Tis the Season to be Blogging...

I LOVE Christmas! And since I love Christmas so much I had no time to blog about my Christmas, because I was out enjoying my Christmas! :) So here I am...On December 30th recounting my Christmas time! I think I officially win for using Christmas the most within an intro of a blog. ;) ANYWAY...

As soon as Thanksgiving was over I started fronching at the bit to put Christmas decor up...Robby told me not until December! I think he ended up giving in on like November 27th or something haha. Either way our stuff was up and ready for December! I love, love, love Christmas music and decorations! But it's funny how by the end of December I am sick, sick, sick of it all. By now I am ready to put the stuff away and start a new year. This year we did things a little different for a change when it came to hauling our tree home...Since we only have a little Honda car...We usually put it in the car with us! But this year we did it Griswald style...

Well...Not to that severity but you get the idea! People may have been pointing and laughing at us driving down the freeway...But they wouldn't be pointing and laughing if they saw the ending result!

Ahh...I love Christmas trees! :) I was fortunate enough (and lucky!) to not have to travel anywhere this Christmas. My family came up on December 20th to spend Christmas in Rexburg for a first time White Christmas! While they were here we all went skiing/snowboarding as a family and it was a blast! My mom has all the pictures...So I'll have to get some and post a few! But what an experience to get to see my baby sisters/brother ski for the first time and spend that once in a life-time experience with them. Never have I experienced snowboarding all day on Christmas Eve. But it was a blast! :)

Two of my favorite gifts I received this year was a Jewelry box from my hubby...

Which I absoloutely love! My old jewelry box was no bigger than a shoe box, and the way I had that puppy crammed it's a wonder I could get anything out. This new one is simply divine! Good job hubby. :)

The other gift I received I'm still a little intimidated to take out of the box......

Sewing machine!!



I won't lie that it scares me a little...But I have been wanting one of my own and since I have to take 2 more sewing classes for my minor it'll be amazing to have one at home instead of going to the lab. Like with anything new I hate having to read instructions on how to use it...I'd much rather just turn something on and figure it out from experience. But with something so complex as a sewing machine I think I better whip out the manual and get to reading...Maybe in a few more days...When I've warmed up to it a little more...

Robby has certainly been enjoying his new toy...

Robby got an iTouch for Christmas...And this position has been a common occurance after the past 5 days of ownership. :)

We got a new addition to our tree ornaments from my mom as well...Which I will admit is going to be my new favorite ornament I think...

Two peas in a pod! I know...I know...Its presh...And I give you full permission to go, "Aww" right now.



With the Holiday season coming to an end I am going to have to pack up the Christmas decor soon...But I will certainly miss the stockings....

The candy....

Our new addition the Reindeer...or as it was titled on the box "Moose"

The Navitity scenes...



And of course...The garland and wreaths...

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Can't wait to see what surprises 2011 brings. ;)



NEW Furniture!

So as most of you know we got our new furniture delivered last Monday. We are absoloutely in LOVE with it! As in love with furniture as you can be anyway. We were a little worried that it would be too big for the room...but we took a chance on it anyway and when they delivered it it fit perfectly! The color and everything just works great in the room and it is just "us". So excited to have nice furniture that I don't have to fidgit with a cover because the material is too hideous to show. VERY happy wife right now. :) The only down fall is now our TV looks tiny compaired to our couch...So we should prolly get a new TV so it balances out the room. ;)



Out with the old...



In with the new!



On another note...Thanksgiving went well this year. Robby and I just stayed in Rexburg and had Thanksgiving alone. Since Robby didn't have enough vaca time for both Thanksgiving and Christmas we decided to forgo Thanksgiving for Christmas. It was fun making our own food and enjoying one another's company. I do miss my family though! Wish we could have had them all our apartment!

Grubbin' time

Robby was exceptionally chipper...

That's my baby :)

SO Thankful!

