Soo this summer I have been one confused gal, all because of the mystery of the internet.
You see, when I came home from Thatcher I got on the internet with the intent of looking for a place to purchase a swimsuit. I found a place but the site was blocked. This set off my curiosity because I didn't think my family had that many blocks for the internet, and this was clearly a clean site. So.. I looked at my internet connection and it said I was connected to LDSAccess with a "low" singnal.. WHAT THE?! How could this be? This was from the institute! How was I getting connection from the institite when I was 150 miles away?? I didn't even get it in my apartment! It was the craziest thing!
I just thought maybe the institute wanted me back. haha. Just kidding, but really. I didn't know how this was happening! I went about my summer, and often the little icon would pop up and say I was connected to LDSAccess. I was so very confused every time.
Jeremy said that every once in a while he would be connected to ASU's institute internet as well. THEN one day his old companion, from Tucson, came to our house and he had internet from Tucson's institute! WHAT WAS GOING ON? I thought maybe the church was trying to take over the world, and this was the start of it. It was the weirdest thing. Often times that's what I would think about as I was trying to fall asleep.. ok, maybe that's a lie, but still.. I couldn't figure it out.
But alas, the story doesn't end in such confusion. Jeremy solved the mystery. Remember how we live right next door to Poston's seminary building? Ya, remember how that is a church building? Remember how all church buildings have the same password to connect to the internet, so likewise have the same internet connection?
Ha. Yes, that was it. I wasn't getting my connection from good'ol Thatcher, Jeremy wasn't getting his from ASU, and his companion/friend/dude wasn't getting it from Tucson. It was just the ol Seminary building right next door with the same LDSAccess.
I'm so glad this is solved.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Family Feud
I'm usually not a big fan of TV and movies. It's just not my thing, I don't have the attention span for it or something, I don't really know (Unless, of course, you have someone to cuddle with). The extent of my TV watching is usually just Diamondbacks games and the occasional Suns game. It's the same with movies, people always get me to guess quotes from movies, haha, and I NEVER know them, unless they are Disney. I just don't watch them.
Well the other day I was home on my lunch break and my mom was watching the game show network and FAMILY FEUD came on. Oh my goodness! It was sooo funny! There was this little old lady who was HILARIOUS. Her name was Sharon, and I want to be just like her when i'm old.
My family just got this little DVR majig, where you can record any show you want. So Jeremy set it all up to record every Family Feud show that comes on. So now, at night, we can watch like 3-4 of the episodes that were on that day. And yes, we definitely play along with them and sometimes I wish I was on the show.. because I get all of the number one answers. hahaha!
My family just got this little DVR majig, where you can record any show you want. So Jeremy set it all up to record every Family Feud show that comes on. So now, at night, we can watch like 3-4 of the episodes that were on that day. And yes, we definitely play along with them and sometimes I wish I was on the show.. because I get all of the number one answers. hahaha!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Out with the old, in with the new!
Change.
That word has always scared me. I have never been a big fan of change. ever. But then I had some enlightening thoughts that have CHANGED me, haha ironic?
It all started when I realized I have a great need for improvement in my life. I have so many weaknesses that need some attention. asap. So I was thinking of my plan to perfect my life and realized how much CHANGE this was going to entail. This got me thinking again (It's times like this when I wonder why I deny all ADD accusations. haha!). Change isn't all bad. It can't be. Obviously my realization that I needed to better my life, and can only do that by changing my current ways proved that. BUT. It's more than that. Much more ...
In fact, CHANGE IS GOOD! It defines us and makes us who we are. We all have so much potential and we can't become the people we need to be without it. So don't sit back and watch life fly by. Stay on your toes and reach for every oppertunity that comes your way. Whatever it is, no matter how scary it sounds, it enters your life for a reason, to help you develop into that person you need and want to be. Everything happens for a reason, and everything makes you grow in one way or another. That I firmly believe. Changing is simply growing. We all need to grow.
I have gone through a lot of change throughout my life. Some of it was because I wanted it and welcomed it. Some of it was forced upon me, there was no way out of it. But all of it has helped me. Even when I didn't see it at first. It has shaped me into who I am. Change is here to help and define. Once we learn that, and welcome it into our life we will become much happier. We will not have to do anything that we can't handle, the Lord has promised us this. If it finds a way into our life, we can conquer it. No matter what.
Once we've mastered that.. here's the next step. GO FIND A WAY TO CHANGE! Ya, you heard me. Look for it. Life is what we make it. ( I really hope I just thought of that on my own, and didn't get it from that darn Miley Cyrus song:)). We can be anything we want to be and do anything we want to do. We just have to put ourselves out in the world and find the oppertunities out there that will help us on our way to become the people we want to be, even if it means leaving our comfort zones.
