What a goosey loosey day!!

Today has to be the weirdest day yet of this year.   It started off pretty normal, I dropped Melissa off at school, picked her up and didn't see her again because she went over to her friends house for the afternoon.  Then I went to school. As I was walking to class, I looked beside me and one goose was walking right along side me, like he was going to class with me. I thought it was a little weird considering how many people were walking with me and towards me, and he didn't move. He just kept walking in step with me until I went into the building. Weird.

If that wasn't weird enough, as I got out of class I started walking out of the building and just about ran into a man in a chicken suit running full speed towards me waving his hands. I just about got nailed by a huge CHICKEN!!!

As I was about to go to work, I called Heidi, Kelly's mom, to see what time Melissa was coming home and she informed me that they were pretending to be farting fairies. What exactly is a farting fairy? They dressed up as FAIRIES and instead of pixie dust or fairy MAGIC making them fly, it was farting that made them fly. SO they were flying around the room FARTING and making those kind of noises. So ladylike isn't it? What kinds of games girls play these days. SO WEIRD!!! I think it's kind of funny that I just typed in farting fairy and this picture shows up online. So obviously they were not the first ones to come up with it.

So now, I'm home from work, I walk in the door to see Melissa and see how her day was. I can't find her anywhere. Mom and Dad said she walked in had a glass a milk and went downstairs and that was the last they had heard from her. That was 2 hours ago. I looked everywhere, until I walked in my room and discovered her in my bed fast asleep. Farting fairies really wears you out!!!

Yuck!!!

I don't know what hit this family, but it is NOT fun. Melissa started it all with a fever that ran for 5 days. After 5 days of this miserable stuff, not only did she share with me, she shared with all of the Young kids, Grandpa, and I think Steve.  We are pretty much all miserable, mine turning into an ear infection. It's taking forever to go away, and it happened the first week that I went back to school. NOT FUN!!! The beginning of this year has been so weird. Sick, Sick, SICK!!!!!

On the other hand, I have been sticking to my goal of going to the temple and going to midsingle activities. I go to the temple EVERY Wednesday and hang out afterwards with the group from the midsingles that goes. I ALSO tried Salsa dancing for the first time and ending up dancing the night away. So uncharacteristic for me, but surprisingly a TOTAL blast. I really had a good time and made some amazing friends! Good month so far!

More reflection on 2009...kind of...

I got this from my cousin Emily and thought it would a fun way to look back at the last year. 

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Had my only child start Kindergarten
   
   
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I did, but I didn't do it until the very last day of the year. Very ashamed of that.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My sister had a little girl in April, 10 days before Melissa's birthday.
   
   
4. Did anyone close to you die? My grandpa, a good friend, and a step-grandma-in-law. Even though it's pretty complicated, I was close to my step-grandma-in-law.
   
   
5. What countries did you visit? the united states of america
   
   
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? money...but I will have less unfortunately. I would like more free time, but that's not going to happen either.
   
   
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? January 30-I turned 30 on the 30th. May 29-Melissa's preschool graduation. August 20- Grandpa died. September 4-car accident with Dad, Mom, Melissa, and Steve. October 21 and 26...will forever be etched in my memory for the rest of my life. 
   
   
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Passing Spanish class at school and accomplishing everything I needed to for everything I'm involved with.
   
   
9. What was your biggest failure? going to the temple more than once the whole year.
   
   
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Not much, other than an extremely bruised knee from the car accident.
    
    
11. What was the best thing you bought? Everything to renovate the house so Melissa and I could stay with Mom and Dad and Melissa could have her own room.
    
    
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Melissa- she had some really good days where she was very helpful and kind. Grandpa - the days he didn't completely lose patience with Melissa.
    
    
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Melissa and Grandpa...they both had some absolutely terrible days. A 5 year old and an newly retired Grandpa living under the same roof is cause for some tense moments.
    
    
14. Where did most of your money go? Renovations and bills.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Going to California for my birthday and having a spa day with Jana and Erika. Melissa's dance recital. Melissa starting Kindergarten after a long summer!
16. What song will always remind you of 2009? Leona Lewis - "Better in Time"
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
18. a) happier or sadder? about the same
    b) thinner or fatter? Unfortunately fatter. 
    c) richer or poorer? definitely poorer
    
    
19. What do you wish you’d done more of? blogging, scrapbooking, and spending more quality time with Melissa.
    
    
20. What do you wish you’d done less of? spending money
    
    
21. How did you spend Christmas? Home sweet home.
    
22. Did you fall in love in 2009? Nope.
    
    
23. What was your favorite TV program? Biggest Loser, Glee, Brothers & Sisters, American Idol
    
    
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Can't say I hate anyone.
    
    
25. What was the best book you read? Twilight series...all 4 books in 6 days.
    
    
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Leona Lewis and Natasha Bettingfield...and always a favorite Michael Jackson (Before he died).
    