Being that it is Thanksgiving I could NOT just ignore expressing my gradtitude for all that I am thankful for. Even though I am so grateful for so many things there are a few things that are consistently on my mind:

TEMPLE MARRIAGE




September 5, 2008

 

I'm SO eternally grateful for the chance I had to be sealed to my sweet heart for time and all eternity. No event in my life has ever compared to the day I shared with Robby in the Temple. I'm thankful for all that that day encompassed and for how fortunante I was to meet Robby! January 14, 2008 was the 2nd best day of my life...The day I met Robby :). I'm thankful for my marriage and for all the joy it brings into my life. I love being a wife and getting to spend each day with my best friend. I'm thankful for the happiness and hardships we face together and for how much we have grown just in 2 years...

HUBBY




The Love of My Life

 

I'm thankful for my hubby and all he does for me! Never has he once put me down or belittled me in any way. He's always looking for way to make me laugh and bring joy to my life. He's always willing to help me and do the things I ask him to do. He's an excellent cook and a wonderful handy man too. I'm thankful for the responsible, kind, funny, adventurous person I married and get to share my life with. I could not imagine being happier with anyone else!

FAMILY




Forever Together Someday

 

Nothing cuts me deeper besides my husband than does my family. I love them so much and am so thankful for each of the qualities that my family members make that makes us a whole. I'm thankful for my parents who raised me to be who I am and always wanted the best for me. Never was there a day I was wanton and I am thankful for all they did! I'm thankful for my siblings and how much they make me smile and how proud I am of them. I'm thankful for the love they give me and how important they are to me. I'm thankful for how much my family loves and supports me in anything I do. I'm thankful for how welcoming they are to Robby and for how much they love un-conditionally. I loooove my family! We've been through some hard times and sometimes they frustrate me, but I wouldn't changed my family for anything in the world. I'm so incredily thankful for all they have done for me.

LADLE FAM

I'm so thankful for the family I married into and for the people who make it. I love each of them and am so grateful for the kindness and love they show me. I love being around them and enjoying each of their personalities. I'm so grateful for how welcome I feel and for all the love that I feel when with them. I'm so blessed to have 2 families!

FOOD!

Given that it's the day of feasting I'm thankful for all the yummy food I had! I'm thankful for how fortuante I am to be able to afford food to buy in the first place. I'm thankful for the jobs Robby and I have and that we are able to provide for ourselves. I'm thankful for this day and for the grubbin' I got on. :)

I'm also thankful for my good health. Sometimes I feel sorry for myself...And then I think of how I have a capable and able body that gets me around every day. I have no ailments of any kind and have 4 working limbs and an able body. I'm thankful that I rarely get sick and for all the things I am able to do.

I'm thankful for my education as well! I'm thankful to have the opportunity to be furthering my education at the Lord's University. It was always a goal of mine to go to college and I'm thankful I am able to do that. I'm thankful for a husband who supports me getting my educaiton so that both myself and he can be examples for our children.

Ultimately my heart is full with gratitude and thankfulness. I have so much to be grateful for and little to be complaining about.

Change: New Furniture!

So about 2 weeks ago Robby told me to come into the Kitchen...I wasn't sure what for but as I came around the corner he showed me his computer screen. As I looked at the screen I beheld a red sectional...Furniture? Didn't know this was on your list hunny...As I questioned my husband on what this meant he said, "Well you've been complaining about the furniture for a while so I thought we should get something new." Ding ding ding! Hubby saying something is okay means the green light for me to go! So...After that day I had been looking for new furniture. I had started looking on overstock.com mainly because they deliver (us lacking a truck) and they were reasonably priced. Robby and I found some (or I should say I) pretty nice stuff we (again...all me) on overstock that we liked. But we decided we'd actually go window shopping in the local stores to see if we could find something better. Turns out in Rexburg there is only 2 furniture stores...Binghams & Sons and Odell's. We went to Binghams and found a gorgeous red sectional we really loved! So we asked them to put our name on it and we went over to Odell's. Odell's had a larger section of stuff we liked...AND...they were having a Holiday sale! Everything was marked down and I was like a kid in a candy store. I've been DIEING to get furniture ever since we got married and purchased our furniture from D.I. So...We found a few items we liked from Odell's and decided to sit on it. This was Saturday...So Monday bright and early we went back to Odell's to see if we were still in love with our choice and sure enough it was love at first site again. We ended up buying a fabulous square sectional. It's being delivered tomorrow at 12PM and I can hardly wait! The beauty of all of this is they will deliver it AND haul away our old junk...Happy day take away that horendous couch palease!


