Friday, February 13, 2009

Happy Valentines Day

Ok So I really don't love Valentines Day. I will admit it, it is mostly because I have not once in my life had a boyfriend on valentines Day. I don't want to be bitter about it, this is just the hand I have been dealt. But sometimes all the pink frilly, red hearted, and chocolate tend to drive me insane. I pretend it isn't coming. It is just another day, I tell myself and all my single girlfriends. It is true, it is just another day. But I forgot a couple things I actually do like about it.
For Example:
  • Let's just get real, any excuse to eat chocolate is fine by me.
  • When I was little, I actually remember that my mom used to give me and my sisters something special on this day. Like a little pen and notepad. I love pens and notepads!!!
  • And since I have been an adult, I love leaving little Valentines for people. I remember one Valentine's day I hadn't seen the family I was living with for days because of work, and I missed them. So I stopped at the store and got everyone a little Valentine. When I got home late for work that day, i left them sitting on the kitchen counter for each person. This meant a lot to them. I realized this year, that I have done this for whoever I have lived with ever since then.

So, I think with Valentine's Day here, we single ladies and gentlemen have an opportunity to see past all the greeting card hype and saddness of being lonely and to use it as another day to show someone we care about them. Those Valentine's day gifts meant a lot. It isn't even the fact that they were gifts, it was just being remembered. They obviously left an impression on me. So let's not be bitter this Valentines Day!! Let's embrace our loved ones and show them we care about them.

P.s. My favorite thing about Valentine's Day when I was little was getting an envelope that was bulky. That meant there was candy in it and I really loved that growing up. Yep, once a sugar lover, always a sugar lover!

Have a great day everyone!!!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

25 things about me

1. I love french culture. I have been taking french since 7th grade and I love it.
2. My favorite color is purple
3. My friend Melissa Gorman's Navajo grandma gave me a Navajo name, She came with Golden Hair
4. I want to see the Taj Mahal, The Great Wall of China, The Pyramids, and the Aztec Ruins before I die
5.I love salt
6.My favorite place to be is anywhere with a beautiful coastline.
7.One of the coolest things to be is an Aunt to my beautiful niece Kaelyn Amanda.
8. I just did this 25 things, but when I went to tag people I lost it and now I am retyping it.
9. My hair looks like it came out of a hair commercial-yep it is that amazing.
10.Rocky Road ice cream is the greatest thing created on earth!!
11. I love to swim.
12. I fully intend on marrying Jason Bourne, Edward, or Superman
13. I am addicted to texting.
14. I love books. I will read almost anything, but my favorites are contemporary fiction and the classics.
15. I should really be sleeping instead of retyping this.
16. I am a hopeless romantic.
17. It is hard for me to trust people.
18.I grew up all over Salt Lake City
19.My new favorite perfume is called Pink Sugar. It smells like cotton candy
20. I think that having girlfriends is soemtimes really difficult but also one of the greatest blessings in my life.
21. I have just taken up watercoloring. I may not be very good at it, but it is very cathartic.
22.I have worked in the medical field for 11 years, but oddly enough I am majoring in literature.
23. I am part of the student government at Chemeketa Community College.
24. I have never let myself get obsessed with anything until Twilight came along, and now I can't get enough of it.
25. I used to play softball when I was younger.