rain clouds & popcorn

this morning i woke up to rain.

i was half expecting:

weather.com said it was coming,

but they have also been forecasting a lot of snow

which never comes. which i am so grateful for.

so when i opened the door with all my running gear on

and saw the rain, i was slightly sad.

but then i ate peanut butter toast with yogurt and bananas on top and finally took down all of the christmas decorations. and cleaned the kitchen. and vacuumed.

and then i went running.

in my running skirt!

it was like 45-50 degrees out.

which i looooooved.

and then i showered.

and then i made some good stir fry for a late lunch.

and then i popped some popcorn.

just put kernels in a brown lunch sack and pop for a few minutes--just listen, you'll know when it's done. i like mine absolutely plain. but you can put salt & butter or pepper or parmesan or whatever you desire on afterward.

so gooooood.

healthy snack.

[unless of course you pour on the butt-tt-tt-er]

good morning

i checked weather.com, as usual

what does that mean?

it means this, obviously.

you can have your cake

and wear it too

remember when you had a barbie cake for your bday party?

i do.

didn't get one?

no fear...

you can have one at your wedding.

or be one.

wedding dress cake photo courtesy of: twig & thistle

{found this here}

namely, me.

provo: it's not as bad as you think.

maybe i'm just saying that for myself.

there's a lot of fun, neat, and interesting people here.

and i mean interesting as in different from me and as in maybe they're a little bit crazy. but isn't that what makes life interesting.

everyday is a new day.

{because i love flowers}

i'm too lazy to go back and find it, but...remember how i talked about my 3 good things? let me just remind you then.

basically, everyday i write down 3 good things.

confession: recently that hasn't been happening. the [double] blogging has and the journal updates have, and school has, and life has, and running has, but the daily 3 good things hasn't.

resolution: i'm doing it again.

yesterday i was telling a friend how much i love life. and it was right after i told him all the craziness that's been going on. but i told him i just look at all the blessings i have. too many to count. and how happy i am. too much to describe. and how i look at all the good in my life. anyway, he said it was impressive. then i told him about my 3 good things. and he said he was going to do it.

so i decided i better get back on that too.

look for God's hand in your life each and every day. then write it.

"I was supposed to record for my children to read, someday in the future, how I had seen the hand of God blessing our family." --President Henry B. Erying {click here to read.}

and remember:

{photos via papertissue}

A B C D E Food

remember the food pictures i took from last week?

well, here's the final product. for my instructional technology class--using technology in the classroom. it's like 5 minutes and really not very exciting at all. but, just make sure to watch the first few (up to E) and the last few (W for sure) and the credits.

dana--remember our first video we made on iMovie? the makeover one. and our amazing credits?

let me just say that there were rose petals falling from the sky involved. and buckman was definitely laying on my bed and then the rose petals fell on him and his little ears twitched and it was so cute.

but then my computer crashed and it was gone forever. then i got an external. go buy an external hard drive if you don't have one. when it's gone, it's gone.

BON APETIT!

pardon me

swans in salzburg, austria

outside the von tropp residence

or where sound of music was filmed

june 2006

there might be less posts coming your way due to my marathon training.

i signed up this morning. no backing out now. i'm so pumped.

day 1 of training started today.

HAPPY:

i ran in shorts today. in shorts. it was like 45 out. and that makes me so happy.