The weather outside was so nice tonight when B got home from work that we decided to take a drive. Well, take a drive and get some ice cream. ;) We had heard all about Reed's Dairy from several different people (it's an Idaho Falls thing I think?), so we decided to finally try it! I got cookies and cream and B got mint and cookies. It was seriously the best ice cream I've ever had - it was super creamy and it just tasted so FRESH. Then we went on a drive with the windows rolled down, and when B finished his ice cream first, I gave him some of mine. You can tell I really love him. ;) R
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I am a pretty bad procrastinator. Or am I pretty good at procrastinating?
Last night I finished my final essay of the semester. I wish I could say that it was my final essay EVER, but that's probably not true. It was due by 11:00pm, and I literally finished and submitted it at 10:59. Tonight, my final for my science class was again due at 11:00pm, and I got it in at 10:58. So I guess you could say I'm improving ;) I have just one more assignment due on Friday, and then my entire semester will be done!! I am so excited; we'll have to celebrate somehow! We're going down to Utah this weekend to see family and for a training that B has to do for work. I'm so excited to see everyone!! (And also to get a pink-frosted cookie from Swig.) We officially leave for our adventure in New York City in exactly 20 days (WOW that came fast!) which means that if I follow my current due date schedule, I will pack in exactly 19 days. Details forthcoming. I'm going to bed. xoxo, R Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved girl scout cookies, particularly the lemon ones. Her handsome prince of a husband also loved girl scout cookies, particularly the mint ones.
One day at the girl's job, she discovered that one of her students was, in fact, a girl scout! And that she was, in fact, selling girl scout cookies! So the lemon-cookie-loving girl ordered a bunch of cookies from the lemon-cookie-selling girl, and the lemon-cookie-loving girl waited in great anticipation for her lemon cookies (and the mint ones for Handsome Prince Husband) to arrive. Time passed, and the girl grew discouraged as she waited and waited for the moment her cookies would arrive. Spring break came and went, and the girl returned to school, hoping that her girl scout student would have her cookies. Then the girl learned the horrible truth. The girl scout had gotten sick, and hadn't been able to go to her weekly girl scout meetings for a couple of weeks. And by the time the girl scout was able to go back to her meeting, all the cookies in all the land were gone. Gone. At first, the girl was devastated. She may have even shed a tear or two over the lost cookies. But then the girl realized that cookies are a silly thing to be sad over, and there will always be next year. So the girl just went to the store and bought knock-off cookies and lived happily ever after with her handsome prince of a husband (who was probably a little glad to get the outrageous amount of money the girl had spent on the cookies back). ;) The End. R My mom and I were texting the other day, and she mentioned that she had just finished working out, and said something to the effect of, "gotta control my weight".
Then I said that I'm pretty sure that it will be an eternal struggle for me between eating yummy things and wanting to look thin. But then I corrected myself, saying that I actually don't think it will be an eternal struggle, because I think I'll be able to eat whatever the heck I want in Heaven and also look great. In fact, I'm planning on eating everything in sight once I get to Heaven. Heaven wouldn't be Heaven without food, am I right? ;) Recently, I've been trying to incorporate a lot more fresh produce and a lot less processed food into my diet. I did it because I know it's a lot better for me, and I definitely feel better when I eat fresher. I try to eat at least 5 servings of fruits/veggies a day, and it's been a lot easier than I expected! For example, the other day I had a grapefruit (1) for breakfast, then a piece of toast with a mashed avocado (2) on it for lunch, then a mango (3) for a snack, then for dinner I made fried potatoes (4) with cilantro and green onion (5), spinach (6), kale (7) (ew), and we ate it on a bed of fresh spinach (8). Then for dessert we had parfaits with strawberries and blackberries (9). Actually there were probably three whole servings of spinach that I ate. So that's TEN servings of fruits and vegetables! Disclaimer: I hate kale. I think it is the grossest thing I have ever tasted. Let me be clear: I am not recommending the use of kale. I don't want anyone to choke on it's grassy consistency or disgusting flavor. BUT it was on sale at the store so I thought I'd give it a try. I chopped it up pretty small and cooked it in the pan with the potatoes so it shrunk a lot, and I couldn't even taste it! SCORE! Anyway, I'm really enjoying eating all these fruits and veggies and I'm totally becoming the crazy lady that puts spinach in brownies. Just never kale ;) R I like to have something to do with my hands while I listen to General Conference, so I painted a few of my favorite messages. "Do What is Right" and "Love is Spoken Here" were two of the songs the choir sang which stood out to me, and "overcome" was the subject of a wonderful talk by Elder Andersen. I loved General Conference! * * * Once B got home from work, we had some dinner and then later I made some parfaits. They were really good! Anyone who knows me well knows I have a MAJOR sweet tooth. I NEED dessert after dinner to feel complete. ;) So I was pleasantly surprised when the parfaits, which were pretty healthy, actually satisfied that sweet tooth.
Here's how I made them: I put about half a cup of vanilla greek yogurt in each cup, and crumbled up half a lemon shortbread cookie on top of each. Then I layered sliced strawberries and blackberries, drizzled a bit of homemade syrup (butter, sugar, evaporated milk), and crumbled another half cookie on each. Easy, peasy. And they were so good! It was a good way to get in another serving of fruit for the day, too. I've been trying to get at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables in each day. I'll write about that more tomorrow! Until then, R Sometimes, if I'm home all day, I'll go a little crazy. I get cabin fever. Especially if i don't even have the option of going out (like if B has the car), or if I had homework to do all day (which doesn't necessarily mean that I did it, haha).
Today was like that. I was home alone all day because B had to work, and I had a bunch of homework to do (that I didn't really do. I dabbled in it.) So when B got home around 6:15, I told him that I wanted to do something tonight to get out of the house. We looked at the movies playing, and decided to go see the 9:20 showing of Split. (But only after I had checked with my brother who had seen it to make sure it wasn't too scary.) But before we could go, we both had to get our stinking homework done. B did his pretty fast, and then I had a little less than an hour to get mine done. And I had a lot. Because I had put it off all day. Well, turns out wanting to make a movie on time is great motivation for me to do my homework, because I got a few hours worth of work done in 40 minutes. We got to the movie and got our popcorn (popcorn for dinner, yay!) just in time to see the last couple previews, and then the movie started. Annnnnnnd, we both loved it! First of all, I am a huge M Night Shyamalan fan. I love Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The Village, Signs, and Lady in the Water. (I know a lot of people think Lady in the Water was when he started to go downhill, but I thought it was beautiful. Love ya, M!) And I loved Split too. It was thrilling and insightful. And now I just want to watch all his other movies too! Especially Signs. I actually used to be scared to death of Signs, because I had seen it when I was very young, which resulted in me being sure there were aliens under my bed, in my closet, and behind the shower curtain. It wasn't until I watched it when I was much older that I realized what a beautiful and inspirational movie it is! If I'm honest, I think it's just as uplifting and good for the soul as going to church. Speaking of uplifting, I loved General Conference today, and I can't wait for tomorrow. I was going to post my favorite quote from it, but I just spent the past ten minutes looking for it to no avail, so maybe I just imagined it? I thought it was Elder Andersen, saying something like "the happiness of your spouse is more important than your comfort." Is that real? Did that really happen? Did I make it up? Either way, I thought it was great advice, and it's what I'm going to focus on. Starting now. I'm going to stop writing this for tonight and crawl into bed with my tired husband instead. Goodnight! R |
AuthorI'm R and he's B. We've been in love since we were teenagers, and now we're married. We're Mormons, students, and Californians at heart. This is our daily love story. Archives
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