Looks EXACTLY like the sectional we purchased...Only ours is tan! :)



Love-Seat For Sale

Love seat is for $50.00, please call or e-mail if interested.

Let it snow...Let it snow...



From our front door

Well...It has happened. What I dred and pray not to happen has occured. Precisely yesterday at 9 AM to be exact. It began to snow yesterday...And at first it was cute; the snow delicately resting upon the grass in a light flury. But as the day progressed this cute dance of snow became a collasal monstrocity engulfing the entire landscape of Rexburg! I am officially in a Winter wonderland, and all I can say is...I cannot believe it's that time of year again! I cannot believe it is that time of year again...Where the whole land is white, leaving for the house takes an extra 20 minutes while you clean off your car, and not only can you go ice skating on your own feet, but you can go ice skating in your own car down the road! I guess my dis-tastefulness for snow centralizes around my mode of transportation and being out in it. I LOVE sitting in my house and watching the snow fall. I love how pretty everything looks. What I do not love is being out in it. Except to snowboard...Which I'm totally stoaked for it to be that time of year again! :) But having to go clean my car off and pray it starts is never fun. I do not like driving down the street and fearing my very life (and my cars life) as people

do not use common knowledge. I was out yesterday and it had just began to get pretty heavy and I SWEAR as soon as the snow starts people lose their minds. They forget to use their signals, they forget to stop, and people seem to be oblivious to the other drivers on the road! I do not like driving in the snow...Especially in Rexburg where so many college students seem to be missing a few brain cells when it comes to driving...Especially in the snow! Non-the-less it is that time of year...And I will try to embrace it with a smile on my face. It is pretty...And it's good for the farmers etc. But I do not like dealing with it...And I cannot wait for it to be Summer :) But yay for Snowboarding! Can't wait to go again! I guess I'm walkin' in a Winter wonderland for the next 5 months or so.

Halloween and Snow collide :)

CHANGE of month...

