Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was great!

Started off with the Muppet movie. Really, I don't know why we still see G rated shows when 25/30 people we go with are over the age of 15. Yeah we go with 30 ish people. My family is huge, I love it. This was with my mom's side of the family. All I know is when these little kids are over the age of 16 they better come to cartoons and musicals with my future little ones. It is a fun tradition though.

I may of gained five pounds Thursday because after the movie, we ran to Gavin's grandparents house for our first Thanksgiving meal. We filled our plates, watched a lot of football then headed to my grandma's house for a second meal. That was with my dad's side of the family. There was at least 30 people there too, poor Gav. At my grandma's we just joked about how we are all too stupid to be going to BYU (except for AJ, maybe that's why Grandma let him sit with the grown-ups?) and we watched more football there.

We went to Walmart at ten to see if there was any good deals but we had to park far away and even if we did find good deals, it wasn't worth waiting in line for. Freaking mad house! I made up for it though with all the shopping we did on Friday :) Thanks Santa!

In seminary in 9th grade, my teacher challenged us to give a prayer of only thanks on Thanksgiving. I have kept up that tradition and did it again this year. If you missed it on Thanksgiving, try it tonight! Just pray and thank our Heavenly Father for everything He has given us! It is perfectly fine to ask God for things, but just try saying one prayer without it because it helps (me) realize how much we have and how much we ask for and receive on a daily basis. I have so much to be grateful for! My life has been bliss! And unlike Alex on Modern Family, I'm not mad at my parents for it.

Jordan (to Jake): What should we do tonight?

Jake: We could find a good lookout spot.

Breaking Dawn

I wouldn't say I am a Twilight junkie...

but I have enjoyed the series.

Every year I have gone to the midnight show with my mom, sisters, aunts, girl cousins, my mom's friends, and their teenage and older daughters.

It is so fun to get this group together and root for our teams!

(I have known most of these girls since I was 4!)

So here is what I thought:

The movie was done really well, it was as appropriate as a movie about a honeymoon and pregnancy could be!

Bella's pretty, Jacob's hot.

Edward, not so much, but he did good.

Yes, I would recommend it.

But more than recommending the movie, I suggest going to the midnight show with family and friends and a bunch of crazy people!

Slacking

There is plenty I could be doing...

Plenty I should be doing...

But none of it has to be done right this instant.

Am I going to do it?

I'll let you figure that out.

Here's my deepest thoughts and emotions of the moment, since it has been a while since I have filled you in.

Footloose is inspiring. From Julianne's body to the music. I will be watching some of those scenes over and over again. Possibly while standing up, wearing cowboy boots and a sweat band.

Besides that, I love my church, family, friends, roommates, boyfriend, team, and my new sweaters (if you look at the link, look at the white sweater and gold necklace behind the weird shirt).

So despite the fact that nothing too new is happening and I am just hanging in there until Thanksgiving break, I'm doin good!

A Beautiful Lady

The last few weeks I have been a little frustrated with the graduation process. Yeah I brought it on myself by deciding 2 weeks before graduation applications were due that I wanted a minor. The plan was to graduate in April with a degree is psychology. In hopes and small chances that I will go to grad school, I decided a minor in statistics will be helpful.

I made the decision to go for it and the next day I was running from this building to that building to another building and back to this building. I finally got papers signed and the minor cleared. The negotiation was if I could get a minor by August, I would do it; if I couldn't get the minor by August, I would just graduate in April without it.

The next step was to get cleared for a bunch of classes. So after lots of frustration and even more emails, I finally talked to this lady today who helped me out. It was all over computer. She added more sections of a class I need, cleared my name for some classes, and switched one class around for me. I never saw her but I'm assuming she's beautiful.

So guess what the plan is now!

Graduating in APRIL, WITH a minor!!

This will consist of 13 credits of stats next semester plus a 3 credit internship for psychology. This may not get updated between the months of January and April and I am truly sorry if I put any sort of social contact on hold for a little while. But I feel great about it!

So here's to passing 5 stats classes next semester! Anyone know of a good tutor?

Expectations vs. Reality

I could go really deep with this title but due to the 2 week long hilarious Facebook chain message between my lacrosse teammates, here is what you're getting:

It started with this...

And evolved to this...

Then went to this...

And I just found this...

Raindrops on Roses

A while ago, I was wandering through Urban Outfitters,

I came across this little treasure:

It's just a feel good book with lists of things that everyone loves and no one acknowledges.

So in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I've written down my own list of awesome...

Happy little moments that make life that much better.

• Finding money in your pocket
• Running in the rain
• Perfectly toasted toast
• Mail- real mail, not spam
• Reading cute texts that you have locked in your phone
• Winning- games, contests, luck, or skill. Winning is awesome!
• When it stays light at night because of the snow
• Serving someone
• Inside jokes
• Hearing from an old friend
• Prayers
• Cooking something all the way through without burning it
• Songs you loved as a kid/teenager
• Waking up to no alarm
• Laughing until you cry

"Sometimes the littlest things take up the most room in your heart" -Pooh

Taking it Personally

Technology hates me.

1. My laptop crashed a couple weeks ago, so I have been in the process of getting a new one, setting it up, copying all my documents, and that sort of fun stuff.

2. My DVD player responds to everyone but me. I press the play button and the DVD pauses. For everyone else it plays.

But last night I conquered it!

Or so I thought.

Turns out all I did was push my luck of electronics for the week.

Today...

I woke up and my phone wouldn't turn on or charge. I took it to the AT&T store, told them my dilemma, and the guy turned it right on. Embarrassing.

Every Monday and Wednesday morning class, we have an iclicker quiz. (An iclicker is a little remote with options A-D to click the answer to the quiz question that appears on the screen.) I pressed the power button on my iclicker and it wouldn't turn on. I double pressed it, it wouldn't turn on. I pressed it hard. No go. I pressed it soft. No luck. I looked at the guy next to me, asked him to turn my iclicker on, he pressed the power button and handed it back to me.

Thanks man.

At what point is this no longer funny?

(This isn't me but it looks like I may not be the only one???)

The Howl

The Howl is the biggest halloween party in Utah, held at USU. So for the past 4 years, after our last-saturday-of-the-month game against West Minster, I have headed up to Logan.

But do I go to the Howl?

Nope!

I love Halloween!

This year, Matt got us free skating and bowling at the fun center.

Then we followed up with the tradish we started last year... scaring people.

I don't know how it started. But basically what we do is put our hair in our faces, hang over a rail by campus, walk with a limp, and jump out at kids walking home from the party.

Freaking blast and a half!

Dear Maddy, you're the coolest person I know!

Person: They're drunk!

Maddy: Funny thing is, we're not.

Person: Are you ok?

Madi: Eeeeeh! Eeeeeh!