!

I just realized that I have less than 100 thankful posts to go! How crazy is that? And how fast has this year gone by??? Seriously! I don't even know where the time went. It's nuts. AND, Kohn and I have practically been married a year! November 5th marks it! And with how fast time has been going, that is right around the corner! I honestly feel like we were just standing in our reception line! Time flies when you're having fun ;)

Just so you know, my goals are going pretty great this week! And we've stayed strong to our scripture reading, even when we're dead tired and have headaches! Go us! But, I haven't had chocolate since I said I wouldn't, and Kohn hasn't had pop. We've both been tempted though. For instance...I made homemade oreos and took them to work yesterday because there were people there that hadn't ever had them! And I was shocked, so I made some! And then I felt bad that I wasn't sending anything with Kohn to work, because I always bake for him and his coworkers, so I sent some no bake cookies with him! Two of my favorite cookies, that are chocolate, and I didn't even have a little batter or anything! Luckily they're all gone now, so it's not even an issue, except for the few I left home for Kohn that are sitting in the kitchen. Those are killing me, but I will stay away from them, cause I feel pretty good sticking to my goal. What a fulfilling feeling ;) imagine that.

Oh, and as far as the bulletin board goes...it will get done tomorrow. I've struggled ALL week trying to get the background page up, and so I finally asked Nicole to do it, and I gave her some Diet Coke. Haha good trade, so now I can finish it without being frustrated! So goals are great!

I shall be thankful now...

#282...I am thankful that Nicole put the background paper up for me! Seriously, I wasted so much paper this week trying to figure it out. It wasn't pretty and I was getting frustrated! So, thank you, Nicole!

#283...I am thankful that I got to sleep in this morning. I've been ridiculously tired this week, it doesn't help that we don't go to bed til like 11:30 and then it takes me forever to actually fall asleep, and then wake up at 6 to work all day long. I even took a nap on Tuesday. At 7:00 at night....and still was able to fall asleep just fine that night. That's how tired I am.

#284...I am thankful (again) for the washer and dryer we finally have. It is soooo fantastic to be able to do laundry on my own time! I will get home from work and want to do laundry, just because I can. I love it!

I love days like today where I don't have a whole lot to do, and I have all day to do the little I have to do, so I do it all spaced out, with no rush. I love not being rushed, because I'm usually always rushed! So yay for slow days! Although after today I know I'll be wanting to get back to the busy days. I'm just that kind of person...and I can't figure it out!

Oh, and p.s...I want my ring back! It's been a week now and I'm getting frustrated. K thanks.

I'm off...to enjoy my slow day!

Tour de France!

I meant to blog yesterday but I just didn't get to it. But it was a lovely General Conference Sunday! I'm going to have to make this quick, because we've got some fun plans tonight, so I thought I'd blog while I waited to head out! So...

Goals...

Misc: The goal was to read scriptures every night last week! Guess what? WE DID IT! And we're going to continue with it! I always say you can do something for at least a week. But then after that week it just becomes easier. Well most of the time. And in this case it's going to work! I don't think I could give it up at this point because it is making such a big difference in my life to have scripture study! So yay for this goal!

Food: The goal was to eat healthy when I was hungry. Eh...I guess I did. I mean I didn't turn to a chocolate bar or a cookie. I turned to Goldfish. Which are healthier than cookies...

Fitness: The goal was to ride the Tour de France at least twice last week. Well I will be honest and tell you I failed miserably, and didn't ride it AT ALL. I ran though. Does that make it any better? Probably not. But, tonight, after the corn maze and such I will ride the Tour de France bike. And I'll COMPLETE a work out on it. That thing is tough. It's a pretty big deal that I'm going to do it tonight, because on my training schedule cross training isn't til tomorrow, but I'll just do it tonight...because by the time I get home from stuff it'll be dark, and I don't want to run in the dark. People scare me. So that's really the only reason I'm switching it up, but nonetheless....I will be riding the bike.

So, the new goals...

Misc: I've been working on a birthday bulletin board for my 1 year old class at work, and I've been really slow at it, so, the goal is to get it done before I leave on Friday.

Food: No chocolate. Kohn and I are doing this little thing where if he doesn't drink pop, I don't eat chocolate. It gives me headaches when I eat way too much anyway so I don't know why it's so tough for me...but we'll give it a go...

Fitness: I feel like there's not really many goals I can make here. It's always the same thing over and over...and I always fail ;) haha so for now, I'm done with fitness goals. And if I come up with one I'll make it known. But just know I will be working on my fitness still.

So those are the goals, I'm feeling pretty confident about them.

Thankful posts....

#277...I am thankful for President Eyring's talk Sunday morning. It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear, and I'm glad I heard it.

#278...I am thankful for the little amount we got to spend with cousins, Tyler and Michelle. They don't even realize it but they taught us lots of good lessons about marriage and parenting. They have such a good marriage and are definitely good examples of that. We sure love them!

#279...I am thankful for the fun time my grandma provided  for us tonight. We got to do a corn maze, get free dinner, shoot bb guns, shoot a huge sling shot, and some Indian ax thing. It was way fun!

#280...I am thankful I woke up this morning...I just got too used to waking up when I wanted to without alarms all weekend, so when the alarm went off at 6:15 I totally turned it off (didn't push snooze) and then went back to sleep. I turned over to cuddle with Kohn (half asleep) and wondered what time it was...I looked over at the clock, and it was 7:10...I needed to leave at 7:15 to be to work by 7:30...let's just say I looked lovely all day....

#281...I am thankful for holidays and the fun they bring. It's always good to get out and celebrate something and change things up a little bit!

Well...I actually didn't get to finish this blog post til after our fun night...so it is now actually time to ride the Tour de France...and I'm going to do it. Wish me luck...

Life is Good

Happy Wednesday! Tomorrow is my day off, and I just got back from a fabulous fall run, so it is a happy Wednesday! My spirits are high!

I'm super excited for tomorrow, though it will be a busy day! I get to see Nicole! Eeeeee :) I think I mentioned it in my last post, but I am just really excited! It's been way too long since I saw her cute self!

