Life is Good

So I have no new pictures or anything exciting to report but I was getting tired of the Bodie Expedition blog. So I just thought I would give a little update. Life has been good for 2008 so far. I have made some awesome new year's resolution. One is to give up sweets, fast food and soda. Well the first day my aunt brought us Lemon Meringue pie, which is my favorite! It took alot of strength to not have a piece. Stupid resolution!
Work is going good. I love who I work with but the lack of hours and pay is starting to hurt. I am looking for a new job because I need money to pay for school. I am really looking forward for school to start in the summer.
Other then that I am keeping social and trying to grow intellectually and spiritually. I think there are going to be some good stuff happen this year.

Bodies the Exhibition

Tonight I went to Bodies the Exhibition. It was amazing. They were able to perserve human parts and show them to us. Basically we were able to see what is inside of us. They showed us a healthy lung compared to a smokers lung, the brain after a stroke, and much more stuff. I so appriecative of my body after learning how everything works. My plan for the 2008 year is to go on a diet and this exhibit helped me see literally where everything goes and how it all works together. I mean afterwards we did go spilt a double chocolate brownie. Its not 2008 yet so don't judge. The exhibit travels all aroudn so if it comes to your neck of the woods then go see it. Here's the website to see when its coming or too learn a little more about what they do.

http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/

Gotta love Christmas

Christmas has come once again. This year was a little out of the norm. Usually we all go up as a family and spend Christmas Eve with my Dad's side of the family. This year however my dad had to work and my brother, although he was home, wasn't able to come to celebrate. So my mom and I headed out on our own. There was a little bit of a problem. The Chargers were playing at 5 and the party started at 6. So I made the suggestion to go to a local sports bar to watch the game and then go over there during half time and watch the rest of it. Brill ant right? I called my cousin and she got her mom and brother along with my other aunt and uncle to come too. We ended up having half the party at the bar. I felt kind of bad that we took away from the festivities but its the Chargers. They won by the way so it was a great Christmas after all!

San Marcos hear I come!

I applied for the San Marcos teaching credential program about a month ago. They said they would get back to us in a week. Well its been more then a week so I kind of ruled it out. I have been looking at other options on what to make of this life of mine and have come up with some great options. I have had a couple of different job opportunities that will help me go forward in life. I was looking at 2008 as my year! While this morning I found out that I got in the program! I feel that my cup has been runneth over lately with all the blessings the Lord is giving me. My only problem now is figure out what awesome option to choose from. But it may look like that the young minds of the future are going to learn their math skills from me. Cal State San Marcos is know for thier education program so I am really honored that they have accepted me in their program. I think the mascot is the cougar. Do you think it will still work if I wear the BYU cougar gear that I already have?

Christmas in May

I am doing my shopping in May next year. I just got home from spending 4 hours getting only a couple of items from 2 different places. I already knew what I wanted and was thinking I was going to be in then out. I didn't calculate everyone else trying to get in and out. It took forever to get home. Traffic doesn't really bring in the holiday cheer!

Never leave home without it!

I have been working at the temple for 3 weeks now. I finally went to bed early and got up early to really get ready. When I got to the temple I couldn't find my recommend anywhere!! I talked to the front desk and they had to talk to the presidency to see if I could come in. So I thought I was getting blessed but then I was making so many mistakes during my shift. It was more then just messing up on the words. I accidentally poked a girl in the eye, sent someone who was all dressed in her temple clothes out in the lobby, and other embarrassing things. Not sure if I was being taught a lesson on always bringing your recommend to the temple. Minor detail.

Department 56

A couple of weeks ago I went with Shelby to get her first addition to her Department 56 village. We spent like 2 hours picking one out. We were first going for the Dickens Village but after much debating we went for the original snow village. We first said no to it right away but then they started to warm up to it till we loved it. Well it was all fun for her but I was convinced on the villages too. So Shelby was nice enough to buy me my first piece for Christmas. Its a high school and it lights up. I am going to save money through out the next year so I can buy another one next year and continue to add on each year. You should check out the website. Such cute things. http://www.department56.com/