Adjusting the Sails

While my plan was to post every week, obviously I got sidetracked!! The new semester has been going pretty well.  My classes aren't too horrible yet and I've been able to get things done despite minor disappointment and scheduling difficulties. One thing I've learned so far is to be resilient when something doesn't go my way.  the basic story is that I completed intense training for a job, and it fell through. Of course afterwards I was devastated, but the more I've thought about it, the more I've been able to look at it from a different direction and see that maybe it wasn't as horrible as it seemed. My mom came out for my birthday weekend.  We had a lot of fun.  We spent a day shopping, eating good food, seeing family, we went to church, had a photoshoot with my roommates, did yoga together, cleaned my kitchen, watched Mean Girls, and so much more. I have the best mom and nobody better argue with me. If you know her, I'm sure you want her to be y...

Wow, there is so much to post but I don't remember any of it! Hmm... Saturday the 21st we had the Smith family Christmas party. It was a fun night with a pajama exchange and fun family time. The next day we headed down to bountiful and had the Howell party! Playing bingo and fighting over android vs. iPhone were the main activities :) I got to spend time with my family for the next 10 days. We had ham for Christmas dinner which is probably my favorite ;) Christmas was fantastic! I got a rice maker, the quilt I made got quilted, and I got all the things I wanted! The best part was just being able to see my family happy! After Christmas, the rest of the time was spent watching Alias, working out with my mommy (cross country skiing, power toning, running!), playing games and watching Glozell on youtube (New years eve activities), reading two books (Innocence by Dean Koontz, The Light Between Oceans, I would recommend both!), and a lot of sitting around. ;) Cousin time! Get the...