I feel like I've had a pretty productive day. Even though 10.5 hours of my day were spent at work....but still. For the time I've been home I've gotten things done. For instance, this morning I woke up, got ready, and got dinner going in the crockpot, I came home for lunch and straightened up, I got home from work and ate, cleaned, got some laundry going, ran, and am now writing this. Then I'll do some dishes and work on some CDA stuff. For a day spent at work I've done pretty good.

I do want to get a decent night sleep though, sometimes I think that since I don't have to work the next day I can just stay up all night, but then I wake up early to get things done...I don't really understand why I think that way. I don't even know if that made sense. But. My point is...that I'm going to get going with my thankfulness so I can get things done to get to bed on time.

#274...I am thankful for my new (used) washer and dryer! I've only done one load since we've got them, but I can already tell what a difference it's going to make!

#275...I am thankful for the difference I can see, only after 3 days, that reading scriptures makes. I've stuck to that goal 100% so far, and really can already see a difference. And it's good.

#276...I am thankful for the days when it stays light longer outside. It is no good when I get home from work and have to run right away otherwise it's too dark a little bit later. I used to be able to get home, eat dinner, and give my food time to digest. Tonight, I ran as soon as I was done eating. And it kind of hurt. And still got dark before I got home. I miss the light nights!

I'm reading my scriptures every night, I haven't done the Tour de France bike yet...hehe oops, and I am definitely eating healthier than last week. Though I do still enjoy a small piece of chocolate some times.

Life is good. Keep on keeping on!

My Thing...

I'm bored this lovely Sunday evening...it would probably be a wise choice to head to bed early, but I think I'll pass...

I mentioned that we were going to go to the student ward today, well let's be honest, going at 1:30 is tough stuff. We came up with excuses such as "next week is conference, we may as well just wait til the week after conference" "if we go to church we won't get out til 4:30 and won't be able to spend as much time with family" and so forth and so on. But then we finally came to an agreement and decided we'd just go to sacrament meeting then ditch. Hey...it's better than not going at all right ;)

Well, we showed up at 1:15, just to make sure we got the right ward and the right chapel, because the church has 2 chapels. Well...we had the right chapel but the wrong ward---Kohn has a friend that lives like 4 blocks away from us, so we assumed we'd probably be in the same student ward as him, and he starts at 4:30. No. OUR ward starts at 9:30. So we missed our whole entire ward. So, instead of going to sacrament in a random ward, we just left. We should really work on that, eh? :)

We'll be better after conference week.... ;) we're actually going to try to go to conference.

I work 7:30-6 Monday-Wednesday, and then have Thursday off. And Thursday I'm going to go to Grace and see my NICOLE! :) And her cute baby bump :) and give her her present! Because I won't be able to make it to her baby shower! Boo. But at least I get to see her on my day off! :) Then Friday I work 7:30-5 and then we'll be on our way to Provo for the USU/BYU game! We were supposed to go to a mission reunion. I'm pumped! Then (if Tyler wasn't so hard to get ahold of!) we are planning on staying with him and my cousin, Michelle! Then going to the zoo on Saturday! And I want to see Erin! My other cute friend with a baby bump :) And on Sunday, as I said, we're going to try to go to conference in the morning.

So, I feel like I spend most of my blogging time updating on goals and telling about my thankfuls. Well yes, this is the "point" of my blog, but I think I'll just take right now to update on our life.

Kohn goes to school in the morning and then works all day. Then he comes home and eats, sometimes he even cooks dinner, and then does more homework. And then sleeps. As for me, I go to work, and live there all day, and then come home and cook, and then if it's a good day I'll go workout...and clean. And then sleep.

Okay, that was boring, maybe that's why I never update on our lives! ;) Though it sounds ridiculously boring, and it can be, we still have a pretty great life! We live for the weekends when we get to do fun things and go to USU football games! The USU/BYU football game is on our 11 month mark, and we joked that if it was our year mark we'd probably still be going to the game! We love football!

Let's see, family updates! I think I mentioned it, Shawn got married at the beginning of the month, to Jen, and we all love her! And JR and Shanna set a date for their wedding! The day after Thanksgiving! Boy, things can sure change in one year!

Love is sure in the air a lot...Kohn is on the couch on the laptop watching TV and I am here on our desktop typing this. We are boring. Lots of love eh? ;) But really, I still love the crap out of him!

I remember saying that I was going to take up crocheting as my new "thing" but that's not really going anywhere cause I can only do one stitch. I'm sure I could do others if I took the time to teach myself, but I'm just not feeling it anymore. Good thing it was a cheap hobby... ;) I think I want to take voice lessons. And that could be from all the watching of "X Factor" I've been doing. But really, Kohn tells me nice things about my voice (I don't really want to boast) but he says I'm good enough to be heard. I'll only sing for him.

That's something most people don't know about me, that I love to sing! Always have! And like I said, I will only sing for Kohn! Maybe he's just being a nice husband when he says I'm good enough to be heard by others, but then again, Kohn is not like that. He would tell me if I sucked, in the nicest way possible, and I would think it was sweet ;) the kid has a way with words!

Anyway, I really just wanted to write a little blog post! And mainly avoid those cookies sitting on the counter ;)

Sometimes it's fun to just write, without having to worry about what things to talk about being thankful for and things like that! It's especially nice to not have to worry about feeling guilty as I type about my failed attempts at goals ;) I'm slowly getting better though, oh so slowly!

One day I will be a trophy wife.....BAHAHA.

Tomorrow is the start to yet another week of our fabulous lives...I hope you all enjoy it as much as I will ;)

P.S. We got home from Weston tonight and had a plate of cookies on our doorstep with a "Thank You" card! I thought it was going to be from the Primary presidency, but it was actually from one of our primary students....I cried. I'll miss those little chickens. But this is the right thing.

Anyway...for real this time.

Have a good week!

Student Ward

It's me again. And I've got a semi-good update on my goals. So...here they are.

For the food: I did eat when I was hungry most of the time, but I may not have chose the best foods to eat. Such as cookies and well you get the picture.

For the fitness: I did work out everyday...other than Saturday, because it was a way busy day. But...I did walk 10 minutes from our parking spot to the football stadium, and then 10 minutes back to the car for the blanket, and then 10 minutes back to the stadium, and then 10 minutes back to the car after the game. 3 out of 4 of those 10 minutes were way hot and I was a sweaty mess. So that may just count as a bit of a workout, you choose.

