Funny Crunchies

Turn signal

On my way to church on Sunday, I sat at a red light waiting to turn left. There was no cd in the cd player, no music playing on the radio like usual. This time the only thing to hear was the ticking of my blinker. It sounded different and I started to wonder if my bulb was going to die. I then realized the reason it sounded different was because I hadn't heard it in a very long time. On our drives in the car, Tyson and I always have music playing, even on sundays we listen to church music on our 6 minute drive to the church building. At home I have the tv on just for background noise even when I have no idea what is on or what the people are even saying. I haven't liked the quite in the past but on Sunday I smiled as I heard nothing but my blinker. I think I will make time each day for more of these quite moments. No tv, no radio. Just me and my thoughts.

Meine Schwester

I talked to my sister last night. It had been a while.

We both know and understand that married life keeps you pretty busy but I still miss talking to her and seeing her more than once every couple of months. Liana and I haven't always been close. In our Jr. High/High School days I pretty much thought she was ruining my social life. Truth is- she kept me from doing a LOT of stupid things. I still made mistakes but she was a good example to me...even when I didnt want to admit it.

My sister moved away for colllege and I would go visit her.

I remember exactly what each one of her apartments looked like in College(she moved a lot!!) I remember visiting her one time in Cheyenne and we ate way too much cookie dough and pickles that we made ourselves sick. One time I went to visit her when she lived in Riverton and I remember painting our toenails and doing face masques.

In 2005 my sister and I became roomates.

This time I had never been to her apartment. I had never even been to Nevada, but I knew it

was time for a change. Time for a new path, a new start. And I knew that if she was there then

everything would be ok. She could help me through my trials. And she did. In 2005 our relationship changed. For the best. She became my best friend.

There is nothing I could or want to keep from her. She helped me find my way and we had FUN doing it. I remember for my birthday once she came in early in the morning and woke me up with a cupcake and a singing candle!! We moved alot and had a lot of roomates who ended up hating us(dont really know why!)but it never broke our bond.

My sister has faced many trials in her life.

She has faced cold hearted people and has had friends betray her...and yet, through all of these things she still stands strong. We are told that we will have trials in this life, and they are not to punish us, but rather to see how we will handle them. If we handle them well, they will make us stronger and we will be better for them. She is strong. She handles them well.

I miss living close to my dear sister

so much but I know that she is where she is suppose to be for the moment. I am greatful to her for the example she has been to me over the years. I am who I am today because of her.

Movies

My Husband and I are big movie fans-hence the reason we need a nice big TV!! We have 2 bookshelves full of movies. Whenever there is a gift giving holiday, we get and give movies. When we have a night to relax, we watch a movie. When family is in town and we are hanging out at home, we watch movies! Now that there is HD and Bluray- any movies we buy must be bluray and we even find ourselves re-buying movies we already own to get them in bluray! Some people say they cant tell the difference between regular and HD and to them I say, "then you arent really watching HD." There is a big difference.
I can remember my first movies as gifts. For Christmas one year I got The Newlyweds and 50 First Dates. I also remember when I got Pirates of the Carribean and Chronicals of Narnia. These movies hold a special place in my heart for some wierd reason. Sometimes my lovely husband will come home with a gift for me-AHHH! Last time it was the new Chronicals of Narnia. I cried when I opened it. For Mothers Day he gave me all three Pirates of the Carribean in Bluray! Before that he suprised me with the newly redone Beauty and The Beast.
I love snuggling up with my family and continuing our movie watching traditons.