What is up with my mouth!

I have an issue where I just let words come out of my mouth! I don't know why I do this, but is has been really really problematic lately. And it wouldn't be really that big of a problem except that I then feel this compulsive need to explain why that just came out of my mouth. This then results in me saying more stupid things, which then results in me digging myself a hole to China!

AHHH...I just can't seem to stop! Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Really! I would like ot know them!

What the...I want a tree house!

I really like this Coat and I was looking at it online. I just assumed she was holding a snow board. And then I looked closer and I realized she is carrying a two by six with a bow on it. I don't know why. Maybe because she is going to make her own snow board. Or maybe she is going to build a tree house! OooOOOoooO!

So...my mom just pointed out to me that this could be a gift wrapped in brown paper. But I would have to say that i think it is still a board. If it is just a gift it takes all the fun out of the prospects of her building her own tree house!

Boy's...are stupid.

So...this post isn't going to be as horrible as most of you are thinking. As in matter in fact I hope that it is entertaining.

As most of you know I got married about nine months out of high school. And then divorced a year after that. This, my dear friends saved me the excruciating experience of ever having to date someone for real. My real world dating has included one person and one person only.I have now come to the conclusion that this makes me a dating retard and that dating sucks and boys are stupid. I have also come to the conclusion that boys also think that dating sucks and that girls are stupid. So the whole dating thing in life is, in general stupid. So what is to be done?

Talking to my same dear friends about boys (I don't have a lot of girlfriends who live in Salt Lake. And since that is where I am this weekend, I am hanging out with mostly boys and my family. That is my life... so I was getting the scoop on boys from all of them. I don't know if it helped or hindered me. You be the judge.) They explained to me that most boys don't really know what to do or know what they want. I was explaining to them how confusing boys make everything. It always seems to me that boys want to play games. For instance...What is up with being hard to get? I don't understand that on any level. Do girls really have to play hard to get? UGH! I find that so irritating. For those of you who know me well ,you know that I am a very straight forward kinda' girl. No playing games with me. I am loud and confident and strong headed. So I have always been the girl who freaks the guys out.


I don't know...boys are stupid and so are girls. So my conclusion to this problem is stop playing games, stop trying to save someones feelings. If you aren't that into them, tell them! The sooner the better. The longer you wait the worse it will be for both of you. Chances are they will still want to be your friend. It's like ripping a band aid off. The faster it is done the less it will sting. (Hmmm...funny, I am allergic to Band-aid adhesive...coincidence? I think not!) And if you are into them, don't beat around the bush! Because according to my rules, they will either tell you that they are into you or they won't. And hey, you either gain someone to date or you gain someone to hangout with. This is a win win situation, I don't understand how this could not work.
Oh! and for heaven sakes! you aren't going to die from a broken heart, as in matter in fact the heart is very resilient, the pain goes away in after a little bit. Stop being so jaded! It makes life no fun and then no one will want to date you. Just go with the flow and see what happens.

So...lets all agree to:
1) Not play games
2) If you aren't that into someone, tell them! They will get over it.
3)If you are into someone, tell them! You will get over it if they aren't into you.
4)Don't think that just because your heart hurts it's the end of the world. I promise to you that it isn't and that life will go on.
5) Don't be jaded! People won't want to date you if you are!

This my friends is how I think it should be. Wouldn't we all be happier? I know I would! Try to look for the good in life, it is always there. And I promise the less you spend thinking about you and more about others, and what you can do for others, your life will be better!

Some members of my family have protested this post...they have told me that I should remove it. I figure I will make a disclaimer at the bottom of it instead. I don't hate boys, I honestly don't have and guile with anyone on the face of the earth or anywhere else for that matter. So if you get to the end of this post and you are thinking that I am the worlds most horrible unfeeling person ever, you are wrong.

It's a day after Thanksgiving Miracle!

So the girls in our family are taking over. We are having a girls day! I know its a miracle. For those of you who have never met my mother this will make absolutely no sense to you. So let me explain. My Mom is one of the hardest working women I have ever met in my life! Honestly, She can out work anyone any day.So this is generally what the women of our family do. Don't get me wrong, we have fun and we bond and have good times its just that, my Mom is also one of the most frugal people I have ever met. She can make Abe Lincoln beg for mercy! So we don't go and do a lot of things that cost money... any money. I like free things as much as the next person. As in matter in fact I would say that free is my favorite four letter word.