For the misc: Dishes went well...until I decided to bake. And dirty a lot of dishes. And then I realized I had to do some other things, so I didn't get the dishes done at that point. Our sick is just 10 times smaller than any other sink I've ever seen. So it fills up fast. And I am using that as an excuse.

So...I did alright on these goals. So I'll keep on keeping on. And here are my goals for this week.

Food: Eat healthy. As I mentioned when I was hungry I would result to cookies. Now cookies aren't bad, but I'm not going to use them to satisfy hunger, I need to use like an apple and some pretzels, or a yogurt, or something like that. So let's shoot for healthy clean eating this week!

Fitness: So as I mentioned before, Kohn got me the Tour de France bike...and while I do love it, I also hate it, because it is dang hard. So lately I've kind of been avoiding it like the plague. So the goal is to ride it at least 2 times this week. That may not seem like a lot. But that bike is a beast.

Misc: Read scriptures every night. We used to be good at this, and then we got bad again. So I want to get good again.

So there's the goal update, now let's be thankful...

#269...I am thankful for key fobs. You know, the clicky things that unlock your doors for you on your car. They're great, and I like them. Because this sounds ridiculous, but I really don't enjoy turning the key a whole lot. Let's make life easy, and push a button!

#270...I am thankful for all the hours I have been working. Sure they make for long days, but the money is great. This coming week I have 3 10.5 hour days, and one 9.5, and my day off...now most of you are thinking that's probably nothing, but it's a long day for a person when she is taking care of multiple 1 year olds. I love those little munchkins, I do, I do. But it's a long day. But the point of this is to say I'm thankful I'm working.

#271...I am thankful for skype! I got to see David and Ang yesterday for a few minutes over skype, and of course Jaxon! I was on my parent's skype! I have my own account, I just don't remember any of the information! I need to figure it out then I could see them some more! But my goodness, little Jaxon isn't so little anymore! He's a tubby man and I guess skype is good enough for now, but it will be good to see them in November!

#272...I am thankful for the clanging noises I hear behind me right now. I just turned around and Kohn is doing the dishes in the kitchen. What a sweet boy. I sure am one lucky girl!

#273...I am thankful for sleep. Last night when we went to bed I didn't feel so good, so I slept it off, and now I feel fine! Yay for sleep!

It's Sunday and we're about to make a change for ourselves. We're no longer in the family ward, well I guess technically our records are, but we're going to go to the student ward starting today. I'm excited, it'll be good to meet new people. People that are in the same stage of life as us. Now the family ward was nice and all, but they couldn't really relate, so no one really knew who we were. And that was never fun. So we hope this is different.

Everyone have a happy Sunday and enjoy it with your families :)

Sort Of Goals

I failed to write on Sunday, but I did not fail at my goals. Mostly ;)

So I did so good on my calories, woo. Definitely made me feel good :) I however did not work out every day, but I did pretty decent. Now that the week is come and gone I couldn't tell you how many days I did work out, but it was a pretty decent amount, I just know it wasn't everyday. And I haven't worked out at all this week. I suck. Haha. Jokes. And then for my misc...I didn't look like an orphan all week! I was able to drag myself out of bed every morning and actually get ready. And I've done good so far this week too. I realize it's only Tuesday, and  Tuesday is normally just a bad day for me. For some reason it is just worse than Monday for me. I did wear sweats today, but they were cute sweats and my hair and make up was done :) so last week, I definitely did succeed at that goal. Look at me, I completely succeeded at 2/3 goals, no questions asked. How great will it be when I get 3/3 ;) 3/3 shouldn't be too hard, but for someone that struggles with goals it will be a big deal. Baby steps is the perfect place to start anyway.

So I don't really know what to do about this week because I haven't really started the week off with much in mind as far as setting goals goes, and I've really been pretty lazy so far anyway. But I don't just want to not set goals and have a dumb week. So, we'll just choose some repeat goals that I didn't succeed at before and go Wednesday-Sunday. So...

Food: Eat when I'm hungry. I sometimes get so hung up on calories that even if I'm hungry I won't have a little snack because it won't fit into my calorie "budget" for the day. So, I'm going to make snacks fit and I'm going to keep myself fed.

Fitness: Work out every day from here on...haha, oh boy.

Misc: Dishes. So far so good ;) only thank to the hubs though.

So this week is still somewhat lame, but not as lame as it could be if I didn't set goals. So ready, set, go!

Anyways, I really think this goal thing is working for me. I just need to figure out a way to make them broader. Maybe I'll start categorizing them as all misc, because then I can really work on really random goals, that don't only pertain to my food and workouts. We'll see what happens. But now, I'll be thankful.

#264...I am thankful for our fun new fire pit. We've talked about putting it together all summer long, and just never did. And now that summer is over and fall is here we finally finished it...and had lots of fun with it on Friday. We babysat some nieces and nephews and roasted hot dogs, marshmallows, and starbursts. It was way fun, I sure love those kids! And the fire pit ;) I felt like I was camping, and I love camping.

#265...I am thankful for Kohn's friend Clint. I was wondering what I'd cook for dinner tonight, and was just not feeling it...when Kohn told me that Clint had invited us to come eat with the missionaries at his house. And Clint is a good cook. So it was fantastic.

#266...I am thankful for my knowledge. I was writing today and I just started thinking how cool it was that I knew how to write every letter, and that we even have letters, and that I could put together full sentences and read them...I think this probably stemmed from an episode of Cold Case that I watched where none of the girls knew how to read...ya know, back in the old days. So I am just grateful I know all that stuff.

#267...I am thankful for printers. And I just love how they can connect to computers so I can get all the stuff I want. Really though, whoever figured out all that technology stuff for it is a champ to me.

#268...I am thankful for Thursdays this week, because Thursday is my day off this week, and Thursday a day closer to Friday, which is closer to a weekend with the hubs. It's gonna be fun.

Really though, we'll have a fun weekend. Because we spent all of our weekend last weekend babysitting. Now we love those nieces and nephews of ours, but we love our time too. So Friday night we're having a temple date and Saturday we're going to the USU homecoming game. It'll be a good time. And I just love spending my weekends with my Kohn. I sure love him.

Well I think I will just wrap this up now. And hopefully write again soon.

