Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Today is My Felix's birthday. And so, a post dedicated to him for being one of the best friends a gal could have ever asked for.
I was also going to include a video here, but YouTube is being DUMB and won't upload it. May try again later.
Labels: Friends, Trifecta
Sunday, June 27, 2010
My parents and I have begun reading the Book of Mormon every day (well, trying to), and we email the family insights which we pick up in our readings. I've decided to post some of my own, personal insights here, in an effort to get back to the Svithe cycle thinger. Some days reading provides a lot more inspiration than other days, so I hope you'll forgive me if some of my posts seem lame or not very well thought out. For more information on the Book of Mormon or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), please visit Mormon.org orscriptures.lds.org (both are hyper-linked, so feel free to click away)
Mosiah Chapter 2:34 "There are not any among you... but what knoweth that ye are eternally indebted to you heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are..." I find it interesting, I guess, that we are to render to God all that we are. I guess this is something that I haven't thought of before? God gave us life, he made us who we are, and I think if we are to repay him in any way, shape, or form, and to do so successfully, the only way to repay him is to give ourselves back to Him. And he knows who we are. If we are not sure what else we can give, we can ask Him, and I think He will tell us.
Then verse 41 (which I used to have memorized) "And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it." I kind of think that if we are being truly obedient to all the commandments of God, then we are "render[ing] to him all that... [we] are." I think it is also important for us to remember that our weaknesses are part of us, part of what makes us Us. If we give our weaknesses and everything else over to God and "hold out faithful to the end" then God will provide for us in ALL things. He will take care of those weaknesses. He will bless us spiritually; He will bless us temporally. Everything we stand in need of, we will be provided with. I also like how King Benjamin said "hold out faithful to the end" instead of "endure to the end." I don't know, something about the phrase "endure to the end" just really bothers me. I guess this is because so often it is used in a "you just have to live through this moment" type of way instead of a "don't give up and keep working!" way. To me, "hold out faithful" means we never lose our faith or hope, and, as it says in James 1, faith without works is dead. Holding out faithful means that we continue to work towards that end. We trudge on, if we must, but we do go on. There is a quote from a movie that I like that I often repeat to myself when I get discouraged. It says, "We are intrepid; we carry on!"
Labels: Book of Mormon, Religion, Svithe
Today, well, this evening, really, I ran off the face of a mountain. You guys, I think I might totally be addicted to paragliding, that is, if you can become addicted after just once. I would be so willing to learn how to paraglide on my own, not tandem.
Fun fact: cameras don't really like being dropped 6 feet. It's OK; it still works, only it just has a few quirks to it now.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tomorrow, my Two Favorite People are driving to Santa Horhe, just to see me.
This means, despite the crap-shoot day I had today, my week is going to qualify as AWESOME.
Hey, Kaiyo. You should call out on Tuesday. Just sayin'.
Labels: Trifecta
Monday, June 21, 2010
Happy first day of Summer, doods! Bring on the heat. I'm as ready now as I'll ever be. (This is totally a scheduled post. I am probably sleeping. And by probably, I mean I am. I can guarantee it at 5 somethin' in the morning.)
P.S. Yeah, you can buy that print on Etsy right now.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Love you!
My parents and I have begun reading the Book of Mormon every day (well, trying to), and we email the family insights which we pick up in our readings. I've decided to post some of my own, personal insights here, in an effort to get back to the Svithe cycle thinger. Some days reading provides a lot more inspiration than other days, so I hope you'll forgive me if some of my posts seem lame or not very well thought out. For more information on the Book of Mormon or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), please visit Mormon.org orscriptures.lds.org (both are hyper-linked, so feel free to click away)
Talking about when the people of Mosiah net up with the people of Zarahemla in Omni, it says that "their language had become corrupted; and they had brought no records with them; and they denied the being of their Creator..." This, to me, is proof against what is said in 1 Nephi, that if they had not gone back to get the plates, Lehi and his family would have dwindled in unbelief, and they would have perished, but because they did keep the commandments of God, their family was spared. I think that this is something that is very important and there are two things we can learn here. 1 is that the scriptures protect us. The other is that it is important for us to keep our own records, so that our future posterity does not "dwindle in unbelief."
