Hard to give thanks?

I have found that it is really, really hard for me to give thanks when certain people are making my life EXTREMELY frustrating.  Who are these people you ask?  And when can we get together to kick their butts? Well they go by the name of Farm Bureau Insurance and the guy that totaled my car.  And let's get together tonight.  About a week and a half ago, I got in another wreck. Long story short, the guy (that totaled my car) won't answer his phone or return anyone's phone calls.  So that means I can't get into a rental car until, but the earliest, Monday.  Maybe he can take me to work and grocery shopping and to the bank and school everyday until I get a new car?  Seriously.  As much as I love walking 2 miles to and from work in the single digit weather, my 104 pound, 5 foot 4 frame just isn't going to survive that much longer.  Be a responsible adult and own up to your mistakes and QUIT MAKING MY LIFE MISERABLE!!!!  You got the ticket for pete's sake.  It's over and you know it.

Ok. Rant over.  I feel slightly better now.  I get really worked up over some things.  Well, after this rant, i guess it'd be good for me to list five more things I'm grateful for, to save my sanity and get some perspective back.
1. I'm grateful for two strong-ish legs that will get me just about anywhere I need to go.
2. I'm grateful that every time I have to walk home from work, I manage to find a ride at the last minute.
3. I'm grateful that Brennen can usually take me where I need to go.
4. I'm grateful for the government for paying for my education and my rent.
5. I'm grateful that no one was injured in this accident.

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving wouldn't be complete without one of these:

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR:

A mild beginning to winter

Having more than one vehicle

A steady job

Family and friends

the Gospel

Service men and women

teeth

food

spaghetti

music

Bones

Chuck

Roof over our heads

clothes on our backs

...among other things

Hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday!

The Titanic

Remember this post? Well, I did it again.  i sent one of those text messages when i wasn't even wholly awake...ya.  Well i finally know how to embarass myself.  It went like this:

Brennen was in Idaho Falls at the fire station doing a 24 hour shift, so I was home alone all night.  He was texting me when he could, and around 10:30 i decided to go to bed.  I figured that if brennen texted me, i'd hear it and tell him goodnight.  Well he texted me, twice.  and i woke up around 4 and found some messages from him.  Here was my reply:

"Sorry...i went to bed...i woke up because i had this dream that a lady with a mustache showed me a endoscopy of her heartburn at the temple...not even kidding.  i don't even know if endoscopy is the right word.  they put a scope down her throat and she said "WHOA!!!! Heartburn's great, but i feel terrible!"  and now the sprinklers turned on and i'm scared to go back to sleep, haha. See you in 4 hours! :D"

And i didn't even include the part where the lady with the mustache looked like she had no nose... man.  I think i learned my lesson.

p.s. we are trying to watch the titanic on DVR, but i think it only recorded the end? so confused right now. 

Home Alone!

This is me.

Home all alone.

My hubby is pulling a 24 hour shift at a fire station in Idaho Falls.

So i'm sleeping alone tonight. :(

let's hope no creepers show up.

So, since it's been a while--let me tell you what we've been up to.

WORKING

and

GOING to school

FUN.

Oh and being hungry for one of these:

I know, right?

On to other things..

Why is the sun setting so early??

It's only 7:30.  Really?

Ok. That's all for me.

Watch Conference yo.  Good stuff.

Peace

So much excitement!!!

Good news!!!  And pictures to tell the story.

I have been working here for 5 years:


And last night was my last shift!
I also was working here for a while

That was a fun two week run.
Now I work here:

That's the plasma center.  I'll be making big

And i'll get

And

And

Benefits.  Whoop!

Ok, on to other things....Tuesday we leave for

where i have never been!  I'm so excited!  We'll be there all week! YAY!! :)

Summertime!

Some happenings!
1. SUMMER IS HERE!  Brennen and I are finally out of school! The seven-week break is awesome! Especially when you get to spend it with family! Matthew and Nicki are here from Chicago, moving to Las Vegas, and that means that we might be going to Vegas next month! So excited!  There are so many things I want to do this summer.  Number one: sit down with a good book and read all day!  I can't wait to finally have some time to read things I want to read! This summer is the Hunger Games series.  Number Two: Swimming, swimming, swimming! I WILL have a good tan by the time the snow falls!  Number Three: Have fun!  No matter what..
2. New Job!  So i'm still working at good ol' Jamba Juice, but I just got a job at Pizza Pie Cafe too! It's way fun and the people are way cool.  So eventually I'll be able to quit Jamba...really what I'm trying to do is get hired on at the plasma center where i get paid GOOD money and benefits after 30 days.
3. We must be the only ones in our ward in town for the next 7 weeks!  I've been asked to teach Relief Society, Sunday School and speak in sacrament meeting!  Sheesh!  This will be the last time I'm here for the 7 week break for sure!

Pictures from forever ago.

Ok, so we don't have internet at our place, so i never have pictures to post...SO! here are the pictures from the last like 3 months!!!

MAY:

We went to the civil defense caves with Dexter and Rustelle to play hide and seek with glowsticks!

 Dexter and Rustelle

We took Rustelle's Jeep which was clean before we left! there were lots of mud puddles!

JUNE:

So Brennen and I had Wyatt over for a night so that Brennen could take him to his class.  So i made sticky buns for breakfast.

 Tip: DON'T use the "texas" rolls.  at least not all of them.

 Tip: Don't put them in the oven and then go back to sleep.

 One day Brennen and i decided to hike "R" Mountain.  This was the beautiful sunset that met us there.

 And we found this pretty flower.  It was really windy too.

JULY:

Brennen and i went camping and four-wheeling with the Teitjens!

 You can't really see it, but i'm holding a can of biscuits.  I actually cooked them over the fire and they were really good!

 On our way back, we stopped at Kelly Canyon to see the big canyon in the parking lot carved out by the snow runoff.

I call it "Kelly Canyon, Jr."

A kind of funny story about this camping trip: We were pulling 2 big four-wheelers on a trailer behind Brennen's little truck.  It was probably too heavy for him to pull, and I kept having panic attacks when we'd drive along a ledge or something.  At one point i actually had to get out of the truck because i was so anxious!