Change is a coming

I figured I needed to update my 2 month+ blog post.

So here's a few things a changing in my life right now....

1. Finished school TODAY, graduate TOMORROW

2. Start work in Springerville MONDAY...but only temporarily...more details to come when they are finalized

3. Looking for a house...yes, one where I have to pay the annual taxes

4. Feel the need to take care of myself AGAIN... i.e. eat some unprocessed food and take a walk every once in a while...my recent health regime has been PATHETIC...like eating carne asada burros, Wendy's $1 bugers, Sonic cheese poppers everyday pathetic

5. I wanna post more pics of J and I because like I love him and sometimes we look good in pictures and sometimes I need vain confirmation that I do not always look like a girl who wears old oversized t-shirts and sports tangled puffy hair

So regarding #5, here's a snapshot I LOVE of J and I at the church's Winter Ball this past February and I like totally love it because

a. we look happy (although I'm willing to bet J was authentically happy to be at a the dancing gala too)

b. my eyes are closed I am so happy to be at a dance!

c. we totally look retro...like circa 1962 or something

d. I absolutely, ABSOLUTELY love my Audrey Hepburn-esque dress Bucky found for me at the thrift store like 6 years ago for a $1 and then I altered it the day of the ball from a size 5 to like a size 10 so I could fit it and the color...oh, the color!





Yeah well. That's it for now. More to come as life gets less crazy. Oh, and see what a graduate degree in English will get 'ya? LOTS of run on sentences, random thoughts, and slightly off cliche phrases.

--A

Yo dawg! Check it out...

At the prompting of my ever witty and extremely observant cousin, Lindsey, my next Celebrity Corner victim is none other than my ever faithful husband and best friend--the J man.


Be warned, however, that this post may not last forever in cyberspace. At some point in time, Justin will see my evil doings and I will have to pay. Yes, that's right. Domestic spectacles of entertainment usually do not bode well for marriages. So, enjoy it while you can, because I'm sure I will have to remove these silly musings in the VERY near future...

Okay, so celebrity look-a-like #1 comes from the observations of Lindsey herself:

CASEY JAMES
(a.k.a. Kara DiGuardi's Next American Idol)

Actually, I thought this guy looks a lot more like one of J's friend up in RV...Mark...which if he sees I wrote this, I'm sure I'm dead meat too!

And now here's the J-man with the biggest smile he'll sacrifice for the camera:

Look-a-like #2 comes from the observations of the Bucksta:

CLIVE OWEN

Look-a-like characteristics: Green eyes? CHECK. Dark hair? CHECK. Pink Tie? NOT CHECK.



Look-a-like #3 came from my mind because when I went looking for pictures of Clive Owen, I was reminded of another U.K. home-dawg:

GERARD BUTLER

Did you recognize the former Phantom of the Opera star? Yeah, me neither without the mask.

And last, but not least, here's the one Justin will NEVER forgive me for...but it's the one HE said people told him he looked like:

BILLY ZANE!

So, there you have it. Take your pick. Which one do you think is the best look-a-like match? ......Hurry, I think I hear J coming in the door!!!!!

--A

My excuse is I need an outlet...

I really shouldn't be blogging right now.

I really should be doing a million other things right now like a) wash dinner dishes, b) clip my nails, c) prepare stuff for church, d) call my family, e) write Elder Abel Wilkins, f) turn off the DVD menu which has repeated for like the 13th time, g) finish a quilt, h) eat some more cake or i) put the cake away so as to remove the need to do "h", j) remove the 25 lbs. of folders, papers, books, and other miscellaneous unknown objects from the back of my car, or k) sneak a snapshot of my napping husband. But, life is short AND right now I need a mental outlet for my seemingly never-ending, crazy, busy, don't have time to eat, sleep, or bathe life.

Yes, I need an outlet. Period.

I really am not complaining. I really am grateful for the many, many doors which have opened up to me in the last 2 weeks. Between home, school, work, and church, my life has been filled with incredible new (and challenging) experiences which I know I will be even more grateful for at some future point in my life.

Soooo,here's the topic of my outlet today:

Top 10 Recent Realizations Signaling
The Fact That I AM GETTING OLDER

10. My laugh lines don't exactly disappear when my laugh does

9. I feel lucky if I get my teeth brushed and my hair combed before I leave my house

8. I tear up at any and every church event

7. Sleep is dearer to me than ever before

6. Some of my Young Women were born when I was in Young Women

5. I get strange looks when I bust out the Adri dance moves at the youth dances

4. I consider the best gifts to be Target gift certificates, sewing supplies, and chocolate

3. I like pink

2. I eat late in the morning AND late at night

1. I spend my free time blogging.

And, since I got a saweet memory capturing device for Christmas (compliments of my awesumm mommy-N-law) I will end this post with some saweet pictures of me, J, and the cat. FYI, the goal this year is to include lots of saweet pics with my posts.

Okay, they we mostly of me...but doesn't the cat look sooooo cute?!

--A