Now lets move on to my Dad (don't worry this will all come together in end.) My Dad is one of the most amazing and fun and spiritual people in on the face of this planet. He, in general, doesn't let the worries of the world bog him down. My father also in general, has no real concept of money. He knows when he has some and he likes to spend it...I am my fathers daughter. ( I am also a Daddy's Girl but that is another story for another day.) So really my parents balance each other out very nicely. So...they boy's in our family often do fun things together like go golfing or go out to lunch or go and see a movie. This is contributed to my father not making Abe scream. (I hope you all know I'm talking about a penny, not really a person.) But on the flip side... the men on our family are putting up a new fence today and my Mother is not supervising. So it is kinda' struggling.

So today a small day after Thanksgiving miracle has occurred! All of the girls are going out to lunch! ITS A MIRACLE! For real! But first we had to take all of the Christmas decorations out of the attic. Mom tired to convince us to set up Christmas before we left. But we all prevailed upon her and told her no. I know that this seems like a small thing. But really in my family this is about as miraculous as it comes with my mother.

Oh boy! My family is great! How blessed am I to have such amazing women in my life!? Heavenly Father knows really knows what we need!

Count your many blessings! You won't be disappointed!

A lot has happened in my life and in my family's life over the past year. After Thanksgiving dinner we all were sitting around the table, (sufficiently stuffed because my mother is the worlds best cook) and Mom came up with the idea that we should all say the one thing that we are most grateful for. Talking about all of the wonderful things that have happened made this year seem so long! Although I do Feel like this year has flown by, so much has occurred!
the list of things went as follows.
Kurt was grateful for the new blessing that will be in there home soon.
Becky was grateful for everything that she has. She has no complaints about any part of her life.
Dad said the same as Becky (I don't know if he was planning on saying it until she did but that's the way it happened. Those two are so much alike it is scary!)
Mom mentioned her job and how much she loves it and the kids she teaches. She also mentioned how fun this summers was to have family home with her again.
Ben was happy that Maddie and him both found internships this summer pertaining to there degrees.
Maddie was ecstatic that she graduated from college.
I (Helen) am grateful for the temple and for my amazing family. For the love and the strength that they give to me. I know that I would not be where I am today without every member of my family's love and support. What a huge blessing they are to me.
Paul was grateful for him graduating and finding a job and a house and having an amazing family.
Cammie Jo was grateful for the opportunity she has to be a stay at home mom and have a husband who supports that.
Connie was grateful to be a Grandma and to have such an amazing son-in law who is respectful and kind hearted
Granny was grateful for Aunt Susan coming back to the church and receiving her endowments after 40 years of being inactive!
Grandpa was grateful for the temple
That is where our grateful list ended. And I would have to say that I am grateful fro everyone of those things as well (except for the Mother and Grandmother part. Altough someday I do hope to be gratefulf for those as well!) What an amazing family I have! They really are my strength! I am so grateful for the opportunities that have been presented to me in my life. I have chosen the hard road, the decisions that I have made in my life are not the ones that fit my plans. But I look at how everything has turned out and I know that this is exactly the way my life is supposed to be. My testimony has grown so much. Not only of the Gospel as a whole but for every aspect of the Gospel. I know that my Heavenly Father loves me! And I know now that with him by my side I can do anything.
Nothing happens on accident. I was not born into my particular family by accident. I don't have such amazing friends on accident. The lord blesses us everyday! I have noting to be disappointed about!
This year really has been one eventful year! Full of its ups and downs. but it would be a lie if i didn't admit that it has been the best year of my life!

For lack of anything better...

