This year in pictures...

This year has honestly flown by... and I for realizies can't even remember half of what happened... but here is the 2008 recap for ya'll.


I rang in 2008 in the Red Lion hotel in Idaho Falls. This was the view from my room... which is pretty much amazing. I love the Idaho Falls temple, and the river, and all that! It was beautiful! I wasn't ohsoexcited about who I spent my New Years with... but such is life.




I bought Gloria (my absolutely GLORIOUS Toyota Tacoma!)
Oh she is so, so, so, amazing!!!! I ♥ her so much!

My poor kitties Gracie and Roxy died from a hereditary kidney disorder :(


I got a haircut... This picture does it NO justice however :D


I visited my friends in Utah... Brock was super cute!


I took some of my little friends to the baby animal fair! It was super fun!


I went camping with my rad Utah friends!


I spent a week at Dillon Beach with my family!!!


I met my 2nd cousin Collin and my 3rd cousin Hayden!


I had my gall bladder yanked out... and got these amazing flowers!


I ADOPTED PRINCESS!!!! She is the BEST dog ever!!!!


I was Dr. Feel for Halloween!


I adopted 2 kittens, Charlie and Chester!


I had surgery on my toes :( But they are feeling better now!!



I had a great Christmas!!!


Now I'm looking forward to 2009! Happy New Year everyone!

I am.... Spoiled...

Okay, from my last post you can probably tell that I am spoiled. I really didn't want to write a post that covered the real meaning of Christmas. I know that Christmas is about charity and remembering Christ... I am Buddhist, and do not tend to believe that Christ is the savior of the world. I KNOW... Damn me now... But I do believe Christmas should be about the feeling, not the gifts. But, alas... I am spoiled, and I did get a lot of "stuff". I struggled to feel the spirit this year. There was snow... there were lights... there was music... I just missed the feeling. Listening to The Forgotten Carols usually helps.... Because I tend to be like Constance (Conny Lue)... I find Christmas to be too commercialized and overdone... But what do I do? I dropped a bunch of money to buy my family the "perfect gifts". I did get Marisa AMAZING star boots! I did get Parker the coolest skate park for his tech decks... I did get Rebecca a baby pig (a toy of course), that she LOVED! I did get Emily make-up... which she thought was SO grown up! I got mom everything she wanted... Why did I do this? Why did I spend my hard earned money on STUFF? Because I like to buy love... Or something...

But I am spoiled... and I did get amazing shoes, and amazing jewelry, and amazing books, and amazing STUFF!

So... what does this mean? I don't know..... I've confused myself once again...

But my shoes are amazing....

Santa came!

Well, it's official... Santa came. I must have been good this year! So let me break down a few fun things I did... and got, this year!

On Christmas Eve my mom and I listened to the book The Forgotten Carols, by Michael McLean. When I was younger my family went to the play every year. It is beautiful, and I LOVE it! If you haven't seen the play or read the book... you must!

"It tells the story of a nurse whose empty life is changed by her patient, John, who expands her understanding of Christmas. "The Forgotten Carols" are original songs from the perspective of characters such as the innkeeper who turned the young couple away or the shepherd who slept through the angel's announcement. Their personal accounts, until now, have been overlooked or ignored. Together, John and Constance discover what the world has forgotten about Christmas." (review found on www.amazon.com)

Anyway... check it out! I also made sugar cookies for my neighbors... which was super fun! I felt like a kid, but it was great! I of course saved a few for myself and my mom to munch on! They turned out pretty dang good!

My mom and I woke up pretty early today to open our gifts, as we planned to be on speaker phone while my sister and her kids opened their gifts... and after that my brother and his wife and daughter open their gifts. So, let me break down what cool things I got this year!

1. A locket which is basically something I've wanted FOREVER!



2. A St. Christopher necklace!

3. A Zen Day Planner

4. Scrubs season 7 DVD

5. Elf and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the Jim Carrey version)

6. A cat and dog book

7. A camo thermal (and thermal jammies)

8. a jacket

9. A Toa Ching book

10. "Stand Back said the Elephant, I'm going to sneeze!" and "The Giant Jam Sandwich" (If you have not read these children's books... you MUST!)

