I'll I want for Christams is....

LETTERS!! Lots and lots of letters!!

eight is great?

I've been tagged. It's all eights! So many!

8 favorite tv shows

1. Dawson's Creek
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. Reba
4. Gilmore Girls
5. Seventh Heaven :)
6. Phil of the Future (Disney Channel in general) :)
7. Veggietales
8. Survivor (It has sentimental meaning)

8 favorite restaurants

1. Wendy's! Duh.
2. Cafe Rio
3. Chili's
4. Arby's
5. Subway
6. My Mom's Kitchen
7. Anywhere on my starving student card with Emily
8. Arctic Circle

8 books I'd recommend

1. Where the Red Fern Grows
2. The Great Gatsby
3. Being Enough
5. Life of Pi
6. My Sister's Keeper
7. The Kite Runner
8. Charly

8 things that happened yesterday

1. I got 100% on my constellation quiz
2. I went to an elderly dance!
3. I got a flu shot
4. I got paid!
5. I went to all my classes
6. I went to dinner with my parents
7. I dyed someone's hair for the first time
8. I read the Daily Universe

8 things to look forward to

1. Thanksgiving Break
2. A new job
3. The nursing program
4. Going to Vegas in December
5. End of the semester
6. 2010!
7. Sunday nap
8. Twilight

8 things on my wish list

1. Nursing program
2. A new computer
3. Sleep
4. Letters
5. Michael Buble
6. NYU
7. Moon boots :)
8. Being in scrubs again

8 things I love about fall

1. Falling leaves
2. The change
3. The cold
4. Football!
5. Thanksgiving
6. Layers
7. Sweaters
8. Hoodies

8 people I tag

1. Emily
2. Kristen
3. Nichelle
4. Mary
5. Emmilie
6. Kelsey
7. Kathryn
8. Farrah

bananas, kristen, and glucose

Bananas. I've always liked them. I think. They have to be perfect. Not too green. Then they are all starchy. Not too yellow. Then they make me gag. And lately banana has taken on a new meaning.

Kristen. I like her. No, I love her. I've known her my whole life. She's my cousin. And has been my roommate for over a year now. She's the best. She's 19. 3 1/2 weeks older me. A huge BYU football fan. Well BYU sports in general. She has brown hair. She has a some odd talent to make me laugh just by looking at me. We have many things in common. And many things not. She gives great prayers!

Glucose. CHO 6 12 6! I've learned a lot about glucose lately and in the past year. It gives us energy. Glycolysis is a 10 step process, where glucose is changed to pyruvate. And pyruvate goes through the citric acid cycle. It gives us ATP! ATP makes us run, walk, etc. I'm learning all about this in chemistry right now. If you would like to know more about glucose I would be more than willing to tell you more. Glucose is pretty cool! 

let it go

let it go, 
let it roll right off your shoulder 
don't you know 
the hardest part is over 
let it in, 
let your clarity define you 
in the end 
we will only just remember how it feels 

our lives are made 
in these small hours 
these little wonders, 
these twists & turns of fate 
time falls away, 
but these small hours, 
these small hours still remain 

let it slide, 
let your troubles fall behind you 
let it shine 
until you feel it all around you 
and i don't mind 
if it's me you need to turn to 
we?ll get by, 
it's the heart that really matters in the end 

our lives are made 
in these small hours 
these little wonders, 
these twists & turns of fate 
time falls away, 
but these small hours, 
these small hours still remain 

all of my regret 
will wash away some how 
but i can not forget 
the way i feel right now 

in these small hours 
these little wonders 
these twists & turns of fate 
these twists & turns of fate 
time falls away but these small hours 
these small hours, still remain, 
still remain 
these little wonders 
these twists & turns of fate 
time falls away 
but these small hours 
these little wonders still remain

What do I do?

I think I know what classes I'm going to take next semester, but I can't decide when to take them. Do I do morning classes? And work in the afternoon? Do I take afternoon classes? And work in the morning? Or do I take all my classes on Tuesday and Thursday and not have any on Monday, Wednesday or Friday? But that would make long days on Tuesday and Thursday. But it would be awesome to have no school three days a week. As you can see I have a dilemma. What do I do?

I VOTED

I love voting! It was my second year voting, but my first presidential election! Oh, it was so fun. I got to vote for the next president of the United States of America! That is so awesome. I'm so grateful for the freedoms I enjoy in this country. I am so blessed! And I'm so grateful for the opportunity that I had to vote. How blessed we all are to live in America!

Halloween 2008

Halloween this year was so much fun! We had the whole Flinstone gang. Fred, Wilma, Pebbles, Dino, Barney, Betty, and Bam Bam. People were singing the themesong to us all night and asking to take our picture! It was really fun! Happy Halloween!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

The Widow's Mite

I am so blessed. And I have so much. I have a family that loves me. I have my knowledge and the opportunity to increase that knowledge at a great university. I have wonderful roommates who are always taking care of me. I have a healthy body. I have ten fingers and ten toes. I can see. I can hear. I can speak. I can read. I have running water and electricity. I have parents who always bail me out. I have friends, here and far away, who are great examples to me. I have the word of God at my fingertips. I have the knowledge of the restored gospel!

The Widow's Mite is such an amazing story to me. She gave all she had. Everything. I don't think we realize the magnitude of this. She gave more because she gave all. And in return she will receive much more.

How often do I give back? How often do I give 50%? How often do I give 100%? How often do I give all that I have to those less fortunate? Not necessarily of my possessions, but just of my time or patience or love or knowledge. I have so much to offer and so much to give. I have been given so much. I have been so blessed. It shouldn't be that hard to give of what we have, should it? And we don't have to give it up, just use it. Share it. Why is it so hard then? Why are we selfish? Why are we prideful?

"We are only the custodians of what He has given us."

-James E. Faust