A few months ago, the woman teaching Relief Society made a comment like this, “We make to-do lists, but why not to-be lists?” Although the comment made a strong impression on me, I didn’t really do much about it at the time. Meanwhile, over the past two weeks or so, I’ve had the awesome opportunity …
*Yesterday I came home from the school to find all of this waiting just inside the apartment. You can imagine my confusion (as yesterday was the 13th), and I was thinking that Matt just got his days mixed up and gave me my present a day early. But it turns out, he planned it that …
I knew it would happen eventually–a week where I couldn’t get in my required mileage for one reason or another. I failed a bit in my training this last week because I wasn’t able to go running Wednesday or Thursday (Wednesday because I was feeling nauseated and a little lightheaded, and Thursday because I just …
Title: MatchedAuthor: Ally Condie# of Pages: 400 (although the actual story is a little less than that—I’m just too lazy to get out my own copy and look it up) I don’t know how it’s possible, but the idea of a teen dystopian novel just never seems to get old for me, especially when there’s …
Even though I’m not too great at doing this ferocious-flirt-a-day business, I did try out a couple new ideas, in between preparing for my first observation over at the middle school and keeping up with my church responsibilities. Since I’m too lazy to go and find the book, I’ll just summarize. Ferocious Flirt #5: Send …
Today I’m excited to introduce you to one of my new favorite bloggers: Jodie from jodienoted! I found Jodie’s blog a few months ago and just fell in love with her positive outlook on life, her thought-provoking personal stories, and her beautiful craft ideas. Go check her out–you won’t be sorry! From the moment Torrie …
*I’ve always thought that I have pretty great luck in life. Apparently that all changed this week. My car sputtered and slowly died this morning while I was still 4 blocks away from the school, I had a minor panic attack while giving plasma last night that required them to put an oxygen mask on …
