Comments

I haven't done much commenting on the comments you all make on my blog. But I wanted to say thank you atleast once for all the the comments so far and the ones I forget to thank you for in the future. I love reading what you are all thinking and knowing you enjoyed my thoughts too. So, Thanks and Loves.

Higher Education?

education n. The act or process of educating or being educated. The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process.

So first let me qualify this post by saying that I know I am so lucky to get a college education, and if you don't want to hear me complain about that very thing then don't keep reading!


I love learning. It is so fascinating to find a new piece of information that makes another piece of information fall into place, etc. I trully believe that we are learning everyday. Today I learned about plumbing and pipes freezing. Yesterday I was learning about electrical wiring and very glad that I am not an electrician. I also learned about MIS and Globalization and Effective Presentations and the GOP and on and on.

But school itself is a very frustrating process to me. I am sitting in my Principles of Information Systems Management class. It is interesting and boring at the same time. There are some new things but most of it so far is repetitive and long. We are doing some projects that just seem to eat up my time and are repeating lots of the work I had to do in the pre-req course for this course! Yet if I don't do these assignments I will not pass the class. If I don't pass the class I will have to retake the course to get a piece of paper that says I sat through many hours of sometimes pointless classes.

That is what really frustrates be about school, it is often more about how well you can complete assignments than how much you are learning. Yet we call school higher education and higher learning. Some classes I come out of them feeling like I learned alot; but much of my education just seems busy work that has no real defined purpose. Now I know the real world is often busy work too, but that atleast has an end purpose and will hopefully further the business. Doing "problem sets" just feels repetitive. I don't know. This frustration is why I have such a hard time with finishing school in the first place. Learning-Yeah! :) Actual school classes-Maybe :(

Playing with Blog

I will be trying out different layouts and fonts and colors in the next few days. I am attempting to really learn how to do this blog thing. So, if you see something you like or don't like let me know. However, the site will be changing lots as I play so please be patient. Thanks!

A Beautiful Reception

Last night I got to celebrate with Alicia and Jesse at their reception. Mom did a beautiful job decorating the house and Alicia and Jesse looked blissful. Here are a few pics. The first one is especially for my Old Wise One. Alicia took the flowers from your bouquet and kept them with her so you would know she was including you too. Loves.

Mom made lots of yummy food for all to eat and Jesse Sr. made a special cake for them to cut. A family traditional favorite. They are so cute. Alicia insisted on forks! :)

Alicia and Jesse kicked off the dancing with Grandpa and Aryn close behind.

I have lots more pictures of people hanging out and chatting. If anyone wants to see them just let me know.

Wedded Bliss

Alicia did it!! She made it through the wedding and is now off somewhere, I hope having a fun honeymoon. I got to follow Alyse around, playing pack mule, while she did picture for Alicia and Jesse at the temple. So my pictures are not going to be very good compared to hers but I hope you enjoy them. :) My only excuse for not getting them up faster was Rosie made it in town and I had to enjoy my time with her and then catch-up on all the little detail yesterday. The first is them coming out of the Mt. Timpanogos Temple.



It was really cold and windy! But many people hung around to take pictures and congratulate the happy couple.




I never did get a post up about the bridal shower either but I wanted to share some of my pictures from that evening. Thanks again to all who came and made it a fun night. I really appreciated the support, and sorry about the lack of communication to some of you. I promise to communicate better in the future.

12th Day of Christmas

Hmmm….so I am going to have to make sure I really am posting and not just drafting. Maybe part of that will be not trying to blog when I am nearly asleep. Well I was going to make comments on Alicia’s wedding but first I will publish the draft saved from the 12th Day of Christmas.

