I am giving up....

I am a LDS woman, who used to be a lds young woman. If you know anything about the youth in the church, you know that standards are a huge issue. I set standards for myself at a young age. This standard started at efy. My efy counselor was telling us how she was still a member of the VLC - virgin lip club. Okay, I was kind of sad because I was already past that point. So, I vowed that I would only be able to count the number of guys that I have kissed on one hand. A little wierd, I know. I had no idea then that I would still be single at 30.... Now I have found myself with the dilemna, because I have run out of fingers! So, I am officially renigging that standard. I am a two handed woman - and proud of it!

The weather is finally warm......... let the adventures begin!!!

I love summer! Have I said this before? So, I am not going to waste it. I want like a roadtrip every weekend! Last year included one, a road trip from Salt Lake City to my hometown in Pennsylvania. Now, this was my 5th cross country trip, so I consider myself a pro. What have I learned from all of these trips?
1. Cell phones make the trip so much easier! I travelled with my roommate, we each drove a car, so I was alone. It helps to have someone to talk to.
2. Stop at the big stops. I always seem to choose the worst places to get gas. Usually it involves a back country road with no gas stations for miles! This time it included like the biggest prison in Indiana.
3. Even when you think gas prices are bad, they can always get worse.

Move over Martha......

I realized today how much I truly love to entertain, which is not easy to do in my tiny apartment. My roommate began to tell me that she was going to have a gentleman friend over for dinner - and it was like I heard nothing else - my interest was peaked. It soon lead to questions like, what dishes do you want to use? Should we use the brown placemats or the white? And, ooohhhh we can use the fancy glasses! I will admit that I was a wee bit out of control! I love it though! I have always loved it - even when I was five, I would try to make romantic candlelight dinners for my parents - which consisted of frank and beans. The candles came from our 72 hour kit - but I had a blast putting it together.

P.S> I did not take a picture tonight, so I chose one from Martha's website that closely resembled my ensemble...... Well, mine had some blue in it.....

The Heart of the matter

So, I work with teenagers. I love them. Sometimes the conversations we have are about things that are obvious to me, like why I do not do drugs, stuff like that. Then there are conversations where I just have to say aha! in midsentence.... I was saying that we need to look are people in a 3-D manner - meaning not just surface appearance - but who they really are. So, I have been pondering that ever since. How often do I truly look at people for who they are, not what they look like. Then, when I see their behavior do I really ask myself, why are they acting like that? It just reminded me to look a little deeper..... to truly see someone's heart......

Blooper!

So I have to post my most recent blooper. If you were driving on 2nd Avenue, ohh about 2:30 in the afternoon on Sunday May 11th you would have caught my most recent blooper. I do not even know what happened - I was just walking to my car and the next thing I know, my skirt is around my ankles. It was like one of those frozen in time moments - where you are so mortified that you are paralyzed. (It's like you are stuck thinking what do I do to fix this instead of just pulling up your skirt! ) So, I hope this image all gives you a good laugh!

The Drasher Curse

I am referring to the pain of glasses - I started wearing them when I was three years old. They did not make frames small enough for my face - so I wore these big brown glasses. Okay - they were seriously hideous! After a while I learned that if I hid them, I would get a few hours off, until they were found again. Thats when I asked my friends to hide them. Until they were thrown into the creek behind my house.
Now, 27 years later, and I have perfect vision, because I wore glasses when I was young. I see the pain has passed on to the next generation - my 5 year old neice, Brianna. She at least has a better selection of frames to choose from now!

Mom's visit

I had a factastic time as a tourguide extraordinaire this last week. My mom came from Pennsylvania, and she has never been to Utah before. So, I was able to show her the sites! We visited the University of Utah. Then we headed to BYU for Women's conference. Temple square took a few days to see everything. It was neat for me to see some of these places again. We went to the Temple together - which we have never done before. It was all very fun!!!!