    
27. What did you want and get? a room just for Melissa
    
    
28. What did you want and not get? I don't think there was anything.
    
    
29. What was your favorite film of this year? Twilight and New Moon.
    
    
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? It was the best birthday ever. I turned 30 on the 30th. I flew to California by myself, Jana and Leo took me to dinner at Lucille's Smokehouse BBQ and the next day, Jana and Erika and I had a spa day and got facials. We then got Justin's family and Jana's family together and dipped 30 different things in chocolate! It was fantastic!!
    
    
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? I'm pretty satisfied with it already.
    
    
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? frumpalicious! JK...I don't know completely comfortable, and able to hide fat.
    
    
33. What kept you sane?  Being able to go on Facebook and connect with old friends and be in contact with family that I'm not normally in contact with.
    
    
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Can't say I fancied them, but after reading the Twilight series, I enjoyed reading about Robert and Kristen.
    
    
35. What political issue stirred you the most? gay marriage
    
    
36. Who did you miss? I always miss Joe and will for the rest of my life.
    
    
37. Who was the best new person you met? I actually met a lot of new people this year, but the funniest one I'd have to say is Shawn.
    
    
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009. To not expect perfection from anybody and to except everyones best effort as good enough.
    
    
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. Wound up, or Never Give up, I will survive. (-:

Goals

So I've done a lot of reflecting the last couple of weeks and decided that I need to make some changes in my life. I live a very comfortable, but busy life. I am fine with that. I love the time I spend with Melissa, I love my callings, I can't say I love school, but I am more determined than ever to keep going and prove to myself that I can do this, I love my family and that they are more than willing to support me and help me in every aspect of my life. Especially my parents, my mom lifts my spirits when I get discouraged, my dad, like every guy I know, tries to fix things and counsels me when things need fixed. They both have strengths and weaknesses and luckily they complement each other. Where one is lacking, the other makes up for it. I'm thankful for that.

So far I have done well this year with my goal to attend the temple. I have gone every Wednesday for the last 3 weeks. I'm also killing two birds with one stone! I get to attend the temple every week, but my other goal of putting myself out there to meet new people is getting done. Every time I go it's with the mid-singles group in the area. It's a good way for me to start. There is no pressure, I don't have to talk to anyone if I don't want to, but to keep up with my goal, I got brave this last time and actually went out with them afterwards to eat, and I socialized! I found it very refreshing to hang out with a small group of people that don't know much about me and just hang out.

There are other goals that I'm working on and hopefully I can do better at getting started on them soon. I am going to try and not let my fears stop me from doing new things, I am going work on getting myself more organized so I can accomplish all I need to in school and in my church callings. I start school next week and I really want to feel more prepared to start a new semester so I can put my best work into it.  Whether I like it or not, this year is going to be more about using self control in everything I do. Mostly with a healthier lifestyle, and budgeting money.  I know what I need to do, and my biggest stumbling block so far has been motivation to start. The budgeting isn't that big of a problem, if you don't have it, you don't spend it.  I really need to start having a healthier lifestyle. I have woken up many days and said to myself, that today I'm going for a walk, but it never happens. I have given myself a guideline. I have to be able to at least walk 3 miles comfortably by April 17, so I can do the MS walk with some friends. That is my do-able goal for right now.

SO with that, I'm off to go organize myself and go for a walk!

A new year, a New Decade

This seems like a good place to start with looking to the future. I'm hoping that if a decade starts out rough, that it means there are great things to come. This is Melissa and me right at midnight, sitting in the van driving down State St. in Salt Lake City, about 2 minutes after I puked behind the 7 11. Great start eh? Not the greatest picture I'd have to say.

The rest of the trip to Salt Lake was a lot more fun than that moment, so now I will share the rest of the fun trip.

We spent New Years Eve walking around temple square looking at the beautiful lights and enjoying some great entertainment.  It was cold and it was a long evening waiting for midnight to come, but thank goodness for warm buildings and great entertainment. We left Grandpa in the Joseph Smith memorial building listening to different bands and dancing, and we headed over to the assembly hall and enjoyed Jericho Road and Cherie Call. It was very fun.

It was really fun to be able to stay at a hotel with everyone and enjoy an indoor pool in the cold weather. It was great fun, in our downtime.

We had a great time, eventhough that is probably not the way we would ever spend our New Years ever again. We are all homebodies and prefer celebrating at home with our munchies, and TV's watching the ball drop and popping open the sparkling cider. Now we know, what we like and what should be put in the memory books right?

Now to look forward to the new year. It's going to start out rough for me. I really have to do well in school this semester so I can continue going to school. It's going to be tight and hard, but I confidence I can accomplish it. Hey, if I can pass all my math classes and a semester of spanish, I can do this, right? So here I am, mustering up as much determination as this body has and giving it all I've got. I've got lots of goals to accomplish and goals to improve myself. Time to get to work!