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I never really have anything to say, yet I blog all the time. I'm sure in all the words I do end up saying, less than half are actually interesting. That is the price you pay for clicking on my blog I guess ☼

I can't have people forgetting I exist, so work with me here. Key highlights: I am done working harvest. I know, I didn't think the day would come either. We finally finished hauling compost and dirt. Let me tell you, that job right there is enough to prove yourself in any dirty, nasty job out there. Also, I am currently accepting applications for friends. Seriously, it is getting ridiculous. Give me something to get ready for, people! I need to get out of this house. (also, I feel I should mention it should be within reason...don't request I travel hundreds of miles to get to you, you need to work with me) ☺

I know this will probably shock no one, but I have indeed changed my mind again about school. I am really tired of justifying my actions, apologizing for 'promises' broken, and letting people down. It occurred to me that I don't have to feel bad for not making everyone happy by where I go or what I do, because frankly, it's not their life. It's mine. So if I wanna go to Madagascar for a semester of school, let me. I have changed my mind and probably will change it 100 more times so, for now, it is probably best if you just don't ask me whats next. Unless you want a couple texts a day informing you of a new idea I've formulated. But don't worry, the day I walk out of my house and sit down at a desk in a classroom, you, my blog family, will hear about it.

And, I would feel ungrateful if I didn't at least mention the fact that it is Veterans Day! I love this holiday. Firstly because it is my sister's birthday and it is really easy for me to remember, and secondly because I love that we have a special day to celebrate the men and women from all over who give their lives for us! I am so happy I live in the US because I have been to other countries, and I know I have a lot of things I take for granted that others would give anything for. We really are blessed and I love that everyone is more aware of that today. Happy 11/11/11 everyone ♥

side note: I figured out how to make special characters on my blog, if you didn't notice  ☻◘ • I'll be done now. 

Advice

I was adding music to my iPod that Eli likes and I asked him what I should name the new playlist I was making for him so he would know where all 'his' music was. He said,

Tweet Tweet Bird

Well sure Eli. Whatever you say.

Be Aware

You are now breathing manually

You are now aware of the fact that your clothes are touching your skin and you can feel it

You are now aware that every time you swallow you hear a little crackle in your ears

You are now aware your nose is constantly in your peripheral vision

You are now aware that your tongue is unable to find a comfortable place in your mouth

You are now aware of how much you blink

You are now aware that your jaw has weight and you are holding it up

Your body is itching in at least one place

You are breathing manually again

You are blinking manually, too

You’re now aware I used a contraction this time, you are are now aware I just repeated a word, you are now aware this clause is false, and you are now aware that last clause was… untrue.

Final Countdown is now playing in your head



you're welcome.

Laugh, Please?

'that awkward moment when' jokes, anyone? 

That awkward moment when ...

someone says 'hello' and you say 'Good thanks!'

you say bye to someone and then you both walk off in the same direction

you accidentally call your teacher 'mom'

you don't know if you should hug someone, high five them, or just walk away

you don't know which arm rest is yours at the theater

you're singing Happy Birthday but you don't know the name of the person, so you just mumble it

you confidently say the wrong answer out loud in class

someone is doing the dishes and you slowly put another dish in the sink

you see someone who looks like someone you know, so you yell their name out really loud, and it's not them

you realize that Kim Kardashians wedding could have paid your college tuition for the next 3,543 years.

you hold the door for someone, but they are just a little too far away

you have to like your own Facebook status, because no one else did.

you chew on someone else's pen

you actually have to explain to someone that you are being sarcastic

two of your friends get in a fight in the hallway and you have to decide which friend to walk with after it

you start telling a story and realize no one is listening, so you fade out slowly and pretend you never said anything

you're texting and you feel like the person next to you is reading your texts so you try to hide your phone

you drop a slice of cheese and it slides down your stomach, only to be grated by your abs

Bruno Mars says he will die in various excruciating ways for you 

you are trying to look at ads, but a bunch of YouTube videos show up

spelling is so important that it changes everythong

a sentence doesn't end the way you think it octopus

you think you're doing really well at Mario Kart only to realize you've been looking at your friends screen

you say 'awkward' to make a non awkward situation awkward

you make awkward eye contact with the person in the car next to you...twice.

you're looking for your brother Marco in the pool

your mom tells you to wait in line at the grocery store and she'll 'be right back' and you are almost to the cashier

Social Butterfly

Ok, so it's a pretty well known fact that I don't get out much....that's what happens when your life revolves around work and you have about 2 friends in Burley. Sometimes less. My wonderful, marvelous, fantastic, best aunt bought me a ticket to go to the Jon Schmidt and Steve Sharp Nelson Benefit Concert. Whew, that's a mouthful. Some friends I know happened to be going and we all sat together and just had a special time. It was a really cool 'concert' and I had a fabulous time. The sad thing is now I feel like I can never ever reach that greatness in piano skill, and I feel way inferior about that. This guy was truly fantastic at playing the piano and the whole time I wished I was his child (in a non creepy 'I just wish you were my dad or my piano teacher' way) If you are all super confused and wishing you knew what I was talking about, I will give you the rundown of what these guys did....Jon plays the piano (super amazingly well) and he uses everything from his head to his hands and his feet...sometimes upside down or laying down or dancing or whatever he feels like doing. Steve plays the cello, also really well. They take songs and put their own spin on them. Here is a small taste of what we're dealing with here...

Ok, well now that I have filled my sales pitch quota, I can go to bed.

You Sneaky Mom!

Ok, I know Halloween is over but this video is so good I just couldn't not share it. I love both of these little boys especially how chill the one is the whole time. Ha I hope my kids are this cool.

Words

Everything in life is temporary... so if things are going good, enjoy it...it won't last forever. And if things are going bad, don't worry. It can't last forever either. Life is made up of years that mean nothing and moments that mean it all every new day is a chance to change your life.  it takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow times in life that seem to be the worst always turn out for the best You only live once, so do everything twice.  half of life is messing up-the other half is dealing with it when life locks you in your room, simply go out the window. 

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but where you're going. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass....it's about learning to dance in the rain. the sun is somewhere shining even when it rains life isn't supposed to make you feel happy. it isn't meant to make you sad either. it's just there to make you feel. don't let the darkness of the past cover the brightness of the future. the greatest risk in life is not taking one don't cry because its over, smile because it happened You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. if you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. but better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie life is to be enjoyed, not endured. the flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail a learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing now and then it's good to pause in our own pursuit of happiness and just be happy live simply so others may simply live it's not the length of life, but the depth. your life is an occasion. rise to it. nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so we may fear less. Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. in a time of destruction, create something. how much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it. never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes how people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you never stop