Speaking of change...October has come and gone but I still thought I'd write a little somethin' somethin'. Robby and I had a pleasant Halloween weekend. Halloween just doesn't have as much signifigance as it did when I was a kid...I mean unless you're one of those adults who dresses up and then goes to some in-appropriate party to get drunk...Then by gosh it might be the Holiday of the year! I always seem to get into the "Halloween Spirit" when I'm walking through Wal*Mart and I see the costumes, decorations, and not to mention the candy! But when you're married to Robby Ladle (bless his heart) Halloween doesn't have much signifigance. I guess I forgeited Halloween when I married him...But I'm okay with that. :) It would be fun to dress up and go to a party...I even tried looking for a local party, but of course all the ones for adults feature alcohol and I'm just not that kene to be in that sort of environment. Our own Ward doesn't even have a Halloween party of any sorts. I think it is because over half the Ward's members are in their 90 and beyond. But you'd think with Halloween being on Sunday for sure they would organize some sort of Trunk or Treat at least. I use to love going to the Church for the Trunk or Treat. It meant twice as much candy and it was always fun to get together with the Ward family. I miss having Ward parties and getting to bond and mingle with others in the Ward. I guess that is one downfall of our Family Ward...No parties or Ward gatherings ever. I guess the busy lives of the members just doesn't permit time for parties. Wow what subject change eh? Robby and I did partake in a little candy and of course pumpkin decorating. We always just get one of those pattern kits. For some reason Robby and I were feeling the skull patterns this year. Not much variation but oh well! Robby sorted out the seeds to roast of course...Something new this year was Robby was able to grow 4 pumpkins in his garden. So he decided he wanted to make a home-made pumpkin pie. I told him he should wait till Thanksgiving cause that's when you eat pumpkin pie...I think he was too anxious to see how it would turn out. I was pretty anxious to see how he did as well...Since he's more the chef and I'm the baker in the family...He made everything from scratch from the pie filling to the crust itself, and might I say I was rather impressed! Other than maybe needing 5 more minutes in the oven it was pretty darn good! With a dop of coolwhip on top it was tasty. Hopefully come Thanksgiving we won't be needing to buy a pumpkin pie from the store. :)  Robby's idea of a Halloween cookie  Speaking of change...This past Sunday one of the Bishop Brick members wanted to drop by our house and speak to us. Since Robby had just been released from his calling we figured it was for a new calling. I kept joking that they were prolly going to put him in Primary or even NURSERY! He didn't like the idea of Nursery at all...And even Primary frightened him a little. We kept trying to rack our brains to figure out where he might be assigned...The time came for Brother Summers (who's 4 year old daughter I am in love with by the way) to drop us a visit. After a few moments of small talk the bomb was dropped...Robby was asked to be a Primary teacher along side me. I was a little surprised they asked him to teach along side me in my class...For my Primary class has a record breaking 3 kids in it...But I was excited to be able to have my sweetie in Primary with me! I think they are just preparing for next year, because the class coming up next has about 13 kids in it! I will certainly be needing help! I think being in the Primary will be a great experience for Robby. We don't have any kids yet, so this is a perfect time for him to get broken in. :) I'm excited for Sunday to come! Speaking of change...Almost a week ago today I was hoping for some change of numbers in my household...My brother a week ago today had begun his journey up to live with us, but after 3 hours of driving his truck decided it had had enough and begin to give him trouble. He ended up calling my parents and they had to come and tow his truck, trailer, and broken hearted him back home. I was handling the news pretty well, but the more the week pressed on the more I became quite depressed. I had my mindset framed around the idea of him living with us, and then suddenly that wasn't happening. So instead of change my mind is now forced to focus on how things are exactly the same. And not that being exactly the same is a bad thing...But I had prepared myself for his arrival and for no progress to be made was a bit of a downer. Not only was no progress made...But my brother is in fact a step backwards. The truck needs a new engine all together. Ever since my brother's lack of arrival I have felt a little family sick. I realized that with Vincent not coming up it would just be Robby and I for Thanksgiving. I love my husband to DEATH! But I'm not use to us being alone for the Holidays. I always grew up surrounded by family when it came to Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I celebrated the union of all my family including aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents all under one roof. I was fortunate to grow up with all my imediate family within blocks from each other...And when you go from that to total isolation it can be a bit challenging. I'm thankful for a husband who has always been kind and willing to go the distance or allow family in our home so we can be together. Growing up differently and having different values when it comes to family has made it a bit of a challenge. But I think it has softened his heart, and helped me learn we can be on our own. I'm still having a hard time with the idea of us being alone for Thanksgiving, because I was set on the idea of my brother at least joining us. But we will have a magnificent time and I look forward to the time I'll get to spend with my sweet heart. I still have Christmas to look forward to...Which will consist of squishing 7 people in our 2 bedroom apartment. I can't wait. :) Speaking of change...There is none when it comes to me...I've really been be beating myself up about it too. I've always been very harsh on myself when it comes to my apperance and very nit-picky about my body. Sure...there are some things I can change...Like my actual weight. But then there are things that lie beneath clothing and beneath my mask of make-up that leave me depressed and un-satisfied most days. There are two people who can testify that I am way too harsh on myself and that would be my mother and husband...Either could tell you that there are just some things I should let go...But I can't seem to grasp that concept just yet. I really struggle with comparing myself to everyone around me. Be it other family members or a stranger on the street I am constantly sizing my self appearance and self worth along side theirs. I've never had great self esteem and have never really felt great about myself. I constantly think I am ugly, fat, and there's always a list of about 10 things I wish I could change. I wish I could see what everyone else sees about me...I wish I could look in the mirror and hear myself echo the words I hear from others: That "I'm beautiful and have got so much going for me." I'm hoping some day to really look in the mirror and embrace who I am and what I see. I hope to be able to look in the mirror and love myself. But as I said before I've really been struggling with staying "on my eating" and getting exercise in every day. I was thinking earlier today about how I think getting married is partly to blame (that darn marriage!). Because you get married and then you get comfortable with the way things are. No longer do you have to bust your butt going to the gym and trying to look good so someone will notice you and take you on a date! And as your married I think as long as your spouse doesn't make any remarks about your changes then it seems fine. I think for me it really hits home when I leave the house and I'm just like, "Bleh I'm fat and nasty." But it's hard to want to change when your spouse is fine with the way you are...I guess in some aspects I'm a multi-tasker. But when it comes to going to work, keeping up with housework, and losing weight I am just centralled in on one task at a time. I sure hope I can get this under control and lose some weight...Cause being like this certainly does not make me happy as an individual. I hope I don't seem too depressing in this blog. Other than struggling with self image I am really a happy person. I've been scrapbooking alot lately which I find alot of joy in. My goal is to scrapbook everything up to date. So far I am on Spring 2008...So I've got alot to catch up on! I always enjoyed looking at photo albums growing up and I'm really not into the whole technology crap. I'm a pretty old fashioned gal and I like physical things I can hold in my hands and see. I'd much rather look at a photo album than pictures on a CD rom. So scrapbooking is something I've gotten into and I quite enjoy it. Granted I'm not that good at it. But with practice I think I've gotten better! I'm also very eternally grateful for my sweet heart and the marriage we have. I think back to some of the guys I had flings with in High School and SWORE I was going to marry, and when all is said and done they don't hold a candle to Robby. I'm thankful for the wonderul man I married and I couldn't be happier with my marriage! I may struggle with insecurities but I know my marriage is solid and my love for my husband is never-ending.