Labels: Book of Mormon, Religion, Svithe
Sunday, June 13, 2010
My parents and I have begun reading the Book of Mormon every day (well, trying to), and we email the family insights which we pick up in our readings. I've decided to post some of my own, personal insights here, in an effort to get back to the Svithe cycle thinger. Some days reading provides a lot more inspiration than other days, so I hope you'll forgive me if some of my posts seem lame or not very well thought out. For more information on the Book of Mormon or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), please visit Mormon.org orscriptures.lds.org (both are hyper-linked, so feel free to click away)
Today we (I) read Enos. I like verse 12. It says, "And it came to pass that after I had prayed and labored with all diligence, the Lord said unto me: I will grant unto thee according to thy desires, because of thy faith." But I think that it is also important to remember what is written in verse 15: "Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it," which verse reminds me of Mosiah 4:21 which adds "whatsoever ye ask
that is right." So, I guess that you must ask in faith those things which are right (in accordance with God's will for us), believe that you shall receive it, and also labor with diligence.
Labels: Book of Mormon, Religion, Svithe
Saturday, June 12, 2010
I am totally in love with a new movie. Robin Hood. I think I need the soundtrack, and also to see it a few more times before it comes to DVD. And then I'll buy the DVD. (Also, I had no idea who Russell Crowe was/is, other than being some famous dood. So my love of the movie has little to do with him.)
Made the Trifecta an appointment to go PARAGLIDING in two weeks! We will also be going to Timponogos Cave. That makes two goals to check off my list.
Dad and I went and applied for our passports today. Fees paid, pictures taken (awkwardness abounded at that appointment, but you get used to it when you're me). Now we just wait. I am saying goal accomplished.
I finished The Sister's sculpture. Before her birthday. Mission accomplished, and really adorable, too. Take a look at it on my
Other Blog.
I went the whole of Tuesday without speeding
at all. Very hard. Didn't even go 1 mph over the speed limit, as best as I could tell. I think I annoyed a lot of people that day.
I purchased a quilting book at work the other day (with my points, so, really, I didn't spend any money on it. Sweet.). It has a few other projects in it, but I'm super excited to find the perfect fabric to make the perfect quilt. My only issue is that I want to continue in the tradition of hand quilting, and I'm not so sure how that is going to work out. Quilting frames are not cheap, and I haven't the money with which to buy them.
I found a photography contest to enter. Now I just need to take the Perfect Picture.
My car is still clean since I washed it last Saturday. Well, except for the fact that it rained tonight while I was at the theater, so I guess I might need to wash it again.
I have been attempting to spread the word of my Etsy Store, in an attempt to accomplish my goal associated with that. I have also relisted and listed a bunch more photos. Go look. (Banner at the end of this post links directly to my store.)
On that same note, I have ordered some new business cards from Promo Pixie (on Etsy), and judging from the image she sent me, I am going to love them. Word.
I am more than 2/3 done with the blanket I am knitting. Good thing, too, because I'm getting tired of that craft again. Also, yarn lint is getting everywhere.
I keep looking at the doll I have sitting in a box in my office and I think about getting them on display. That's about as far as this goal has heretofore gotten. Maybe tomorrow, before work, I will get a jump on this for reals.
Other plans for tomorrow include seeing The Karate Kid with The Dad and The Sister, cleaning my kitchen from when I made dinner tonight, and going to a job that will soon make me break out in shingles on a regular basis. (That is a story in and of itself, which I am not currently at liberty to blog or even talk about. Especially since I do not yet know all of the details. Someday, though, and probably soon, I will share.)
And, hey. While I'm at it, the basic rest of my schedule for the next week.
Sunday: Church. Presidency Meeting. Visits. Home Teachers are coming over. Need to schedule Visiting Teaching myself. Dinner with the familia.
Monday: FHE, weather permitting, actually sounds exciting. I may go this week, just to give the bishop a shock. No work, thank goodness, thus I will spend a good hour or so cleaning my house. I especially need to dump all the trash and clean someone's poo-box. And vacuum.
Tuesday: Close at work. Same story as always.
Wednesday: Dentist appointment to get my teeth cleaned. Not my idea of fun. Especially considering the fact that it is fairly early in the morning when I'd rather be sleeping. At least I will be able to go home and take a nap, though. Close at work, again.
Thursday: OPEN at work. Weird. Afternoon is currently promising a nice nap. Probably.
Friday: OPEN at work again! Have no other plans, yet.
Saturday: OPEN at work for the third day in a row, but only because I managed to get someone to trade shifts with me. Immediately following work, I shall drive up to the North country. I expect to get into town around 8. Not sure what the rest of the evening entails, except for sleep.
And, there you go. A bunch of side notes to keep you sufficiently satisfied, I hope, as well as updates on the goals I am working on and have already accomplished. 994 days to go! Also, a bunch of random crap about my coming week that you probably could care less about. The end. I am sleeping now.