So I don't really have a ton to blog about today. I mostly just want to write. In response to my own personal need, I have decided to make a list of things that I found amusing about my walk up to campus this morning. We will see what comes from this. I have a feeling that this could be amusing!
1- At the shuttle stop the guy (who, if I am going to be 100 percent truthful, I think is kinda cute.) who walked past me kinda smelled like terriyaki chicken. Which was just a little weird to me. I don't know if that is a good thing to smell like or a bad thing, I personally don't like to smell like food. But that is what I thought about him. I wonder if he is aware of his unusual scent. Maybe he does it on purpose?
2- The shuttle driver is ridiculous! There are maybe eight different shuttle drivers for the route that I take, and he happens to be the driver of every shuttle that I get on. I don't know what is up with that but he has side burns that make me want to vomit! Who ever thought that side burns were a good idea? I don't know, but they must have hit their head pretty hard.
3-I always walk through the student center on my way to my MWF morning classes. Mostly because it is cold outside by this time of year and I am stupid and I most often do not wear a coat that is warm enough. This is contributed to the fact that I am always hot when I wake up in the morning. Anyway, as I was walking out of the TSC this kid rides past me on an original scooter! You know, the ones with the really big wheels. An original scooter! It was great. I found myself feeling a tinge of envy.
4- I walked on a path that was the graduation gift from the class of 1987, the year I was born. I walk on this path almost everyday,and this is the first time i have noticed the date on it . That path is 21 years old, how many people have walked on that path in 21 years. I don't know why but this really put life into perspective for me.
5-And last but not least, of course it's not the least because it really is the most consistent thing of my walk. But there are two bumps on my walk that I trip over every time I walk past them! You think that I would remember that they are there. But really, I am never fully awake when I walk to class anyway. So everyday I trip on them, pretend like it didn't happen and move on to trip on the next one. I stopped being embarrassed about it somewhere around the second time it happened. I actually have now turned it into a hop skip and a jump kinda thing. If you ever have the opportunity to see it I think you will be impressed!
Hmm...yes that was my walk. It was great. What a huge blessing it is that I have the opportunity to be up here! I am so grateful for all that my Heavenly Father has done for me and given to me! What a blessing life is. No matter where you are at right now, just stop and think of all the things the lord has given you. He loves us all and desires that we are all happy in our lives. Strive to find the good in everyday things. Life is great!

OH BOY! My roommates and I...Nuff said.

So...I find roommates a very interesting concept. Especially with girls. Don't get me wrong, I like all of my roommates. I get along with all of them in general, of course there are always those moments where you wish you could shove a sock in their mouths. But these moments are generally short and fleeting. But honeslty, who thought that it would be okay to send four girls from different life styles to live togther? That to me is just like sending at least one of them to a torture chamber! Luckily this is not the way it turned out in my aprtment. the ones who don't like each other just try to stay away from each other.

Of course, they have the unfortunate trial of living in the same room. I don't think that there could be two more opposite people on the face of this planet. And yet, fate would have it that they would share a room with each other. Oh curel cruel fate you strike again. Who knows what is to come of this. I just hope that I can continue to keep my sanity and not flip out on either of them at any given time in which they are bagging on each other to me. I have a funny feeling that this could quite possibly be a bad and detremental thing to do.

I often find me being the swizterland figure of the apartment, holding off the war and keeping the peace between the two of them. But, for what ever reason we have all been mushed together. Like a whole bunch of left over food thrown together in a really really bad looking casserol, but once you taste it, it kinda grows on you. Hmm... we are forced to live with each other until May. I hope we don't go moldy by then!

Life, such as it is.

YAY! I haven't blogged on the old spot forever, plus I kinda wanted my own. So my life, such as it is, consists of trying to pass all of my classes right now. I am having a BLAST up here at USU!

I have decided to major in Special Education. For all of you who don't know, I work in as a life skills aide in a special ed class at a middle school up here. And I love it. I was debating between English and Special Ed. When one day I was sitting in one of my English classes. (We had been discussing Faulkners "The sound and the Fury" for like the fifty billionth time!) and it hit me right smack dab in the middle of my forehead, I thought "If I have to do this for the rest of my life, I will kill myself!" Don't get me wrong, I enjoy reading and writing, as im matter in fact it is one of my passions...but I don't think that I am really in love with it enough to do it for the rest of my life. True story.
That is my update. Thats about as exciting as it gets right now for me. Well...not really, my life is an insane party all of the time and I love it! :)