Happy Halloween!



Straw Mazin'

So this past weekend Robby and I went to "The Straw Maze" out past Big Judds. I can't even rememeber the town out there but it's on the outside of town (Rexburg). Anyway...Having to go through a maze and get to the ending is not exactly my idea of fun...But I was interested in going, and we needed something to do for Saturday so we went! I've never been in a maze before...let alone a Straw Maze. And I was a little skeptical of how good this thing would actually be. It turned out to be pretty impressive! It was built about 10 ft. high of bales of hay and whoever created it did a pretty good job. There were many dead ends and turns that would pop you back out at the same place you went in...And if you weren't careful you could repeat yourself several times before finding a new path! We were allowed to go through it as many times as we wanted, so we went through twice. There were some pretty interesting features the straw maze had...Like a random tractor tire just sitting on the ground? We knew if we came around the corner and saw that stupid thing that we were no where near the exit so we'd flip right back around and head another direction haha. Towards the exit there was a tunnel with red strings hanging from the ceiling? I think it's most likely scarier in the dark, because at night the Straw Maze is haunted...So maybe the strings are suppose to be blood or something? But we knew if we hit that tunnel that we were towards the exit!



Robby "getting us help"



After only taking 13 minutes to go through it the first time we figured another romp through the straw would be easy....WRONG! The second time we went through we ended up being in there for 41 minutes!! The average is 45 minutes so we almost hit the average. It was rediculous how many times we'd think we were towards the exit just to find out it was the entrance we had come back to again! During our second time in the maze we ended up back at the entrance 4 times! I think after about 30 minutes passing we ran into this corner we had several times and we decided to cheat. After being in there for 30 minutes it was time for a little help! :) So Robby climbed on the bales of hay to try and figure out where the exit was. I told him there has gotta be some sort of Gospel principle you could tie into this maze and finding your way out. Maybe I should take my primary kids out to it and teach them a lesson on choosing the right or something. :) I've never been so happy to see an exit as I was when we got out that second time! The maze is haunted on week nights after dark, so we're planning to go back for a haunting probably Halloween weekend. I'm waiting for my brother to come up to do that...Cause I'm a chicken and want to be able to hide in between my guys :) Fun activity to do...Unless your alergic to hay of course.








Bloody tunnel




Tractor tire?









Late nights and NO snacking...