Just Another Post

Heyo. Still alive here. Yes, it's only been a few days since I last wrote, but I feel like it's been forever. And I just feel like this has been the longest week ever. Ever. But tomorrow is Friday so there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I didn't realize how important sleep was to this body here. I don't know how I survived in high school. I would wake up and go to cheer practice every morning at 6, so I would wake up at 5 to get all ready and pick people up, and then I would have school and work and possibly cheer at a game that night, and then throw homework in (I was an honor student, so I must've done my homework ;)) and then I would get to bed way late. Plus I would always lay in bed and text all night. I swear I didn't get to bed til midnight, and then I'd wake up 5 hours later. And I did just fine. So why do I struggle with anywhere from 6-9 hours of sleep now? Okay, so the 9 NEVER happens, unless it's the other night and we just decided to go to bed way early and actually did it...maybe it's cause I would get exercise in at cheer practice so I started my day off with exercise....? Who knows! But I'm tired of being tired, and that's the main point I'm trying to make here.

Goal update: Food---going SO good. Fitness---pretty good, though I didn't work out yesterday. Crap. Even though I'm still convinced chasing 1 year olds around is a dang good work out. Misc---I have got ready every morning so far, even if I really don't want to. Today was a close call, I was borderline orphan ;) but I still passed...I think...

I still have some stuff to do tonight, like get the exercise in for today and I'm going to make some banana bread...if I still feel domestic when time for that rolls around. I just have lots of bananas that need to be used up. But anyway, my point of saying I have a lot of stuff to do tonight was to get rolling into my thankful posts...so here we go.

#261...I am thankful for people that can take jokes. I've been in the weirdest of moods the last 2 weeks at work. I have some very sarcastic comments to make, cause I'm sort of irritable. And instead of getting offended they laugh and say things back. And it ends up being a good thing and I laugh, and then for a few seconds I'm not quite so irritable ;) but really guys...I'm not that irritable, I just don't know how to explain my mood? Ridiculously tired fits it well. Anyway...enough about being tired...

#262...I am thankful when sometimes numbers drop at work sooner than planned. For instance, today I was scheduled until 6 but numbers dropped at 3 and I was out of there. Of course it's probably best that it doesn't happen all the time, because I do need to hit my hours every week. But I had more hours than I needed this week so it was all fine and dandy. And I liked it. A lot.

#263...I am thankful for the nice TV fixer man that came to my apartment the other day. Because now the problem is fixed and I can watch "Cupcake Wars" again...and trust me, that's a big deal ;)

I should probably stop complaining about being so tired all the time, I'm sure you're tired of it. So I'll work on it...that will just be a random little goal I have :) yay for goals...most of the time. If I don't at least achieve this goal then someone kick me. Or maybe something a little less painful...

Anyways...I'm going to head out and get the things done that I need to get done this lovely Thursday night.

Happy Thursday :)

The Voice

Whoops, I didn't get on here Sunday to update on goals and make new ones...oh well. I'll just report now.

Food: Count my calories....I did it. All the way this time :) So that's what's up about that.

Fitness: Run. I did run, and I did run 3 days of the week like I said I would. Unfortunately I didn't do the cross training the other days, but I at least did the running which was the goal.

Misc: Dishes. Didn't happen. We got the dishes going the first day, but now the dishes are piled in the sink...maybe I'll do them on my day off tomorrow, or in a few minutes...we'll see...

So I did do better this week than I did last week...and that's progress. And progress is what we're looking for. So yay! Now let's make some new goals...

Food: Don't go over my calorie range that sparkpeople gave me...here we go :)

Fitness: Work out every day. I know this was the goal the first time, and I failed, but I got my running goal last week, so there's hope this week around. We'll see what happens.

Misc: Be presentable. What I mean by this is sometimes I wake up and just don't feel the need to get very ready at all. Like I'll comb my hair and throw on some grungy clothes and then go to work. I always figure that I'm just working with 1 year olds so it doesn't matter what I look like. But it actually does. Because I have to have adult conversations with their parents, and I work with adults too. Plus, when I am put together I just feel a lot better about the day, and my days are always better. Soooooo.  The goal is to not look like an orphan ;) But seriously.

Alright so I'm still sticking to this goal thing, because I realize I've only done 2 weeks of it, but there's was already progress in week 2, so we'll just keep hoping for some progress. And now...

I'll be thankful...

#257...I am thankful for cute surprises my cute husband leaves me. Most of you probably already saw it as my facebook status, but dear Kohn bought me some shoes today! Wasn't even expecting it! But they're way cute and I love them! And they made my day! :)

#258...I am thankful for bubble baths. Some times on Sunday evenings I just like to take a nice warm bubble bath, and...I just love it.

#259...I am thankful for a fun little experience I get to have in a few weeks. So, we know the guy that we got our wedding rings from pretty well, well Kohn does anyway, so we're friends with him on Facebook. Well, he's got a new line of jewelry coming out and he posted a status about needing some models to wear wedding dresses and such and model the jewelry. So, I thought I'd at least tell him I would be willing if I was "what he was looking for" and...I get to be his "retro bride". He said he was hoping I would be, because of my short dark hair. I've never done this before, but I'm way excited and think it'll be a fun experience!

#260...I am thankful for warm clothes. Because I was really cold this morning, so it was nice to put on a nice long sleeve shirt. Wahoo!

Well I'm just sitting here while Kohn does homework and I'm watching The Voice, I sure love shows like that! I wish I could sing like some of the people on the shows, but I can't, so I'll just keep watching it!

Anyways...I'm done. I'll type again, tomorrow, maybe...see ya.

Can I Go Home?

What a day it has been. At 8:30 this morning I said I was so done with this day. And I didn't clock out until 5:33. You can sure bet I had a looooong day. Now, I love my little kiddies, but I am just so tired. I just can't seem to snap out of it. I should google how to not be tired. The only thing I really got out of it was to drink a lot, and take a deep breath. My question is, drink a lot of what??? ;) haha jokes, I know they mean water...

I have one more day of work this week. Thank goodness. I really thought this week would never end, and it sort of just snuck up on me. And that's totally alright. But tomorrow I go to work at 8 and get off around 6:20, even though we close at 6...and then I have a work party at 7 in Providence. Then we're going to look at a piano at 8:30. I'm never going to be home tomorrow...until like 9ish. Oh boy. I better get some good sleep tonight.