Labels: Entertainment, etsy, goals, updates
Thursday, June 10, 2010
A Birthday Haiku
Today you are twenty-eight
And still you're not dead
Sunday, June 06, 2010
My parents and I have begun reading the Book of Mormon every day (well, trying to), and we email the family insights which we pick up in our readings. I've decided to post some of my own, personal insights here, in an effort to get back to the Svithe cycle thinger. Some days reading provides a lot more inspiration than other days, so I hope you'll forgive me if some of my posts seem lame or not very well thought out. For more information on the Book of Mormon or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), please visit
Mormon.org or
scriptures.lds.org (both are hyper-linked, so feel free to click away)
Jacob chapter four verse 10 says that we should not try to tell God what we think He should do for us or what we think should happen because God councils in wisdom and with justice. I just think that this is something that we sometimes forget. At least, I know I
do!
Labels: Book of Mormon, Religion, Svithe
Friday, June 04, 2010
Something you may or may not know about me: I'm a list maker. I love lists. They make me happy, they make me feel organized, and I think they're fun to make. Whenever there is a list to be made at work, I am the first to volunteer. People think I'm strange for it, but there you go. That's me. I love me my lists.
So, naturally, when Alishka blogged about the Day Zero project, I thought: "Awesome! A really long list! This sounds fun!" It took me a while to come up with 101 goals, but I did it (with some help and suggestions from a variety of different sources (thanks, Sources)), and now, I blog it. Because what's better than a list? A list that I can blog!
1. Live in Taiwan
2. Sleep under the stars
3. Fall in love
4. Kiss in the rain
5. Go camping
6. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
7. Find out my blood type
8. Dance in the rain
9. Make a new friend
10. Read 100 books
11. Take a photography class
12. Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor
13. Go to 5 different museums
14. Get a passport
15. Do something that scares me to death
16. Improve my posture
17. Buy a new computer
18. plant a tree
19. Make a birthday cake for someone
20. Make a custom recipe book
21. Do some volunteer work
22. Graduate College
23. Visit Japan
24. Sleep in a hammock
25. Teach English in a foreign country
26. Visit Choco Canyon
27. Attend at least one session in every Utah temple
28. Go to Maui
29. Go Paragliding
30. Tie a note to a balloon and let it go
31. Go ice skating
32. Make a quilt
33. Try a new ethnic food
34. Travel outside of the country
35. walk barefoot on the beach with someone I love
36. Blog something meaningful once a week for a month
37. visit teach my sisters every month for 6 months
38. Feed the ducks
39. build a fort while on a date
40. practice piano half an hour every day for a month
41. learn to say no
42. learn to speak a foreign language fluently
43. Exercise at least 3 times a week for a month (half an hour each time)
44. Become CPR certified
45. Save $25 for every goal I complete
46. Get my own, personal stamp for business
47. enter a photography contest
48. be able to touch my toes
49. Reach out to an old friend
50. Learn how to use photoshop (or some other photo-editing program)
51. Visit Karen in Texas
52. Find a reason to wear a fancy dress
53. Get a job I love
54. Go on an "adventure" at least once a month for a year (0/12)
55. Get some business cards that I LIKE
56. Get up by 9 am every day for a month
57. Save $5,000
58. Don't spend any money for 1 week.
59. Save a dollar a day for a year (0/365)
60. Find someone who will truly love me for who I am
61. Read the Book of Mormon in Japanese
62. Go to the temple at least once a month (0/32)
63. Give someone a gift, just because
64. Sell 5 items on etsy
65. Visit Watkins Glen (again)
66. Explore a cave
67. Journal every day for a month
68. Keep my car clean for a whole month
69. Finish the blanket I'm knitting
70. Organize photo collection
71. Visit a butterfly garden
72. Finish my Terry Pratchett collection
73. Learn a new craft
74. Get a credit card- and pay it off every month
75. Try 5 new foods
76. Make someone else dinner
77. Learn to play at least one song on the guitar
78. Learn to like my smile
79. Go to Niagara Falls (again)
80. Make and actually send Christmas Cards
81. Go to bed every night before midnight for an entire month
82. Make my own bread from scratch
83. Complete my Christmas Advent Calendar
84. Visit a state I've never been to before
85. Learn to change the oil in my car
86. Make a conscious effort not to speed for one day when I'm driving
87. Finish one cross stitch project
88. Make my own quote book with all of my favorite quotes
89. Finish all the initiatories that are waiting to be done
90. Go two weeks without speaking ill of anyone (0/14)
91. Learn to write with my left hand
92. Write a letter to someone I admire
93. Read "Alice in Wonderland"
94. Share my testimony with 3 people outside of church (0/3)
95. Get all of my books on my book shelves
96. Don't spend money on anything unnecessary for one month
97. Make Honey Candy
98. Get all of my dolls out on display
99. Finish Melissa's sculpture before her birthday
100. Visit 3 National Parks
101. Buy a macro lens for my camera
Labels: goals, Life, lists
