Halloween

Ok, so this Halloween I have decided to be a....Devil Woman. dun, dun, dun. yes, it's true. Kristen Russell is going to be something bad for Halloween. If you know me very well, you know that this just does not happen. When I was young my mom didn't want us to be anything scary or evil, and I never really had a desire anyway, so I have always been happy things like, a fairy, a greek goddess, Scarlett O'Hara, ballerina, etc. you get the picture. Well, I was trying to figure out what to be, and I remembered that I have this long satin, red dress that I got at H&M. I haven't worn it for anything as it almost looks lingerie-esque and I wasn't sure when it would be appropriate to wear it. But Halloween, being the holiday of skanks, I figured I could get away with it. As you can see it's really not a skanky dress...just the material is a little satiny. So anyway, I got some sequin horns, a pitchfork to match and some fishnets and put on my pointy high heels and belt and fake eyelashes. After poofing my hair a little, I was officially a devil woman. It was an interesting experience trying this out for some parties for friday and saturday. it was fun, but people associate devil-woman with temptress and...hahahaha. yeah. that is so not me. So, we'll see how Halloween actually goes. I'm kind of all costumed out.

And for your entertainment....the funniest baby video on Youtube.

Weight Loss Competition!!

So, at the beginning of the week I talked to my mom on the phone and she said that our family is going to do a weight loss competition! I'm so excited about this! We are all going to put in five dollars a week, which comes out to $35 a week. After a month, the person who has lost the greatest percentage of weight, wins the cash! I worry a little that they boys in the family will beat all of us girls, but I am highly motivated and would REALLY LOVE to beat my brother, so we'll see. I have been running or dancing almost every night this week, and have been being very careful with food, so I think I've got a pretty good chance. I also got on http://sparkpeople.com/, which is an awesome website. I can track just about anything and everything weight loss related. It has articles and tips and success stories, etc, etc, etc. And I also blog on that website about whatever is on my mind that has to do with weight loss...now that I'm such a pro blogger. ;) 

So I'll have to give an update in a month or so and let you know how I'm doing. I'm hoping I'll just be out of the running pretty soon and can encourage the other people in my family that have a little further to go on the weight loss journey than I do. This is really going to be sooo good for my family! we all just need a little motivation and friendly competition. AND! We all really want to go on a cruise in the near future, so that is something I am motivating myself with. I know I don't want to go on a cruise until I am looking freaking incredible. So yeah, that's my little update for the week.

Ashley Simpson is Married!

Well, she did it. My sister went and got married last saturday in the Idaho Falls Temple. Want to know the best part about the entire thing? I am now the sister of Ashley Simpson! YESSS! haha. But, anyway everything went really smoothly and it was a very fun event. My whole immediate family was able to come and two of my aunts came as well! We had a blast. It was a little mini vacation.

So I found a ride up to Idaho Falls and it was a little snowy and it just felt like Christmas since I was catching a ride with a stranger in the snow to meet up with family and Idaho was involved. So I got back on Sunday and felt like I should be on Christmas vacation. It was very depressing that I had to go to school the next day.

But anyway! The point is, it is great to be with family! It can be such a stress reliever! I had been soooo stressed with homework (as you can read from my last post) and then I got to have this vacation-ish time with the family and it all goes away! :) We got some great pictures too! This is the only one I had saved on my computer.  

Blessings!!

Holy Cow! I am So blessed! I don't mean to brag, but wow. I'm super blessed...all the time. Heavenly Father just must love me a ton. This doesn't mean that I don't have problems or trials or things that completely stink in my life, but wow, there is always a way out of those crappy things when you have enough faith and ask the Lord to help you. And Priesthood blessings are AMAZING! I always knew they were good and everything, and I should get one..sometime. if I feel like it...or whatever. but in the last year I have REALLY gained a testimony of Priesthood blessings. It really shouldn't shock me so much that I am so blessed because I get blessings from people and try my best to be a good person and everything, but I have really been putting my faith to work lately and the results are astounding (just like the prophets and everyone wise would have already told you). 

So, for example, I was super stressed this week and last. It seemed the homework was this unconquerable mound of terrible, mean, ugly, work that my teachers just thought they'd just toss my way like it was nothing. I could picture them laughing as they tossed it onto my huge pile. a lilting laugh as if to say, oh, here you go, no big deal. haHAhahaha ... So anyway, I was stressed. Plus, my family was coming into town, and I knew I would have no time to spend with them with all that I had to do, and my brother was coming back from Alaska...which means I no longer get to use his jeep whenever the heck I want. Plus, I didn't know how I was  going to get to my sister's wedding in Idaho next weekend. And as if that wasn't enough, on Monday I realized that I was sick...with a cold. yeah. Sucky. So I called my brother over and told him I needed a blessing...and I ride to school haha. He came and I was so proud of him for doing it because he doesn't have a ton of experience with it, but he was willing and didn't make me ask my home teachers who I just don't know very well, so I was just glad! He said all the right things and I was thankful. So guess what! It worked! :) I have been able to get everything done in an efficient manner, like unbelievably efficient, like I did NOT think it was possible to get things done so quickly and stress so little over them. Ideas for papers have just come to me and I haven't felt all anti-homework and have been able to get things done without whining. It's great! Then I had a woman call me today and say she could take me from Salt Lake to Idaho Falls on Thursday, which is when I really needed to leave AND my class on Thursday was cancelled so I have more time to get homework done before I go! and my dear, sweet, wonderful, angelic friend Railee said she would take me to Salt Lake on Thursday and we are going to have a fun little trip together! AND! the lady is not having me pay for gas...I just have to help her with her children...which could be a good or a bad thing. I'm just grateful to have the ride. :)

So, moral of the story is, when you have faith and ask with nothing wavering, the Lord WILL bless you. So be ready for all your wildest dreams to come true. ;)