You have some splainin to do!

Ok... how does everyone get such a cute blog!!! I have no idea how to do that! Please Help!

What is a Sister to do?

So... I have a few ideas and questions tumbling around in my head right now, and I'm not too sure what is right to do...

The basic back story is simple: My little sister moved in with me from California back around Christmas time. Now since then she has been searching the web and scouring the town for a job... any kind of job. She really is trying hard... the problem is.. she is very shy... and not as proactive or agressive as I am in searching for a job. So now it has been over three months, and I am the only source of income. It is draining and stressful, and I am at my wits end as to what to do. I can't continue to afford this and still maintain good credit.

The only problem is I cannot give her advice... she get's mad and shuts off. So I don't know how or what to do.... I need any ideas or help!

A Full Heart!

Do you ever have moments where your heart is just full? When you feel too much?

Well I have been having that all this week. And some of last week. It started with going to the temple... with a lot on my brain and plate... and then that wonderful peace overcoming me... and i just felt too blessed... why out of all the people on the earth, why do i get to be one of the blessed few who get to enter the Lord's house and be near to Him there?

Then it just continued with my wonderful wonderful friends. I love that I can be away from them for too long... and then when i see them again, it is like no time has passed and we just pick up where we left off. For example last week I was able to go to Kjersti's production of Alice in Wonderland... and it was such a great experience... to just spend time with her. (On a side note, one of my favorite moments of that night was to watch Kjersti walk on stage... not as a part of the show... but to steal Alice away for a moment to change her mic pack... pure genius... and freaking hilarious!) But I love that girl, and I realize that I need to spend more time with her.

And then this week to just receive several surprise phone calls from friends that I love who were just checking up on me and just thought to call... I just feel too loved. And finally last night Cherie and were able to watch Shanelle's production of "The Yellow Boat" and it brought me to tears... one because it's just a great show... second because I could see how much Shanelle had put into the production, and how much her kids loved her.... and finally because it just brought back so many memories of being in that production and the wonderful friends I got to work with on it. I was all teary eyed... and not just from the leaky eye.

Sorry for being all sappy but I thought I'd spread the love!

PS... I am super excited to be in Rexburg this weekend... to spend time with those I love! Oh man I feel like I'm coming home!

Love Love Love
xoxoxoxo

More Good Readins!!

Okay... so I have been reading all sorts of books recently and I can't believe how much I have missed out in not reading until now. There are so so so many good books out there, and I love all that I am learning from them.

So any more book recommendations? Keep em' coming! It may take me awhile to read them all, but I'll give it a go!

Good Readins

I am going to let you in on a little secret of mine... I am afraid of book clubs. I don't feel that I know enough, or am smart enough to share my opinions of books that I have read. So I read books and then tell the ladies at work what I thought of them.

Well the two most recent books I have read have been "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova, and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon. I loved both books for different reasons, and I highly recommend them to book lovers.

I liked the Historian because I enjoyed the suspense and also the history taken into account in the book. I know that it is a fictional work, and that the author does take some liberties in her writing, but the book does inspire some curiosity into the subject and the countries it mentions. I loved the details of this book as well. It took Kostova ten years to write the book, and I can see why. I raved about it so much that one of my co-workers bought it, and is reading it as we speak!

I am not sure what to say or how to describe The Curious Incident... it was so eccentric and wonderful. I loved that the author was British, and that the setting was England. And I loved the main character Christopher. He is such a strange boy, and yet you completely went into his world, and understood his point of view, as well as those around him. For anyone who has not read this book I would recommend it. Here is what it says on the back cover of the book
"Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years. "

Yeah for reading!!!!

Talented Friends!

Okay, so this weekend I helped Cherie with a commercial contest she is entering in. And I was lucky enough to be in the second one. She hasn't finished working on that one yet.. but she posted the first and I think everyone should see it! And I am not smart enough to know how to put the video on my blog, so i will try and post the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQqxSKeU1_o

Please enjoy!

Procrastinating!!!!

OK... I just need to gripe for a second... and then I will be done and be responsible and file my taxes.... but i just don't want to!

Here's my complaint! I worked for 5 different jobs over the year and I worked in three states over the last year and so I will have to file under three states...

And then on top of that... when I was in school I received scholarships and grants... so I am afraid that I will end up having to owe money to the government... which I don't want to do.

So my fears are ruling me for a second.. and I am doing nothing.

Right... now I'm done!

Sorry for having to witness that!