There is a lot of choice in change. A lot of that is our attitude. We can be positive and just go with it, making the most of it. Or, we can be miserable and blind, and not learn and grow from it. We choose how we react to every situation. Choose to be happy. Attitude is everything.
When this gets too overwhelming, just remember you can do it. The Lord will make sure of that. He will help you in every way possible. I know that. Write things down, start small, you can't change the world all at once.
Change is good.
I think I'm ready. NOW BRING ON THE CHANGE!
That word has always scared me. I have never been a big fan of change. ever. But then I had some enlightening thoughts that have CHANGED me, haha ironic?
It all started when I realized I have a great need for improvement in my life. I have so many weaknesses that need some attention. asap. So I was thinking of my plan to perfect my life and realized how much CHANGE this was going to entail. This got me thinking again (It's times like this when I wonder why I deny all ADD accusations. haha!). Change isn't all bad. It can't be. Obviously my realization that I needed to better my life, and can only do that by changing my current ways proved that. BUT. It's more than that. Much more ...
In fact, CHANGE IS GOOD! It defines us and makes us who we are. We all have so much potential and we can't become the people we need to be without it. So don't sit back and watch life fly by. Stay on your toes and reach for every oppertunity that comes your way. Whatever it is, no matter how scary it sounds, it enters your life for a reason, to help you develop into that person you need and want to be. Everything happens for a reason, and everything makes you grow in one way or another. That I firmly believe. Changing is simply growing. We all need to grow.
I have gone through a lot of change throughout my life. Some of it was because I wanted it and welcomed it. Some of it was forced upon me, there was no way out of it. But all of it has helped me. Even when I didn't see it at first. It has shaped me into who I am. Change is here to help and define. Once we learn that, and welcome it into our life we will become much happier. We will not have to do anything that we can't handle, the Lord has promised us this. If it finds a way into our life, we can conquer it. No matter what.
Once we've mastered that.. here's the next step. GO FIND A WAY TO CHANGE! Ya, you heard me. Look for it. Life is what we make it. ( I really hope I just thought of that on my own, and didn't get it from that darn Miley Cyrus song:)). We can be anything we want to be and do anything we want to do. We just have to put ourselves out in the world and find the oppertunities out there that will help us on our way to become the people we want to be, even if it means leaving our comfort zones.
There is a lot of choice in change. A lot of that is our attitude. We can be positive and just go with it, making the most of it. Or, we can be miserable and blind, and not learn and grow from it. We choose how we react to every situation. Choose to be happy. Attitude is everything.
When this gets too overwhelming, just remember you can do it. The Lord will make sure of that. He will help you in every way possible. I know that. Write things down, start small, you can't change the world all at once.
Change is good.
I think I'm ready. NOW BRING ON THE CHANGE!
Friday, July 9, 2010
I love this house.
AAAnnd it's mine! And want to know what else?? It's still going to be mine because WE'RE NOT MOVING!!! And that makes me as happy as can be! I can now sleep better at night! Thank goodness for refinancing!! :) :)
Oh and ps, see that sign on our lawn? That's a Rich Crandall sign, I wouldn't mind if you felt so obliged as to vote for him. Just saying.
Oh and something else. MATTHEW COMES HOME ONE MONTH FROM TODAY!!! AHH! My life is awesome!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Hunger Games
For the past week my family has been gone. Vacationing it up in Utah, Idaho, and Washington. The beloved trip I so wish I could have gone on, but instead, I’ve been home with Jeremy, day in and day out. And it’s left me thinking, can you be home sick at home? Really though. I was away from home for the past 2 semesters and never once felt home sick. But now I’m home and I feel home sick! Well maybe not home sick, family sick. I’m here with nothing to eat but corn dogs, sandwiches, and expired ramen; with just Jeremy and Mariah’s fish for company, and I already killed one of those. I just want them to come back to me! Well anyway, one night I was helping Zoe organize all her books (and we did it in a very ORIGINAL way, I might add) and I decided I needed a good book to read, because since I had no one to play games with, I was watching a whole lot of the world cup, a little too much for my taste. It was there that I met THE HUNGER GAMES. This ladies and gentleman, is a PHENOMENAL book, if you haven’t read it yet, go to your nearest public library and by ALL MEANS, CHECK IT OUT! I couldn’t put it down! I read the first chapter on Monday night (But I stopped after that to watch the Dbacks- Yankees game, shout out to the Diamondbacks it was an AMAZING game! 5 runs,3 homeruns in the first inning, they went on to win it 10-3. AHHHH). Tuesday at work I just wanted to read the book, it was I could think about! Probably because I started doing data entry again, and there wasn’t much else to think about. Haha. But alas, I came home and went right to my room, and didn’t stop for anything. I came up to eat some food a little after 7 and Jeremy went to the church to play basketball so I laid on the couch with the precious book, the Diamondbacks game was on mute in the background. Occasionally, I would look up at the score, but I was mostly consumed in the book. IT WAS SOO GOOD!! Gah, I wish it wasn't over, it was THAT good. haha! Seriously. So if you haven't read it, get to gettin! If you have, what do you think, Peeta or Gale??