So like my new motto in life of change it seems like my job is continually changing. I think I hold the record for the most jobs attained in one year...Because since being married I have had 1....2...3....now 4 jobs. Everytime I have saught out a new job I have been able to find one. My most recent job (which I love) I went in for my interview after only searching a week for a job, and they gave me the job right on site! I started the next day...I was so shocked and surprised! I have always been so blessed to find a job and sometimes I'm not so sure the good Lord should bless me so much. I'm very thankful for the job I have right now.


So...my new job...Kind of interesting...I work at a Hotel down in Idaho Falls called "Le Ritz". It's a privately owned hotel and if ANY of my faimly ever want to come visit I can get them a room for $39 a night *hint hint* so come on down! Haha. Part of my position is I am Front Desk/Night Audit. So...About 2 times a week I work graveyard shift. 11-7 shift work baby! It's actually not that bad..I come home extremely tired of course but just sleep most of the day and I'm good to go haha. I'm a night person anyway so working nights doesn't bother me; except for the fact that I leave my sweetie pie alone in the bed all night. Well since I'm trying to watch my eating yesterday was a little tough. Because I had been up since 10 AM that meant I ate all my regular meals, and by the time it was time to go to work I was hungry again! When normal people would just go to sleep and wake up and eat breakfast I had to stay up an extra 8 hours and not eat? That was WAY hard! Tonight shouldn't be as bad cause I had breakfast at 4 PM, so I'll just have my dinner before I go at 10 and be good to go! But last night I really struggled...PLUS at work my wonderful boss put out candy all over the place!? Seriously!? We're adults...we don't need Halloween candy! IIII don't need that temptation haha. But I stayed strong and only snuck a few pieces of candy corn. I have tomorrow off so I'm looking forward to a normal day and a good jog outside. I love the fall weather...



Robby's pumpkins


 Speaking of Fall weather and Halloween...Robby grew some pumpkins in his garden this past season and picked them yesterday. He was able to grown 4 of them and they are just darling! I'm trying to convince him to let us carve them...But I'm not sure if he'll let me do that to his babies...

I felt so bad yesterday because Robby for the past 2 weeks or so has been joking about when my brother gets up here they are going to go trick o' treating. Now seriously...A 24 year old and an 18 year old trick o' treating? Get real...All anyone is going to give them is a slammed door in their face. Which Robby should be use to since he served a mission...And maybe Vincent should get use to if he serves a mission. :) But Robby would say things like that and was totally kidding. Well my poor brother informs me last night he's excited to go trick o' treating? I'm like...Brubby...You're 18...You seriously think that's gonna happen? I had to devistate the poor guy and inform him that's not really going to happen. Plus Halloween is on a Sunday so that's deffinantly not an option. So then I felt bad and started looking at things to do on Campus for Halloween. They've got a Halloween concert on the 30th that Robby and I have gone to...But this year it's Cowboy themed (?). How is Cowboy theme Halloweenish? They also have a carnival/dance on the 30th...But my brother didn't seem that interested in that either. I guess he can dress up and try his luck at trick o' treating haha. We'll see if I'm working...They've been really good about not giving me Sunday's to work but I have to work on average a Sunday a month. Lets hope since I'm working 3-11 this Sunday they will give me a break! I'll tell them I have to take my 18 year old brother trick o' treating haha.



Happy Fall!