But if you think that's bad...Monday, I have to be to work at 7:30 and then am closing, so that's 7:30-6, but then I get to go to a staff meeting. 6-8. I know you don't care, I'm just trying to make you feel bad for me ;)

My goals are still going good. Counted my calories today, and I'm going to go run in just a few minutes. The only thing is those dang dishes....I hate them.

I am going to be thankful now...

#256...I am thankful for google. But really. I can ask stupid questions that I'm too embarrassed to ask other people, and get pretty decent answers...usually. I like that.

I'm really tired, I hope I can make it through my 5 miles tonight. I'm going to do it outside tonight though rather than on the treadmill. Cause that way I can't really stop. I could, but I'm less likely to stop. I'm not going to stop though, so I don't know what I'm saying this for.

I wish I could sleep in on Saturday, but no, we get to go clean the church. Still considering a student ward...primary program is Sunday, then we'll see what we can do.

One more day then it's the weekend! Yay!

Lazy Days!

Progress on the goals is going pretty good so far, if I don't say so myself. I've counted calories since Sunday,  and I ran yesterday. And am going to run more this week too. And the days I'm not running I'll be on my Tour de France bike :) As for the dishes goal goes...well we got the dishes done the other night, and now I just need to go fill the dishwasher again. So in a sense I'm failing, but also getting it done too. However you want to see it.

I ran 5 miles last night, and holy crap I am losing my running touch. It was hard for me. I was out of breath, fast, and I just wanted to quit the whole time. I even wanted to quit at 4.90...seriously, though. It was tough for me. But I have to keep telling myself I won't be where I was if I don't work towards it right now. So I'll keep it up. Because I do love to run, I just gotta get back into the shape to run the distances I was running before. At least it's something to work towards. I can't believe I thought about giving up running for biking. Ha. It was only cause of my fancy new toy. But I love running too much, so forget about that :) the bike will be used for cross training...

It is my day off and I really should be cleaning right now. But I just have no energy. It took all I had to drag myself to the shower. Today is definitely a worthless day. But later I will be going to make peach jam with Shannon, so that'll be accomplishing something! And who knows, maybe a cleaning mood will hit me later. Because it does tend to hit me late at night. Who knows why, but if it hits then, that's fine with me, I just need it to hit. Because I like to live clean, but I'm just not feeling it right now. Haha I don't know, it's weird.

Now that I've rambled about things that don't really mean much, I will be thankful...

#253...I am thankful for airplanes. Why, you ask? Because yesterday at work one of my sweet little 1 year old's was having a really hard time. She cried all day, literally ALL day, other than when she was taking her nap. And she would not let me put her down. She would only let me hold her, so I held her all day long. I'm not even kidding...but, I'm thankful for airplanes because quite a few flew by yesterday when we were outside, and she LOVES airplanes. When we would hear one, the crying would stop, and she'd get all jabbery and excited, for at least a minute. And those minutes were what saved me. I think I went a little crazier yesterday than I already am...

#254...I am thankful for towels. Can you imagine how unpleasant it would be to have to get dry after a shower without a towel? No bueno.

#255...I am thankful for carts at grocery stores. (I think I've mentioned this one). But really, there's no way I could ever carry all the groceries I get when I go grocery shopping. Thank goodness for the brilliant idea of carts.

Alright, I'm really putting off a lot of things right now. I'm putting off getting ready for the day, I'm putting off cleaning, and I'm really just being lazy. Bleh. Maybe I should just get the things done, but right now it's easier said than done. I need a good kick in the butt.

I'll be done now, because I'm obviously only still typing to avoid having to do something different. So I guess I'll "face that fear" and get to work. Maybe.

Thankful Posts

I have to admit, I'm actually pretty impressed with myself for getting back on to write my second blog post for the day. And I have done good on my food goal so far, calories have been counted. But don't doubt that it was a pain in the butt. Because we ate dinner at Shannon's house and I had no idea on any of the recipes or anything, but I still managed to make it work. And I feel pretty good about that.

It's been a fun filled, laundry Sunday. Boy am I sick of laundry and all the issues with it. Okay, I guess not really issues. But I'm sick of Sunday being laundry day. We desperately need our own washer and dryer. We could have bought some from Cache Valley Classifieds but someone else beat us to them. Bummer. So keep your eyes open and let us know if you see anything :) thanks.

Well we are living in a "mess" yet again. So I am going to quickly be thankful and then help my lover straighten this mess up. Okay, so here we go...

#247...I am thankful for everyone that lets us use their washer and dryer. My mom and dad, Kohn's mom and dad, Shannon and Brad. Thanks guys. It's very much appreciated!

#248...I am thankful for all the fun family time we've been able to have with the Thedell's this last week. It was definitely really good for the fam. And we can't wait for Shawn and Jen to come to Utah again so we can do it again :)

#249...I am thankful that my husband motivates me when I need it most. I've talked about cleaning the apartment forever, but haven't gotten around to it, because by the time we get home I am just too tired. But tonight he is making it happen. Thanks, babe.

#250...I am thankful for our new fan that Shawn gave us when we were packing up his apartment this weekend. It will be fantastic for our hot apartment, and it definitely saved us some money! Thanks Shawn!

#251...I am thankful for the Atonement. None of us are perfect. And I'm so glad we can repent to take care of mistakes we've made. Cause I've definitely needed it.

#252...I am thankful for my husbands wise money skills. Without him I'd be broke and spending my money on things I don't really need. He keeps me in line and is making our saving for a townhouse happen.

I'm almost to the point where I only have 100 more thankfuls to write about. And it's been fun to have to really think about things to come up with stuff for my posts. It has definitely helped me realize how important even little things are. Which is exactly what I hoped this blog idea would do. I'm excited to continually discover new things.

Well I am going to clean this place up now. Wish me luck.

Happy Sunday!

Goals and Marriages

Oh what a failure I am, and how embarrassed I am to write this post. What a crazy, busy week...I suppose that shouldn't justify my goal failure, but I'm trying to make it work. Okay recap...

My goals were:

Fitness: Work out for 30 minutes each day. Well...we just had a lot of Thedell family stuff going on all week because Shawn is in the process of moving to Colorado right this second, so it was our last week all together. So, I didn't work out EVERY DAY but I did work out maybe 3/6....oh my that is terrible. Someone kick me.