NOTE** I’m not really that upset and depressed because my family is gone. Yes, I miss them and hope the next 2 weeks go fast, but all that was said in that way for dramatic effect. After the first night I have embraced the fact. I cleaned out the game cupboards, found a brilliant music site, and erased all the nonsense off my computer, plus my friends have saved me again! :)
On a sad note: My new phone has arrived, well it's been here for a week, but it is now time to switch it over and say goodbye to my wonderfully awesome current phone forever. I've prolonged it long enough, it's been dying for months now. The battery is spastic, I can't have a phone call longer than 2 minutes, and it likes to randomly stop working. I waited until all the front buttons stopped working, so the thing was basically useless before I decided to get a new one. I'm so not happy about this.
But you can't end on a sad note, so HAPPY note time: It's MATTHEW'S BIRTHDAY! and he comes home in 47 dayssss!!! AHH YEEAAAHH! :) :) Couldn't be more stoked!
This post is more about all the random other stuff than the Hunger Games, it's titled taht so you won't forget to go read it!!! Now get on it! ;)
NOTE** I’m not really that upset and depressed because my family is gone. Yes, I miss them and hope the next 2 weeks go fast, but all that was said in that way for dramatic effect. After the first night I have embraced the fact. I cleaned out the game cupboards, found a brilliant music site, and erased all the nonsense off my computer, plus my friends have saved me again! :)
On a sad note: My new phone has arrived, well it's been here for a week, but it is now time to switch it over and say goodbye to my wonderfully awesome current phone forever. I've prolonged it long enough, it's been dying for months now. The battery is spastic, I can't have a phone call longer than 2 minutes, and it likes to randomly stop working. I waited until all the front buttons stopped working, so the thing was basically useless before I decided to get a new one. I'm so not happy about this.
But you can't end on a sad note, so HAPPY note time: It's MATTHEW'S BIRTHDAY! and he comes home in 47 dayssss!!! AHH YEEAAAHH! :) :) Couldn't be more stoked!
This post is more about all the random other stuff than the Hunger Games, it's titled taht so you won't forget to go read it!!! Now get on it! ;)
Saturday, June 19, 2010
As Promised
Ok so it's been about a week and a half since I went to Havasupai, and I know all you millions of followers out there are waiting for the update (hahaha, now that's funny!) So here it is!
Well there is no doubt that is still a BEAUTIFULLY AMAZING place. But yes, the flood did change it up a bit. Navajo falls, which was my favorite last time, is no more. But "Rock Falls", a newly formed one in that area, has a great waterfall to jump through
The other one over there, "New Navajo Falls", is pretty, but just not the same. It isn't even close to the size of Navajo and it's just not as cool. Luckily, There were a lot of good cliff jumping places still!
There is also a change for the better, however. Bathrooms. Ooh baby, they got rid of the 8 porta potties they had and built a bathroom building, no flushing toilets, but a great improvent! :) There are slight changes throughout but boy oh boy, it is still WONDERFUL and WAY worth the trip! I enjoyed the weekend thoroughly!
Well there is no doubt that is still a BEAUTIFULLY AMAZING place. But yes, the flood did change it up a bit. Navajo falls, which was my favorite last time, is no more. But "Rock Falls", a newly formed one in that area, has a great waterfall to jump through
The other one over there, "New Navajo Falls", is pretty, but just not the same. It isn't even close to the size of Navajo and it's just not as cool. Luckily, There were a lot of good cliff jumping places still!
There is also a change for the better, however. Bathrooms. Ooh baby, they got rid of the 8 porta potties they had and built a bathroom building, no flushing toilets, but a great improvent! :) There are slight changes throughout but boy oh boy, it is still WONDERFUL and WAY worth the trip! I enjoyed the weekend thoroughly!
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