Isn't She Lovely

I have to tell you I think that I have the world's cutest dog! She is just a sweetie and is totally down to do whatever as long as she is hanging out with me. There is definitely something to be said for unconditional love! She looks a little nappy in this picture doesn't she? Well that's because my mom likes to feed her homemade onion soup! How can this make a dog look nappy you ask? Well because she gives her the bowl. And CoCo LOVES homemade onion soup so much that she gleefully sticks her entire head in the bowl and goes to town. She has a tiny head so of course her whole head fits in the bowl. And she comes up slightly coated in homemade onion soup! Her favorite is homemade garbanzo bean soup (or chick peas for those of you not raised near Cuba). And of course she SMELLS like onion soup for the rest of the night too. It drives me a little crazy, but she does look adorable when she sticks her whole head in the bowl! And when I get home she races towards me to joyfully show off her nappiness. Really who can resist that? What wasn't so cute was her throwing up the homemade onion soup at 11pm that night! Gross! Gross! Gross! Ahh well enjoy her cuteness! It's hard to photograph dogs without the glare in their eyeballs! :)

It's what October is all about!

We are going to the World Series! Woo-hoo! So exciting! Of course I have friends that are going to the game. I thought about it, but to be honest I am not the biggest baseball fan. It's just nice to see the home team win you know? Especially after years and years of them not being so great. My class is enjoying all the excitement too. I hope they win! :) I need to buy a rays shirt!!!! :)

Am I that weird?

My good friend Carrie tagged me and now I have to describe 7 weird things about myself. I kind of enjoyed getting in touch with my inner freak. Enjoy!

1. I am a passive control freak.



2. I have a fake front tooth (I didn't have a baby tooth or an adult tooth) and before I got the implant I had a reatainer with the fake tooth on it (and a big old hole in the front of my mouth).



3. I think it's been 10 years since I've kissed anyone....no wait it's only been 9 (hell might as well round up mamma needs some lovin!)

4. Beautiful music makes me cry.

5. I flush my sinuses every other day.

6. My favorite ride at Disney World is still It's a Small World (makes me happy just thinking about it)

7. On my mission I always had to be the one to answer our phone in the apt. (there's that weird control freak thing again, I should be medicated but I am too much of a control freak to allow that!)

PS this blog was typed on my brand new Macbook laptop! It's so beautiful! I love it! :)

Waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Sssooo here I am. Yes I miss being a fun person, but really on the whole things are pretty good right now. Compared to a year ago things are AMAZING. My class is pretty good. I am going to teach an after school club on blogging and desktop publishing which I am very excited about. I am tutoring 2 mornings a week before school, I enjoy it and I am getting paid a little extra. My migraines are pretty much gone, AND the new macbooks are supposed to come out this week (I've been waiting since the summer). I'm looking for a place to live (finally moving out of my parents house woo-hoo!). I have a reliable gas efficient car that I like. I could spend all day counting my blessings, but that's not the point! And while I am very grateful and really am happy for the most part, part of me is just waiting for something bad to happen! And logically I know it's silly but I don't seem to be able to help myself! I worry about my dad going into the hospital again, I worry that my mom will become too ill to take care of my dad. Actually those are probably the 2 biggest worries. I just need to relax and enjoy the happy moments more. I'm just not sure how to go about doing that. Don't get me wrong, I'm not losing sleep or having panic attacks or anything. I am just very aware that trials are part of life and I know sooner or later one will arrive on my doorstep (usually the last thing you'd expect ) and so I just keep peeking out the door waiting for it to show up. But I will say that Elder Wirthlin's talk at conference was very comforting! And we had a great lesson in Relief Society about weathering life's storms. I just need to find balance and learn how to accept God's will. I guess I am just too much of a control freak!!

The Time of My Life

What is it about General Conference that always makes me think about my mission? Maybe it's because that is when the mission reunion takes place? I don't know but here is a picture of me and a bunch of my sisters the night before I went home from my mission. It's been almost 5 years since I've come home. Sometimes it seems like yesterday and other times it feels like another lifetime. So far my mission is the best thing I've ever done. It was also the craziest and the hardest and the most trying thing I've ever done too. I'm not sure if I miss it, as missing it implies that I would go back if I could. And I most certainly would NOT go back! But I think about it everyday and even more so during General Conference (which for the record ROCKED especially the Saturday Sessions). But somewhere in the last 5 years I've grown up (I feel like an old fart). I mean where is the girl who used to organize mission wide Pdays? Where is the girl who decorated an elder's car like a christmas tree in October? Where is the girl who was known as the Mafia Mamma?(because if someone messed with one of us they messed with all of us!) Who brought the party with her (even in Pahrump and Yerington) I'm not really any of those girls anymore. Now I'm the teacher, and the single girl in the family ward. The daughter/sister who somehow ends up taking care of everyone and is taken care of by no one. I don't really mind being any of these things I guess I just wish I was having a little more fun along the way. Something to think about anyways....