i'm sitting at the office on my lunch break and it is pouring out there. If you know me at all, you know that i'm very happy about this. I just love big rain storms-especially in Sugar Land. I remember when we first moved here I remember being so shocked at how green everything was-it almost didn't seem natural...like yellow dead grass was the only realistic option. And when it rains like crazy, it just heightens all of the greens-makes them richer. And all the puddles-it reminds me of these paintings i saw once...darn it, that's embarassing-some humanities major i am, i can't remember who, but it's a french artist and he has a way of really capturing the feeling of rain/ or fog etc....don't worry i'll find it.
Of course we don't get quite the cool storms that we got in Oklahoma, but they still get some pretty good ones down here. Probably because the sky seems so big here-nothing to abstruct your view from horizon to horizon so when the whole sky is filled with these huge thunderheads it's pretty impressive.
I went over to a family in the ward last night to start to get to know their dog so I can stay at their palce while they're gone and the dog won't freak out. Definitely a little skiddish but I can already tell we'll be best friends because I have no problem bribing dogs with doggie treats and scratching behind their ears.
I wonder how Amanda is adjusting to married life and want her to blog-what about priorities, come on! obviously joking....
wow....I'm actually without thought....guess I'll take the hint.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
ok, so my niece Sabrina is soooo cute and funny! you have to go to their family blog and see the two videos-the second is the funniest
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Monday, March 9, 2009
army of razor sharp fo-hawked deacons
It was quite the weekend.
I can't remember the last time I had so much fun.
It was like coming home, seeing all of those familiar faces-like a little window into what it must be like on the other side when we see everybody 8)
It was eventful too.
We went to a real ranch and wore cowboy hats and I heart CB shirts and fed horses and cows-thanks to Jared with his trusty pocket knife. We froze a little. We ate ribs and I found a man that also had gone through the defensive language institute like my brother only for russian during the cold war-way cool, tho of course he couldn't tell me anything.
I did actually get sick, the only light at the end of the tunnel being my voice became quite manly and I could hit notes that I never could before. We decorated. We took tons of pics. We watched as one of our best friends got sealed to her eternal companion and I'll never forget that feeling. We took many jumping pictures. We had a special meeting in the shade and a new member was established and it was documented. We played many a game of werewolves and yes-if you get twitchy I will accuse you and see that you make it to the gallows so don't mess with me.
We played balderdash-the original when the cool new version was in the shelf the whole time!!!! argh!
We watched.....HOT MERGING ACTION!
MITCHEL!
we saw carrie and brett's cute lil baby that is ALLLL cheeks! We had fun in the line as we tried balancing our bouquets-Kyle put us all to shame and lasted like a million seconds-i swear he's half carnie.
We danced. We clapped and helped pack away presents. We went to church and we had an epic battle. We all went back the way we came looking forward to the next meeting.
Tho, can I just say that the whole way home which took me all day with all my stops and lay overs I was just wishing to have a battle to distract me and make the time go faster.
Though I did have lots of great thoughts to sort through and great music to listen to which = very enjoyable.
On the way down in Houston my ears freaked out and are still clogged-i hate them so much!!!! I knew it was asking too much to do all that pressure changing with my sinuses without an incident....o well....it has to pop eventually right? hearing is over rated and totally not useful for a secretary.
and in closing, congratulations to Amanda and Jack! you guys are great and the weekend was unforgetable-thanks so much! Good luck!
Also, a moment of silence for Bill Buchanon who gave his life tonight on 24 to cause an explosive distraction to save the madam president and leaving Jack Bauer actually showing emotion-you can prolly count on hand the moments like this. rest in peace Bill-you were great. sniff sniff.
Can I just say how much I love "Must have done something right" by relient K???? it is impossible to not feel good after this song.
I can't remember the last time I had so much fun.
It was like coming home, seeing all of those familiar faces-like a little window into what it must be like on the other side when we see everybody 8)
It was eventful too.
We went to a real ranch and wore cowboy hats and I heart CB shirts and fed horses and cows-thanks to Jared with his trusty pocket knife. We froze a little. We ate ribs and I found a man that also had gone through the defensive language institute like my brother only for russian during the cold war-way cool, tho of course he couldn't tell me anything.
I did actually get sick, the only light at the end of the tunnel being my voice became quite manly and I could hit notes that I never could before. We decorated. We took tons of pics. We watched as one of our best friends got sealed to her eternal companion and I'll never forget that feeling. We took many jumping pictures. We had a special meeting in the shade and a new member was established and it was documented. We played many a game of werewolves and yes-if you get twitchy I will accuse you and see that you make it to the gallows so don't mess with me.
We played balderdash-the original when the cool new version was in the shelf the whole time!!!! argh!
We watched.....HOT MERGING ACTION!
MITCHEL!
we saw carrie and brett's cute lil baby that is ALLLL cheeks! We had fun in the line as we tried balancing our bouquets-Kyle put us all to shame and lasted like a million seconds-i swear he's half carnie.
We danced. We clapped and helped pack away presents. We went to church and we had an epic battle. We all went back the way we came looking forward to the next meeting.
