Taco Soup =Remedy for EVERYTHING!!!

I heart Taco Soup...really...there is just nothing like it. Scoop it in a bowl and top it with lots of cheese and use tortilla chips instead of a spoon. Yummy!

Well, I'm going to switch topics and talk a little about life for Brad and me the past two weeks since we have been lazy about posting anything.

My Dad calls me up and asks me if "hell week" is over. It's been pretty much hell month if you ask me. Mid-term, paper, project multiplied by 37. I have never been so sloppy about house work, laundry, everything. My life was truly crashing down around me as I sit at my computer for multiple hours a day meeting deadlines, looking over notes for my midterm, etc. School is great, and I love learning, but I really hate busy work that teachers give us to think we'll actually get something out of it. Does anybody know what I mean?

Brad and I attended our first Humor U show. It's BYU's stand up comedy club. They were awesome. There are actually 2 guys from the Wilmington DE stake in it! How cool is that?

We had a younger couple come and look at our house Saturday because our Land Lady is thinking about selling her house and banking the money so she can go a serve a mission. We haven't heard if they choose our house or not. We just know its between our house and another one. Luckily we'll still be able to stay in the house because they want renters!

Four more weeks of school left. YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brad officially hates Physics on days that end in Y. He also has a band concert on April 14th. Cool!

That's it...kinda random, but now you're updated!

Who wants to be a millionarie!

Here is the final question, for 1 million dollars:

Your breath smells like lama dung and hay. This is a:

a. Good thing
b. Bad thing
c. Not a bad thing
d. Sign to brush teeth

Have you figured out the answer? Computer, lock in their answer!




The answer is.....





























c. Not a bad thing. This is according to Leslie, so your answer may vary depending on how you think about it. Thanks for playing, Who wants to be a millionaire!!





So this is an actual occurrence that happened in my life this past week. It was bedtime, and we were cuddling in our little double bed getting ready to fall asleep. Leslie turns to me and says "You breath smells like lama dung and hay. (I immediately turned away, disgusted and was ready to fall asleep immediately, in response to this, she says immediately) But that's not a bad thing! Come back!" I was laughing for about 5 years. Has your significant other ever told you something bad about your breath, smile, face, fart, smell, etc?

Lists

Okay, I hate to admit this about myself, but I am OCD when it comes to making lists. I seriously make lists about everything. A list for cleaning the house, a list for when I go to the grocery store, a list of home work I have divide up into each class, lists for church, etc. It's crazy. Why do I obsess like this? Well, I can think of a couple reasons why. One, my mom was like this. She too made list after list- like mother like daughter. Two, it helps me to organize and prioritize my life. But it's so sad when I have to write when to get up and when to fall asleep to insure 8 hours of sleep. My life isn't dictated by my lists, but they do play a big part in organizing my life for me.

Are there any LMA's (list makers anonymous out there)? We should form a group. Compare and contrast the details of our lists, and help each other know when to say enough if enough, just LIVE you life!!!

And I say to myself, What a WONDERFUL World!!

Today is the happiest I've felt in a while. The snowy, dreary winters here are really hard from me. Here are some things that make me really happy:

• Babies...even if I don't have my own, I love looking at my friends children, playing with them, holding them, etc. I love it when they give you a toothless corner smile, it just melts my heart away.
• The SUN! It has been so beautiful here in Utah in February of all months!? I'm actually outside typing this blog with the sun warming every inch of me. How therapeutic! How wonderful!
  
• My Neighborhood has to be the most idyllic in Provo. I hear the BYU bell tower chime, waking me at 7am almost every morning, kids are constantly riding their scooters and playing in our not so busy streets, my visiting teaching companion lives next door, and the creamery is only a 2 minute walk from my house, and during the dinner time rush I can smell the delicious greasy hamburger smell as soon as I walk out my door.
• Spring! Spring is a time of rebirth, rejuvination, life. I love going through every last inch of my house to clean it and get rid of items to go to DI. I love seeing the little girls in church with cute pastel dress and white gloves. I especially love being outside planting pansies or any other plant for that matter. I love that my birthday is in the spring. Not too hot, not too cold; perfect!
• Really good inspirational non-fiction books about people who have devoted part, or most of their life to helping others in foreign countries. 3 Cups of Tea, and Monique and the Mango Rains are the two I would recommend.
• The excitement of the unknown. The past few weeks I've been really stressed about the unknown. When and where to complete my internship, when to have children, will I EVER graduate?, where to move, etc. But today I realized that the unknown is exciting. I can plan and prepare for life as much as possible, but sometimes I have to give up my worries to the Lord and move forward in faith. I know God has great plans for Brad and I, so I need not worry.

Okay, I'm done with my positive fest. Hope reading this made you think of some of the tender mercies you just LOVE!

-Leslie

Grey, Grey, go Away!!!

Brad is almost 23 and 1/2 years old. And today at 10:51 I found his first grey hair. Dunt, dunt, daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!! Ah, the joys of being old...or not!?! So, to my old in laws, well those who are older, because that sounds better, when did you get your first grey hair?

Throughly Modern Millie Date!

Okay...Brad and I have been married over a year now, and we don't have kids. Given those two circumstances, we still don't go out on real DATES very much any more. With school, work, church, and a house to take care of, a date usually consists of a NetFlix movie (which I don't mind).

Every once in a while I love to actually do something date'ish', like: go to a play, a concert, mini-golfing, etc. President Temple was right when he told us on our wedding day to still go on dates with each other. We get to talk, leave behind certain stressors, and just have a good time (check out of real life if you will).

This Saturday we did something date'ish', and it was fantastic. BYU preformed Millie, and it was just blissful. I miss the stage very much, so its great that I have a husband who actually likes musicals. It's the best!

The show was amazing, and cheap. I cooked a nice dinner at home, we dressed up, and off we went. Ahhhh...I love dates....

It's February Already?

February is here; I can't believe it. Why does time fly so fast? One minute we're in MD for Christmas, and at the blink of an eye is February, and we're already 4 weeks into the semester.

Does time go by faster as you get older? Does it go by even faster when you have kids?