The Magic of the Sun is something that I have come to appreciate in the last month. I don’t really consider myself an outdoor person and I rarely go outside to just sit in the sun, no matter what time of year it is. Even though, I work in an office and don’t spend much time in the sun I have come to see that the days the sun is out I am usually in a better mood. This is an interesting thing to me because I don’t remember having problems when I was living is Washington. Although it seemed to me, the sun was still around, just diffused through clouds. So maybe is wasn’t really a lack of sun. ;)

I think part of it is that in Utah the cloudy skies accompany bad driving conditions. The snow has been beautiful, but I am so tired of having to worry about my car sliding on icy roads or the low clearance causing my car to get stuck. I also think the sun signals warmth to me. And right now I am tired of being cold! So the sun…I am glad it is up there. :)

11th Day of Christmas

I was trying to figure out what to write about tonight and my wonderful sister Alyse gave me a great suggestion. So thanks for the idea. :)

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. ~ Immanual Kant

I spent the first three Days of Christmas talking about my family; but, I missed some crucial members, our pets! Boris and Tasha are some of the most spoiled, wonderful puppies. :> When I get sad or melancholy they are always there willing to give unconditional love. On and off my whole life we have had pets. Cleo was a wonderful cat who adopted us and lived a full life with our family. Phantom has made the notion of communication between species through body language truly real. There is a magical love that comes from pets; a simple, uncomplicated thing that allows the complex stresses of life seem smaller. So I am grateful for the pets who have been in my life, and maybe in soon I will get one to make my home a pet home too. But, for now, I will make do with my parent's pets!

Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this. ~ Anonymous

10th Day of Christmas

I spent nearly all the day, again, taking down Christmas decorations and I am still not done. Mostly it has taken so long because I am unwiring the tree I got at the Festival of Trees and they put lots of wires on it. These wires hold on the ornaments, lights, and just seem to be there! This is the sad part of Christmas to me, taking it all down and putting it away. It is not really more work than putting it up; but, when I put it up I am excited for the season so it doesn't seem so bad.

So what am I glad for today? I am glad for my memories. I love scrapbooking and looking at photo albums and reading old journal entries. I don't seem to be very good at keeping up any of these things. That is a recurring New Year's Resolution, maybe this year I will be better. But, remembering the good times makes the hard times worthwhile. Hopefully this blog can be another way to keep memories fresher. But, even when I don't have the concrete things to help me remember, I am grateful for the imperfect thoughts I am able to keep in my head.

9th Day of Christmas

So I got this all typed up and thought I got it posted yesterday, but instead it got saved as a draft. Oops. Ah well, I am still figuring this out.

There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate. - Linda Grayson, The Pickwick Papers

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm…CHOCOLATE; One of life’s greatest pleasures at least for me :> In thinking of the things that I enjoy, I have to put chocolate up there. Yes, some would call me addicted, but I just call it great enjoyment. That is one of the best things about the holidays, I can eat lots and lots of chocolate and nobody thinks anything. Of course, that means that I have lost that excuse now, but no worries I will come up with a new one J.

Chocolate is a serious thing! - Counselor Deanna Troi, Start Trek: The Next Generation

8th Day of Christmas

To Good Friends.
I was listening to LeAnn Rimes tonight and one of her songs just struck home. I spent a wonderful afternoon with Alyse on New Year's Eve and hearing this song made me think about that day and reminded me how gratfeul I am for really good friends.

A good friend and a glass of wine

Someone to say it's going to be alright

A good friend and a glass of wine

A little pick me up to get me through the night

We talk trash and we laugh and cry

That kind of therapy, money can't buy

Every now and then, every now and then

Every girl needs

A good friend and a glass of wine

We seem to do okay with Martinelli's instead of the wine. But, either way the sentiment is the same. So thank you to all my amazing friends and all the wonderful moments so far. Whether we are hashing out the stressful or laughing together, the time is precious. As we enter into 2009 I hope this year brings us all many more moments with good friends.

7th Day of Christmas

WELCOME TO 2009!

If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters. ~Author unknown, attributed to Jim Davis.

Hmmmmmmm sounds good to me. Today I am being lazy and slept in late. While lounging in bed contemplating what to write about today I thought I would comment on one of my other favorite pastimes. Sleeping! :) Sleep is a great friend to me. Like any good friend we get along most of the time; however sometimes we have disagreements about what time it is suppose to leave me alone for the day. But, this evening we are friendly and enjoyed our time together catching up today.

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late. ~Charles Caleb Colton