Food: Count my calories every day. I didn't do too terribly at this one. I always counted my breakfast and snacks and most lunches, but when we didn't eat at home it was hard for me to do all the work to add up all the calories, and besides that who would have wanted to find the time to count them when you are enjoying family time? Right? I counted what I could. And that's good for something....I think.

Misc: Take a picture every day. And of course I didn't do too hot here either. I took a picture Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So 3/6 again. But that's better than what I've done. I just have a real issue of taking pictures with me in them...

Here, I'll show you the pictures I took...

 We were getting ready to head out for the night and we found a pretty dove that let us go right up close, it was pretty cool we thought.

 We didn't find the BYU "Y" to be appropriate ;)

 Having a good ol' time at the USU vs Utah game. Which was an awesome win for us! 

 These were the shirts we were sporting! 

So there was a picture from Wednesday that I didn't add cause it was just stupid, but I'll have you know that Shawn took a good amount of pictures for us at the Brigham City Temple so I think that should count enough ;) 

Well even though I failed at this weeks goals, I'm not going to just quit it now. Practice makes perfect eh? So this time around I'll altar my goals...here they are.

Fitness: Run. After Epic I just kind of stopped my running. Well shoot, I love running so what's up with that? I can't just start next summer to try to get ready for Epic again, I've always gotta be training cause it's a tough little thing, Epic is. So. I will run 3 days this week, and then cross train the other 3. I got this...

Food: I had to ponder on this for a bit...but, my goal will be to count calories again. But this time, I won't miss a beat. Wish me luck.

Misc: Keep the sink empty. This has been a real problem for us all our marriage, we just hate dishes ;) so my goal is to keep the dishes going this week and not let them pile up :) 

Alright, here we go folks, let's see if we've got this in the bag, or not so much. I'm so embarrassed for this last week so maybe that will help motivate me this week. 

Well this is already pretty lengthy, so I will just wait to be thankful til later tonight, and then I'll write another post. Or something. But let me just tell you about this week real quick...

Or I'll just start on Thursday...so we were having a family dinner for us to all meet Shawn's girlfriend, who would later be his fiance, and then in May be his wife. Well, I was late for this dinner, and Kohn kept telling me to hurry because I was in for a big surprise. Well I thought that maybe Shawn was just going to propose tonight, or that Shannon was having a baby, or something...but no, it was neither of them. 

I walk into the house and Hallie comes up to me, whispers that "Shawn is married" and then I kind of freak out a little inside. I ask Kohn and Shannon and Shannon's like "No, she just thinks that since he's with a girl." Well that was a logical explanation for a 1st grader. 

But no, Hallie was right, Shawn walks in with Jen and goes "This is my wife, Jen." I didn't know what to say. I thought they were lying, and then after 5 minutes of back and forth I finally believed them. They had gotten married that afternoon up Logan Canyon. It was all kind of crazy to take in, but that's alright because we love Jen. And her cleanliness will be good for Shawn ;) haha! 

Anyway this week was pretty exciting, we celebrated Jean's birthday yesterday and we got her a pretty special Justin Bieber birthday card with her present. Breklyn sure loved it, so I guess if Mama didn't then Brek can keep it ;) 

Maybe this just seems longer cause of the pictures, but either way I need to be done. Time to get ready for churchy church. And primary shouldn't be too bad today, we didn't have to prepare a lesson because we're spending class time practicing for the primary program next week. 

We're thinking of a student ward lately...we'll have to see. 

Anyways, I'm really finishing now, everyone have a great Sunday!  :) 

Goals.

So much for writing my goal every Sunday...good thing that wasn't a goal (yet) otherwise I would have already failed from the very beginning. I think that's why I'm going to make my first couple sets of goals super easy...so that they can be done. And I'll gradually make them more "challenging" as I get better at them.

But just so we know, I didn't have any time on Sunday to write on the blog. It was a fun filled Turnbow kind of day. And I think we both would rather have been playing Werewolves and Shanghai than sitting at home having him watch TV and me writing a blog. So I am okay with it.

So with that said....here are my 3 goals:

Food: We'll start simple. And count my calories. Get a good idea on the amount of food I'm eating regularly. So yes, the goal is to track my calories all week.

Fitness: At LEAST 30 minutes of exercise every day. Ever since EPIC exercise hasn't really been my friend and I kind of left it. So we'll slowly get back to spending more time with it.

Misc: Take a picture every day this week. Earlier today Kohn and I were laying in bed looking at old pictures (well, I was looking at the pictures, he was playing on his iPad) but, the point is...I enjoyed looking back on the pictures and I want pictures to look back on all the time. So. We're going to get back into our picture taking habit. And even if it's nothing exciting, we're going to make sure we take a picture every day this week. This week should be an easy one to do it, because we do have some fun stuff going on this week, actually. BUT, to sum it up, the goal is to take a picture every day.

Okay, so there are my goals. Yay. I will report on Sunday. I swear it. And then from there the goals will go from Sunday to Sunday rather than from Monday to Sunday. My first week is an easy one. Let's see how I do.

Now, we will be thankful...

#242...I am thankful for the cleaning kick I've had lately. We had a pretty successful day on Saturday cleaning our apartment up, organizing things, and making more space for ourselves. It had been a while since I'd had any kind of motivation to be honest, so it was definitely nice.

#243...I am thankful that the grocery store is so close to our apartment and doesn't close til 1 am. Why? Because I was making a dessert for the baby blessing and it failed miserably. I just don't know sticky, marshmallow desserts. So, I had to run to the store to get some oats to make some no bake cookies. At least I can make those.

#244...I am thankful for cameras. Ya know, they capture all those fantastic memories you never want to forget. I just really need to learn to use mine again.

#245...I am thankful for a big crazy family. I'm sure we're overwhelming to people who aren't used to us. But  we have fun.

#246...I am thankful that every day is a new day. A new day to try something new and to sort of "start over". I feel like this is one I've mentioned before, along with many others, but oh well. I guess I'm just really thankful for it.

Now I'm all caught up on thankfulness, and holy cow it's September. Just like 4ish months til Christmas ;) which is really close to New Years...and then that means I have to find an actual "point" to this blog...better get thinking eh? :)

Well, I'm off to find that cleaning motivation again, because we've still got some work to do around here.