Tho, can I just say that the whole way home which took me all day with all my stops and lay overs I was just wishing to have a battle to distract me and make the time go faster.
Though I did have lots of great thoughts to sort through and great music to listen to which = very enjoyable.
On the way down in Houston my ears freaked out and are still clogged-i hate them so much!!!! I knew it was asking too much to do all that pressure changing with my sinuses without an incident....o well....it has to pop eventually right? hearing is over rated and totally not useful for a secretary.
and in closing, congratulations to Amanda and Jack! you guys are great and the weekend was unforgetable-thanks so much! Good luck!
Also, a moment of silence for Bill Buchanon who gave his life tonight on 24 to cause an explosive distraction to save the madam president and leaving Jack Bauer actually showing emotion-you can prolly count on hand the moments like this. rest in peace Bill-you were great. sniff sniff.
Can I just say how much I love "Must have done something right" by relient K???? it is impossible to not feel good after this song.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Jimmer Jammer Fredette!
This announcer guy just cracks me up with his nick names: jimmer jammer, the spiderman, the brazilian bomber... I still haven't figured out the real purpose of sports announcers...i mean, while the actual game is going I can get, but afterwards? They just repeat themselves and make insights that even I already knew...of course, it is the mountain-not like it's ESPN...o well, i guess guys just like to talk about it.
I'm all set and headin' out-i'm sooo excited to see everyone! Of course as luck would have it I did NOT start having sinus problems just a day before my trip and I do NOT feel that pressure in my nose and burning down my throat. You see? It's my theory of tricking yourself into being well-dont' admit or think that you're sick and then you won't be....mind over matter baby...
now where is my medicine...
I must say that I'm also proud of my wrapping job for Amanda's and Jack's presents tho I hope it makes it there ok in my carry on and doesn't tear-i don't know if I could replicate it again.
I hear it's rainy and cold up there-bring it on! my russian coat is clean and reunited with all its buttons and i'm ready.
I have fun seeing how little of a bag I can manage to bring just to impress people. I'm taking my smallest suit case and it's not bad-if I didn't have the wedding present it would all fit EASY.
um...what am I doing up? I'm NOT getting sick and I need to get some sleep.
I'm all set and headin' out-i'm sooo excited to see everyone! Of course as luck would have it I did NOT start having sinus problems just a day before my trip and I do NOT feel that pressure in my nose and burning down my throat. You see? It's my theory of tricking yourself into being well-dont' admit or think that you're sick and then you won't be....mind over matter baby...
now where is my medicine...
I must say that I'm also proud of my wrapping job for Amanda's and Jack's presents tho I hope it makes it there ok in my carry on and doesn't tear-i don't know if I could replicate it again.
I hear it's rainy and cold up there-bring it on! my russian coat is clean and reunited with all its buttons and i'm ready.
I have fun seeing how little of a bag I can manage to bring just to impress people. I'm taking my smallest suit case and it's not bad-if I didn't have the wedding present it would all fit EASY.
um...what am I doing up? I'm NOT getting sick and I need to get some sleep.
Monday, March 2, 2009
moral or not moral, that is the question
wow....what an explosive night...terrorists in the whitehouse (never mind it's totally impossible how they did it, but still...) and that stupid senator is really starting to tick me off-when they brought in the hostages I half jokingly said: ooo! go with him first! Agent Walker sort of redeemed herself tonight...
while watching shows like this it makes me wonder-i know the church's stance on having to kill in defense etc/ war how it's different than just murdering and being a huge sin etc-or something to that effect, ya know, self defense....but what about this situation-i mean...it is self defence/ defense for the whole country but say the person doesn't have a weapon but you know they're with the bad guys etc, i mean....would it be ok to end it right there or would you have to risk taking them prisoner or only wounding them etc....
i dunno...not that this really matters just...i always wonder what i'd do in similar situations, and it seems it would be hard to be active in the church and effective as an agent etc, thus my question.
Next week's looks REALLY good.
I helped my brother look at how to register for classes tonight-it almost put me into a slight panic attack, just all the memories of stresses/schedules/where I'm gonna live etc and realizing more and more clearly that I don't really have a safety net of friends out there anymore-only if drea manages to hold on 8)
o well, it'll all be ok.
while watching shows like this it makes me wonder-i know the church's stance on having to kill in defense etc/ war how it's different than just murdering and being a huge sin etc-or something to that effect, ya know, self defense....but what about this situation-i mean...it is self defence/ defense for the whole country but say the person doesn't have a weapon but you know they're with the bad guys etc, i mean....would it be ok to end it right there or would you have to risk taking them prisoner or only wounding them etc....
i dunno...not that this really matters just...i always wonder what i'd do in similar situations, and it seems it would be hard to be active in the church and effective as an agent etc, thus my question.
Next week's looks REALLY good.
I helped my brother look at how to register for classes tonight-it almost put me into a slight panic attack, just all the memories of stresses/schedules/where I'm gonna live etc and realizing more and more clearly that I don't really have a safety net of friends out there anymore-only if drea manages to hold on 8)
o well, it'll all be ok.
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