“Life is full of difficulties, some minor and others of a more serious nature. There seems to be an unending supply of challenges for one and all. Our problem is that we often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required.” Thomas S. Monson, “Patience, a Heavenly Virtue,” Ensign, Sept. 2002, 2 Topics: Patience
Friends, I might be taking a brief hiatus from posting. Today I received some unpleasant news….. essentially I’m rejoining the ranks of Provo singles. As in, no boyfriend singles. Anyways, I just don’t have much to add to that right now. I’m okay. And I’ll be more okay in time.
I used to think I didn’t have very cool dreams. And I would never remember them. So… that really made them uncool. Lately, though, I have remembered a few more dreams, and I gotta say, they are pretty crazy. Take last night, for example. I was flying to Normandy, France with my dance group Clog America. We got there and settled into our dorms and whatnot. For some reason, though, I had to be back in the states the next day, so I stayed for a few hours, wandering around streets that definitely were not French, then went back to the terminal and flew home. We were staying over on 9th East at Chatham Towne Condos and I was with two guys. It was rather odd because one of them was Aric, and the other was Aric’s French-speaking brother Keith, but neither one had the right faces. In fact, I Read more…
Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup It’s not quite up to the Zupas flavor, but I’m not sure what was missing. Bowties with Homemade Sauce, Tomatoes and Mushrooms Oreo Truffles These were a batch in January (?) that actually turned out And that’s all she wrote for today!
Marcel Proust was a French Impressionist writer. He dealt with ideas of time and memory, something of a predecessor to the stream of consciousness style that James Joyce would develop in his literary contributions to the Impressionist movement. So while perhaps this meandering post might better be called Joyce-ian, I’ll stick with Proustian. It just fits. So last night while I was reading my homework, Aric took a nap. (I envy those who take naps. I miss that luxury.) Anyways, he was laughing out loud at some dream he was having. He didn’t remember what it was, but it must have been pretty hilarious. Well, this morning as I was trying not to wake up to my alarm — or trying to wake up to my alarm? — I had a cool dream. There was some band playing, mostly drums and brass instruments, I think. Then there was this whole group Read more…
Yeah, it has kinda flown by. Not that seven weeks is very long. But it has been long enough to learn many things and make lots of fun memories. It also just might represent the shortest time span for me to have the most kitchen fails. Ok, so maybe just two semi-fails. The oreo truffles last night turned out…… until I tried to dip them. Aric didn’t mind that only five looked “normal” but I was kind of sad that I ruined the chocolate and ended up turning out half a batch of hideous truffles. I’m sure they still taste fine…….. Yesterday we also, erm, took care of my other kitchen fail. So to celebrate Aric graduating, I made him the yummy olive garden pasta, and even whipped out some homemade breadsticks. Personally, I didn’t think the pasta turned out quite right… the sauce just wasn’t what it was supposed Read more…
These first two pictures are Aric’s graduation gift: I gave him a framed picture of the two of us, along with the BYU blanket. I made it! (Thanks Megan for helping me cut it straight!) I am trying to stay humble but… this turned out really well. I like it! Thursday April 22, 2010 Commencement Aric and his best friend, Jeff My handsome guy (and a beautiful day outside!) He loves taking pictures… check out those eyes! My new blanket model. Don’t forget, he’s already taken. I’m so sad that this turned out fuzzy. I saw Aric at the end of the long line of graduates as they took their seats. I was so excited! But I didn’t get his attention until he was past me, so I had to hurry the picture…. but I still think he looks good, and you can see the smile. The good thing about him Read more…
Aric is graduating today and I’m so excited!! Not only because I no longer have to compete with his homework for top priority, but because I finally get to give him his graduation gift!! I’m fairly confident he doesn’t read my blog, and there’s no pictures yet to post, and he’ll be getting the gift in the next little while, so…. I feel safe blogging about it. I just got part of it finished and it looks so good! My co-worker/friend Brittany helped me out with it a bit to get things fine-tuned, and she/we did an amazing job. The other portion is waiting at home. I’m bringing it a little home so it’s not so exposed when I give it to Aric. Well, that’s all the info I’ll share right now. Look forward to my next post, which will include pics from today and the actual gift.
(Do you see #10 getting ready to wallop the ball? Aric served with him in Slovenia) Well, BYU ended up losing to CAL-U Northridge, but I was a winner Saturday night. Aric and I went on a double date with Jeff and Jackie to the volleyball game and Sammie’s. Want a great burger? Go to Sammie’s. It was probably one of the absolute best burgers I’ve ever eaten!!! We watched some Arrested Development after that and had a relaxing evening. Look at that face… isn’t he the greatest guy ever? Well maybe you can’t tell from his face, but I can. Hm, well I kind of lost my train of thought right there…… Anyways, did I mention that this was a great weekend? Besides the great date on Saturday, I went to the temple Saturday morning, grabbed breakfast at Kneaders with Alisha, and laid out Read more…
I was going to write something else here… but I have since changed my mind. Instead, I figured I would just post the picture I had picked out. It’s kind of face-like, and I enjoy those types of pictures. So here you go – a picture to enjoy!