Happy Labor Day! :)

Something Special?

I really need to find something "extra special" for me to do with my time...I know I've said it time and time again, but I'm serious. I can't wake up, go to work, cook/clean, workout, go to sleep, repeat....anymore. I mean of course I can, but can I add something else a little more exciting in there too?

Maybe I should decide to become a biker...and then when I workout and am doing the Tour de France bike I will feel like I'm doing something special for me...we'll go with that right now and see how it works. I have to pick something simple like that right now, since I only have so much time to add something "extra" to my days.

I think I'll start doing cute little surprises for Kohn frequently. Cause he's so busy and he just needs to see that he's appreciated. Because he works, goes to school, works around here, and is just a busy guy and I'm sure proud of him! And I can say that I'm going to do little surprises now and then because he doesn't read this blog...so nothing is getting ruined by me writing about it! :)

So, I follow a couple of different blogs. I follow some fashion blogs, I follow some running blogs, some health blogs, and some regular family blogs. So, there's this really awesome blog I never allow myself to get behind on, runsforcookies.com. I found it like a year after she had started it, and let's just say I had a lot of catching up to do ;) I don't know, it's just nice to read about the "struggles" she has with running too, and to know I'm not the only one. But my point of bringing that up was this...she has recently started this fun weekly goal thing. Every week she sets 3 goals for herself to accomplish that week. She sets a food goal, a fitness goal, and a misc goal. And then she follows up on it the next week. And it seems to work for her because she knows people are reading to see if she's a "failure" or not.

Now, I know that she has A LOT more readers than I do, but I can still think someone out there is holding me accountable ;) I think it would be fun. And I know I probably sound like a broken record always talking about how I'm going to make all these great goals and it's just going to be awesome...and then you never hear anything about it...well yeah, it's probably because I sort of just let it go. But I'm really going to give this one an honest effort. I'll put my goals up on Sunday's, and then report on Sunday's as well. We'll see how it all goes ;)

I guess I'll get to the current "point" of this blog and be thankful...

#240...I am thankful that I don't have a whole lot of thankful posts to catch up on this time around. Just two! That's like a record for me, I think. Go me! :)

#241...I am thankful that we all have so many different examples around us. Admit it, you see someone do something great and you think to yourself that you want to do that great something too. And then when you do, you kind of change a bit, but it's definitely for the best. Funny how that works. We all talk about how we should love us and not try to be like anyone else, and I'm definitely not encouraging that we try to be like anybody else, but we do all get little ideas of what to do from our surroundings. And we all know it's true no matter what you say. And you know what, it's not a bad thing. We all help each other grow by our examples, and I am thankful for that.

I also am thankful that we're one day closer to the weekend, but that doesn't count, cause I'm always thankful for that! :)

Everyone have a happy Wednesday night! :)

Car Alarm...

It's me again. Back to write about little tidbits of who know's what. It's weird cause sometimes I'll just be thinking that I should write on the blog, so I don't get way far behind on the thankful posts...but I really don't want to, because I don't have a whole lot to say...and then I say a lot more than I thought I would. I guess that's what we call "writer's inspiration"...or not. Whatever.

I am going to make this a quick one. Because I'm afraid I have "writer's block" right now...so, here we go.

#236...I am thankful that all these years (well months) Kohn has never locked our white car. Because he discovered something fascinating today when he did decide to lock it because he had millions of dollars worth of books in their. I guess that old car has an alarm. Who knew? Not me. So I don't really know how it all went down, but the alarm went off and there was no way to disarm it. So they had to disconnect a bunch of stuff. And now he's at Auto Zone seeing if they can fix it. Oh boy. Moral of the story...don't lock your cars ;)...jokes.

#237...I am thankful for a nice neighbor. So I bought some raspberries for a baseball fundraiser...and I was carrying all 6 cartons in and I dropped one...so I took the other 5 in and then headed back outside to pick them up. Well, my nice neighbor helped me pick them up. She sure is nice.

#238...I am thankful for eye drops. Maybe? I've had this dumb infection that keeps coming back, ever since March. And eye drops helped get rid of it last time, after I finally went to an eye doctor. But now it's back. So I'm wondering if maybe the eye drops didn't do the exact trick. Or if maybe I kept using the same mascara after the infection was gone. As soon as this one clears up I'll switch mascara and see how great those eye drops may or may not be...

#239...I am thankful for cars. Seriously. I just love to drive.

Well that was short...shorter than normal...so I am wrapping it up and shall call it good.

Happy Monday!

Like A Freight Train...

Being sick is one of the worst things ever. Being sick with the flu IS the worst thing ever. The little bug has been going around at the daycare, and it kind of just came out of nowhere. We were at our staff meeting on Monday and I was talking about how I hadn't had the flu for as long as I could remember. I even knocked on wood, but I guess it didn't work.

Nicole, a girl I work with, was telling us we all needed to drink grape juice because it helps keep the flu away when you've been exposed to it. Well, I seriously thought about it, but was just too lazy to go to the store to get some. I should have not been lazy...because everyone else that drank grape juice seems to be doing just fine.

Just my luck.

So I had to call off work yesterday, and just kind of laid around and slept all day and puked all day. And all that stuff....and then today I worked 6-11 and now I am home and I just don't know what to do. Because the apartment is clean, other than the dishes, but I'm just not feeling up to that yet. Dishes make me nauseous even without recovering from the flu...

Kohn won't be home for another 4 hours, and I've had just about enough TV to last me a good long while. The normal things I do when I'm bored like this consist of working out. I don't know if that's a good idea yet...I guess I could hop on the elliptical in our spare bedroom and go for however long I can stand...not that you care...I'm just rambling. Moving on.

#234...I am thankful for sprite and oyster crackers. They were the only things I could keep down yesterday. Maybe next time around I'll be thankful for grape juice too...

#235...I am thankful for when I had a washer and dryer right there whenever I needed it. I can not express enough how annoyed I am with not having them. This has gotta change and it's gotta change fast...grrrr.

Anyways, life is good, and I'm so glad yesterday is over. That flu hit me like a freight train...and I'm so done with it.

Tomorrow is Friday. YES. Happy early weekend! :)

Vacuuming Outside & Telling Time!