11. Sharpies! All different colors!

And a few other things I can't think of right now!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

15 more days!

Okay, it's 15 days until Christmas! I am actually getting pretty excited. The packages I sent to my friends have gotten to them... I am done shopping... I am almost done wrapping gifts... My family party is on Saturday... I am excited. Everything is going quite well actually. I am getting an ingrown toenail removed tomorrow, YUCK! But, it will feel better after I'm sure. Today was the last day of my Personal Growth Seminar class for graduate school! I'm off until January 5th! I am off work from the 19th until the 5th! I can't wait until the 19th! We are only in school that day until 11:10.

I don't have much more to say, other than I'm still grossed out by the Oprah episode yesterday!

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Okay, I do NOT have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)... I have Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) (or in my opinion I do). OCD is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts and obsessions and/or repetitive behaviors. Repetitive behaviors can include hand washing, counting, checking, and cleaning.

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a preoccupation with rules, orderliness, and control. The person often has difficulty expressing tender feelings, and rarely pays compliments. There is a big difference between OCD and OCPD.

BUT....... I think I developed OCD after watching Opera today. They were doing a show about OCD in which they made people touch the inside of dumpsters, toilet seats, floors, etc... and then LICK THEIR HANDS AFTER! OMG, are you kidding? Honestly, would perfectly healthy people touch the inside of a dumpster then lick their hand??????? I am thinking that would be H to the ELL NO!

So, I am quite traumatized and have banned Opera from my viewing material! How dare she create another mental illness for me?

SNOWWWWWW!!

So, yesterday I wrote a bummed out post about not being in the Christmas spirit because there isn't snow... Well, I woke up this morning to about 3 inches of snow!!!!!! So all day I could sing, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!" BECAUSE IT DOES!!!!!! YAY!

I had to update :)

P.S. Rachel, give me back my power!
haha!

Christmas, money, personal power, etc...

Christmas is soon approaching. Although we don't have one drop of snow on the ground, I am trying my best to get in the spirit. I've done all my Christmas shopping, I've wrapped, I've shipped, I've listened to the Christmas music... I really do want to be excited for Christmas. But there Isn't any snow... There isn't anymore money, there isn't family around... So, it is hard. So, anyway... I have just decided that I am going to be happy anyway. I am going to enjoy the fact that I got my friends and family the perfect gifts, even if they did cost too much money. I am going to be happy that I don't have to drive in the snow. I am going to be happy that I get 3 weeks off work. I am going to be happy that I am alive and healthy. I am going to be happy that gas prices are SO dang cheap these days. I am going to be happy that I have pretty much the coolest Iphone ever. Anyway, I could go on... but I won't bore you :)

I was really logging on to write about personal power, and how I am really starting to understand what that means. I understand now that you can give away power just like you can give away sugar cookies. I never thought it was possible to hand over power... but it is. So now the hard part is figuring out who in the hell has my power and how I can get it back! So, this is my new journey. I need to work on this power thing, so I don't go through life weak and powerless like I have been. Who knew?

Just happy it's Friday

Well, I don't really have anything important to blog about today... which has been pretty normal lately. I am happy it's Friday, it has been a long week! The kids preformed in the Christmas program this week, they were so cute! (I tried posting pictures, but it isn't workin' tonight). But they were very cute.

My mom and I decorated for Christmas on Saturday. It was pretty fun! Our tree is only 4 feet tall, but it's on top of a radio thing, so it looks tall :) I put the lights on the outside of the house too, which was coolio.

I went to therapy today, which was okay. We just had a pretty chill convo, which was actually nice. Sometimes it's nice to be able to just chill and talk about random stuff. I was pretty proud of myself for talking... even if it was kinda lame stuff I talked about.

Anyway... that's basically all I can think to say at the moment... I promise I'll get more interesting soon :)