Change #1- Weight

So...Change #1 I'm starting today...My weight! I've always tried to hide my weight and pretend I was thinner than I am. But when you take pictures they don't lie...Pictures don't lie that I'm fat! I've been in denial for a while that I was okay with the way I am. After all...There are fatter people out there than me and they seem to be happy so why can't I? I've realized in the past few weeks that I'm not happy with the way I am...I can't just settle for looking like this for the rest of my life. I have potential to be hot...I have potential to be sexy! And I want to be! I'm 22 years old and should be enjoying these years of a perky body; not trying to age myself with weight and flab. So..I did what I never wanted to do and took body pictures. Starting today I am turning things around. Things are changing 180 degrees and I'm going to do this! After taking these pictures this morning I was horrified at myself and just sickened. I want to be able to walk down the street and be like, "Yah...I'm hot...I know." I want to be conceted to a certain extent! So...As part of my blog I will be documenting my progress. Whether it be my successes or my failures it's going into this blog and the change will begin. The only time I remember ever being skinny was when I was 15 and lost 45 pounds. I remmeber the change that came over me, and how suddenly I was noticed! The only unfortunate part about me losing that weight was I was stupid and thought I wast still fat. I'm not going to take for granted this time if I lose 45 pounds! I will certainly consider 45 pounds a success and consider myself skinny! I'm not going to put my pant size or weight...Because I'm just not that bold to such a thing yet! Maybe once the weight is off I'll put my former weight and pant size. But for now that is not something I'm putting on here. Believe what you want from the pictures :). What I'd like to do though is put this same outfit on each week so that it can be seen just the changes being made to my body. Let the fun begin!

TODAY:

 

So today I started my day off with a healthy breakfast. I had a glass of milk, 2 scrambled eggs, a piece of toast, and some yogart with granola. I KNOW how to eat healthy and I've done it before. Now it's just making myself do this! I figure if I've got an audience and some where where I will be held accountable for my actions I may be less inclined to stuff junk down my face if I have to record it later. I'm going to try and document what I eat and exercise I do every day so that everyone knows what it is I'm doing. So with breakfast off to a good start I'm heading out for run and then some lunch!

Wish me luck! :\

My life is kinda boring...Time for change...

Sometimes in life I think we get comfortable. We get comfortable with our daily life and we forget that progression and change are good! It's what makes us evolve and become a more perfect us. Lately I have gotten quite comfortable in my boring skin and have kind of accepted things the way they are. My life is good...I have a wonderful marriage to a WONDERFUL man, have the opportunity to be attending college, and have a great job with great people. I live in a great community, am part of a great Ward, and have the Temple right outside my backyard. My life is pretty good. But as an individual person I recently realized I am boring...And bored of the way things are. I have gotten comfortable with my boring routine and have caused myself to become stagnent. I don't want to become rotten and smelly. I want to be fresh and vibrant. I'm only 22 for pete sakes! I should be out loving life and loving myself! Instead I have trapped myself into a daily routine of: sleep, food, tv, cleaning, work, and hubby time. Life is far more about more than these 6 things. There are so many sub-topics that are based under each of these. And so...I start a blog. I start a blog based on my life and the changes I want to make. I recently listened to a song that really described what I want this to be about...I know...Using lyrics to base my life off of *lame* but part of this song fit perfectly to my anthom and what I desire out of my life. I desire change and something to speak upon!

I need another story
Something to get off my chest
My life gets kinda boring
Need something that I can confess
'Til all my sleeves are stained red

From all the truth that I've said
Come by it honestly I swear
Thought you saw me wink, no
I've been on the brink, soTell me what you want to hear
Something that were like those years
Sick of all the insincere
I'm gonna give all my secrets away

This time, don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
My God, amazing how we got this far
It's like we're chasing all those stars
Driving shiny big black cars
And everyday I see the news
All the problems that we could solve

And when a situation rises
Just write it into an album
Sending it straight to gold
I don't really like my flow, no, soTell me what you want to hear
Something that were like those years
Sick of all the insincere
I'm gonna give all my secrets awayThis time, don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets awayOh, got no reason, got not shame
Got no family I can blame
Just don't let me disappear
I'm 'a tell you everything

So tell me what you want to hear
Something that were like those years
Sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away

This time, don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets awaySo tell me what you want to hear
Something that were like those years
Sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away

This time, don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
All my secrets away, all my secrets away

One Republic- Secrets


So there you have it...My life is kind of boring...I need something I can get off my chest. I've got insecurities and things I try to hide from. I have things I keep in my closet, and I'm ready to get them out. Why should I be ashaimed of my insecurities and my faults? Perhaps if I share mine I inspire someone else to share theirs. This blog is dedicted to my life and changing it. Some things I document in here aren't going to be pretty...And they aren't going to be fun. I'm going to have successes and I'm going to have failures. But ultimately I want to change.