It's almost been a week, and here I am just writing again. I'm really good at falling behind. I've been working a lot though. Which is good, so I can't complain. Oh and with that, I have good news!

So, when I started the job at Best Friends I was hired as a temp. So that meant no benefits, no set hours, and all that stuff. Well...recently 30 contracted hours came open at work in the 1 year old classroom, and I applied. And....I got it! So, starting September 2nd I am contracted 30 hours each week! And I can get insurance! Which you can bet we will. Insurance will be awesome through the hospital! Oh, the perks of working for the hospital :) Anyway, I'm pretty excited!

Yesterday was a pretty long day. I got to work at 8, and then got to close, and we close at 6. But then we had a staff meeting which is from 6-8. Yes, I was there for 12 hours! That should be great for my paycheck! But still...it was a long time to be in that building! Good thing I enjoy being there! I actually clocked in at 7:55 in the morning and clocked out at 7:55 that night, haha so EXACTLY 12 hours.

I can't complain though because that long day was followed by my day off, today! :) And it's already been a pretty successful one. And it's just going to keep getting better. I have accomplished lots and still have lots to accomplish. Best feeling ever. I love crossing things off my to-do list. Because yes, I live by to-do lists! ;)

I get to babysit my cute little cousin, Erynn, tonight. She's like 7 or so weeks. And she is precious! It'll only be for a couple hours, but it'll be great! Every time I see Erynn there is tons of family there, so my holding baby time is limited. Not tonight :)

But, like I said, I have lots to do today so I should cut to the chase and be thankful.

#228...I am thankful for alarm clocks. My reason being, I am not the type of person to have an internal alarm clock, no matter how much I think about what time I need to wake up in the morning. It just doesn't happen for me. So I'm glad I have those annoying little buzzy things that tell me to wake up. Though I do hate when they go off.

#229...I am thankful for a vacuum. My neighbors probably think I'm crazy because I'm that girl that vacuums outside. It's true, this morning I vacuumed my welcome mat, and then all the twigs and stuff down around by our door. It was just so much more convenient than sweeping. And it didn't hurt anything. Plus, our entryway looks lots better than our neighbors ;)

#230...I am thankful for honest people. I love it when people can just say it how it is. Even if someone is going to get upset. Sometimes it's just gotta be done. Depending on the situation, I may or may not be able to just be blunt. So I'm thankful there are people that can. Like it or not, most of the time it solves problems quicker.

#231...I am thankful for picture messages. I think I would die if I didn't get a picture of my cute nephew, Jaxon, as often as I do. Especially since he's living in Spokane, Washington for the next 2 years :( I miss the little man. So at least I can see him through pictures!

#232...I am thankful for holidays. Because holidays bring families together, and they are a time to celebrate. Plus, they will also bring David, Angela, and Jaxon to Idaho :) Holiday's are just a happy time!

#233...I am thankful for clocks and things that tell time. I would be lost without them. I think even if telling time by the positioning of the sun was the only way to tell time and the only thing we knew I still wouldn't be able to do it. I'd be lost and always late for work...

I really do enjoy writing these thankful posts, they make me really think.

But now, I have to get ready for more things to be done today.

I hope everyone has a fabulous Tuesday! :)

EPIC Adventure

So it's been a little over a week. And I of course now decide to write some more because I am avoiding cleaning like nobody's business. It's my day off this week and I SHOULD be cleaning up the mess that's kinda been here for far too long. With Epic over the weekend and being sick and working lots, well, nothing got done around our apartment. I can only stand a mess for so long though, so it will get done sooner than later. I'll actually probably get to it after this post, because for some reason I really get into a cleaning/homemaker mood after I write on the blog. So this is a good idea.

There's so much to say. But I don't even know where to start. And...I just don't know. So I guess I'll just be thankful and touch on things as I go.

#219...I am thankful for my uncle Mike! He let us take 2 vans from his dealership over the weekend to use for Epic. They were nice, spacious vans, and they were perfect. Thanks Uncle Mike! I doubt you're reading this, but it's the thought that counts :)

#220...I am thankful that my cold got better in the nick of time. Thursday night I was feeling like death and was worrying a little because the race was the next day. But I woke up the next morning, felt a little groggy, got going, but then I was just fine. I only blew my nose a few times here and there. It was perfect timing.

#221...I am thankful for the overcast weather that we had part of the day on Friday. Of course it was overcast until Meagan got out to run, and then David ran, and then I ran, and then it started to rain and get cool after I was done. Just our luck, right? ;) but at least it wasn't too bad for the rest of our team for that leg.

#222...I am thankful for random people doing the race that I didn't even know. Well, I guess just the nice ones ;). My first leg was 9.31 miles in 100 degree weather. And when my team wasn't around other teams would offer me water and squirt me in the face, and it was fabulous. I sure did appreciate them.

#223...I am thankful for chocolate milk. Nothing sounded better after a long, hot run than a cup of cold chocolate milk. Mmmmm. So good.

#224...I am thankful that other people are good about taking pictures. I took my camera on our little Epic adventure, but only took one picture at the beginning. Thank goodness Shawn took pictures, and Angela took pictures, and Haley took pictures. Though the action shots aren't very attractive it still is good to have the memory ;)

#225...I am thankful for jackets. After each of my runs I got a little cold, so it was always nice to have my jacket nearby to help warm me up.

#226...I am thankful that I had the experience to run Epic, now I really feel like I can do hard things, because trust me that was hard. But a huge confidence booster.

#227...I am thankful that I got to have the experience of Epic with my siblings. It was fun to have them in my van, and it was fun to have Rikki and Angela there to cheer us all on. And it was awesome to have my mom and dad and my mom-in-law there at the end too! :) And of course, I loved when my cute niece Hallie yelled out the window and said "We love you!" when I was running the yucky 9 miles! I definitely felt like cheering each other on and what not brought us closer. Maybe they don't feel the same way ;) but I do!

I guess now that I'm all caught up and such I should get to the cleaning business...because my cousin, Cheri, is coming home from her mission today and we're all meeting in Brigham City to have dinner. It'll be the first time that Kohn and Cheri meet. I'm excited because they're both two people that I love lots! :)

Lately I've been thinking and it has become so important to me to not take anything for granted, especially anyone. So just think about that and I hope we can all kinda live by that :)