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Black Friday

Well I did it. I got up at 4 am with my sister to do the Black Friday shopping. I haven't done it in YEARS and my sister and I had a plan. It turned out well. There was only one time that we were outside for more then 15 min. (We were outside for 2.5 hrs) YIKES. THAT was an experience. We were waiting to go in for a bargain deal for an IPOD. We sure did get it, and I think it must have been worth it for the person receiving the gift will absolutely know how long we waited for it. :) All in all it was a great time. No one where we were got maimed...although it was getting close towards the end of it all.


The lines were long...amazingly long for a store that didn't open until 8, there were people there before 5 am (so that is what they said.) And were werent too far behind them. But the line kept growing..the Ipod was a FANTASTIC deal.

I got all of my families gifts so now I don't have to bring them with me when I come home for Christmas. Yay! However I don't know that I will do it again. I think I got like 3 hrs of sleep the night before, and when you are visiting family there isn't a lot of time for a nap.

Happy Thanksgiving....

I wanted to share some of the things I am thankful for on this Thanksgiving day. I was originally going to use all the letters in Thanksgiving to stand for the things I am thankful for, but instead I am just going to do a list of some of the things I am thankful for. (In no particular order)

1. The Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so grateful to have the knowledge and testimony of the great love of our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ. It blesses my life every day in every way. Thank you missionaries, leaders, and others for teaching me so I can have real meaning to my life.

2. My Family! I have an amazing family that I love beyond words, and I am going to tell some of the things that are so amazing about them....don't worry I have a small family. :)
A) My mom- what an amazing strong and selfless person. She gave everything to raise us. She taught us important principals and fought for us to have the things we needed. Gentle in so many ways but a lion if you crossed her or the ones she loves. Such a strength and I know she doesn't really see it.
B) Tammmy- my eldest sister. She is the eldest daughter in every sense. She took care of us when needed, she is the one who always seems in control and so strong. She is one of my best friends, as well as an amazing sister.
C) Pam- the "middle" child. :) Pam never gives up. She gets knocked down and she comes up swinging. She has been through so much, and when most people would stay down not her she will get right back up, and she is also humble enough to ask for some help when her strength is all gone. What an example.
D) Little Rae Rae- my favorite niece, except she isn't so little anymore. The girl is almost as tall as me. She has the kindest disposition. I am marveled at her. For a kid her age she is practically perfect in every way. What a gem. I am grateful she was placed into our family.
Welp that's us girls. What an amazing group of ladies. I am blessed to have them all.

3. Friends- My friends have SO many great qualities, and since you see how long it took to list the qualities of my family if I did it with my friends, my family would probably not be so grateful since it would probably take all day. :) I am so grateful to you my friends. And I want you to know that my standards are pretty high so you MUST be amazing for me to associate with you. Thank you for your examples and your lessons I have learned. Even if I don't talk to you very much or see you, I promise you have made a HUGE difference in my life and I am SO THANKFUL that I know you.

4. My home. My home is two fold. I am from Nevada, and just like the song goes...."home means Nevada home means the hills, home means the sage and the pine....Ok that's enough. I love were I am from the "roots" of my life, the people and placed that helped to make me who I am today. Now I also call Utah home. It has been a great experience for me to live in Utah. Some of my greatest lessons have been learned by living there. And frankly so many lives have touched me that I might have never known.

5. My Job- Not only because I have a job, but because it is a Fantastic job. It amazes me how we take a small step in one direction and it can change the course of our lives. I LOVE the people I work with. They amaze me every single day. I get to see miracles and blessings so much more by working at Rise. I am so glad that I talked to Karen about doing something that was so out of my norm that it became the most normal thing for me to do.

Thanks to all of you who managed to read all of this. I feel so blessed and am glad to share it with others. I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving and that you are happy, healthy and with those that you love.

Love ya!

Going Home....

Tomorrow I get to go home for the Thanksgiving holiday. I am so excited. I feel like I don't get to see my family enough. But I know I am blessed to see them the few times a year I visit. I wish it was a 1 hour drive instead of a 1 hour flight. I would see them every week, or maybe even more.

Usually for Thanksgiving we have a ton of people who come over for dinner. But this year its just going to be us girls. I am excited about it because it takes a lot of the stress off, but I am sad because even though I tend to like smaller groups I LOVE all the people who normally come over. I think it partly has to do with the feeding them and them loving the food. I love to please people. :)

WE are actually going to even get up and do the whole "Black Friday" thing. That will be so....well tiring lets be honest. But we haven't done it since I moved away so it will be fun too.

So I hope everyone gets to spend time with the people they love for Thanksgiving. Because that is something to be thankful for.

Tagged lucky number 8

I was tagged by Mel and Mindy to do this. (wow the pressure) So here we go...

8 Shows I like to watch:

This one was hard for me because I rarely watch TV...

1. Ace of Cakes
2. Jon and Kate plus 8
3. Gilmore Girls
4. Iron Chef - America
5. Without A Trace
6. Food Network Challenge
7. food network
8. TLC

8 Restaurants I like to eat at:

1. Olive Garden
2. TGIFridays
3. Rumbi's
4. Kneaders
5. Cafe Rio
6. Chili's
7. Red Robin
8. La Costa

8 Things that happened today:

1. Got up and started cleaning house
2. Made Breakfast
3. Ate Breakfast
4. Talked to Realtor
5. Unloaded some new pampered chef stuff
6. Ate lunch
7. Went to get dinner for the kids I was babysitting
8. Babysat

8 Things I look forward to:

1. Selling my Condo
2. Going to sleep
3. Going home for Thanksgiving
4. Going home for Christmas
5. Meeting my future husband...unless I HAVE met him, then finding out who it is. :)
6. Going to Church
7. Spending time with my friends
8. finishing this blog.

8 Things on my wish list:

1. An eternal family...that would be awesome
2. To sell my condo for a good price.
3. For my family to be healthy and happy, and them to never forget how much I LOVE them
4. To get back to the gym more often
5. To recognize others needs more and not focus so much on myself.
6. Travel more.
7. To see my family more often
8. For my friends to know how much they mean to me.

8 People I am tagging:

1. You, if you so desire
2. U, if you so desire
3. my acquaintances, if you so desire
4. random person reading this, if you so desire
5. also you, if you so desire
6. my friend, if you so desire
7. my family, if you so desire
8. u, if you so desire

Thanks for playing and none of this was done in any sort of order. I have no favorites....that I am willing to say. :)

I'm going to do it.

So I finally talked to my Realtor and I am going to put my condo up for sale. I am excited for the change and for the possibilities.
I have LOVED my condo it has been so much fun for me. I have had some incredible times here.
I have so much to do in the next couple days. WE are trying to put it up before Thanksgiving. WOW. So anyway I might just be moving sooner then later. Don't worry though I don't have plans to go anywhere TOOO far.

Old Friends....but we aren't "old"

So I have joined facebook. Well actually I have been on facebook for a LONG time, but never really did anything with it until recently. And I am so glad I did. I have come across old friends I haven't talked to in years, or friends I just don't keep in good contact with, and of course friends I see on a regular basis.

Just this past week I have connected with people that I didn't even know were in the area or that I just hadn't heard from in a way long time. I often don't want to be found, but in these cases I really am glad I was found.

I don't have hundreds of friends on it. I don't add people I don't genuinely like. I don't want people to be able to know all about me unless I want them to or I want to know what is going on with them.

Anyway this is my little plug for facebook. I give it a thumbs up for helping me to connect with people I hadn't been in contact with in way to long, and keeping in better contact with those I'm not so good at calling or writing or whatever.