Sensational Sunday

-tried to call a girl I visit teach but accidently called my roommate who was just in the next room
-amazing story on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. A family whose daughter died from texting while driving is on a nationwide campaign to spread the message. Seriously how can you not love that show???? But if you don't that's OK, too! No hard feelings :)
-wore white skirt with bright colored flowers. If it can't be colorful outside at least I can DRESS colorful
-heard one of my fave songs on the Tab Choir broadcast, "How Firm a Foundation" Singing it in sacrament meeting is one thing, hearing the Tab Choir sing it..... quite another!
-kind/fun posts and messages from facebook

-pillows and blankets. Need I say more????
-good hair day, used a bobby pin to twist/pull back bangs and the pin actually worked/stayed in place!
-good messages from Bishop Barrow: have faith, serve others, change your heart and.... Men, repent and date women!!!!!!
-new Ensign came in the mail, that always gets me excited :)

-chatting with Depot and Marchelle via phone (not at the same time......)
-had a serious case of "itchy neck" during the middle of church (blast!), but it passed. I think I'll start carrying cortisone in my purse, though......
-melted chocolate chips and cream cheese. Forget the fancy desserts, give me a handful of semisweet chooclate chips anyday!!!!
-visiting with my friend Amber C to/from church. She's great. I like her :)
-red bell peppers and all the stuff you can do with them

Smiling Saturday

-slept well, albeit short
-Mom picked me up so I could help with the wedding shower prep
-had some good ideas (like storing the bronzeware forks in a water glass and running down to the gas station store to get red cinnamon candies)
-had lots of fun doing shower prep
-Saw my sister Angela, her twins McKay and Sadie, visiting from Georgia
-took McKay and Sadie with me to the store to get the candy
-chatted BYU sports with McKay and food network with Sadie

-saw all my family at the shower, fun to be together
-Mom performed emergency surgery after a whole was discovered in brown sweater dress. Yikes!!!
-Mom found a shirt and pair of capris of mean when she was cleaning out the stuff she's been storing in my room (I thought I'd lost them! Funny)
-Got to hold new babies Oscar and Saige
-Mom let me go in on a shower gift with her and Cristine (pots and pans)
-SO good food, croissants with chicken salad, baguettes with cream cheese spread, cucumber and wild salmon, cheese plate, mmmmmm..........
-ride home with Depot after the shower
-Ashley taking me by the hand and telling me, "Heather, we need your help." (to put in a movie for her, Grace and Sadie)

-movie party with the friends!!! Back to the future II!!!! LOVE.
-had pizza at Mandy's first, I tried slices of chicken alfredo and chicken club. My stomach was happy :)
-brownie Sundaes at Gretchen/desi/debbies My favorites were the topppings (whipped cream, strawberry and choc syrup, caramel). Pretty sure I hit my sugar quota for the week.......
-my friends changed the time for the party since i couldn't come till later
-chatting with good friends

Fantastic Friday

-dinner with friends/Brian and 6 other girls ("Brian and his harem")
-dinner at Himalayan Kitchen (Indian food) and only ONE item (the momo dumplings) was too spicy for my liking, HUGE step for me. With the aid of water and white rice :)
-wasn't cold while we were outside (special thanks for white hat with the ear flaps!)
-made the following for Jess' wedding shower: rice krispie treats (well, I made them yesterday, I cut them today) chocolate chip bars (didn't burn those!) and the new favorite..... sweet basil cheesecake dip. Hellooooo, delicious!!!!
-ate "naan" (Indian bread)
-made memories. For example, Mandy wrote down all the dishes we ordered on her paper napkin so after dinner we all signed it so she could keep it. I didn't write anything catchy but I DID print my name under my signature since my signature is NOT easily identified as my name
-had a good run

-LOVED the Sundance movie we saw (thanks for getting tickets, Brian!)
-Gained new resepct for the movie industry thanks to the documentary "These Amazing Shadows" about how films are selected for the Nat'l Film Registry, how they are preserved and restored, but esp how movies are like a "family album" or a "time capsule" recording our history at that tme (clothes, hair speech, current events,) It was an "Oh, yeah.......I get it" kind of moment for me!
-got a LOT done at work

Timeless Thursday

-had a very successful lesson with the kids sorting shoes by "little, middle, and large" I love having them engaged!!!!
-taped bubble wrap to the floor and let them jump/walk on in with their bare feet, they loved it!
-fun phone chats with my mom
-good lunch (including orange chicken and pumpkin chocolate chip cookie)
-my friend Kerri drove me to the grocery store
-my friend Mandy who gave me a ride to the stake RS activity
-Sunshine!!!!

-leftovers from dinner made yesterday (too lazy to go back and add it to yesterday's post....) sauteed garlic, onions, green/red peppers, zuchinni over egg noodles, covered in salsa. Kinda different but VERY tasty!
-delicious stake RS dinner: cupcakes (I ate two) with a cream filling and studded with chocolate chips and casserole with cornflake topping, slivered almonds, potatoes, chicken and celery. SO good!
-mingling with my dear friends at the dinner

-text from my nephew Davey, using his Mom's phone while he and Dad were at a "meating" wanted to see if "your OK". Being an aunt ROCKS!!!!
-my friends planning a "back to the future party" saturday but spontaneously changing the time when I told them I couldn't come until later. Love them!!!!!
-reading all the online news/hype about the BYU win yesterday
-stayed awake for most of the speakers (3 speakers, 20 min each, full of dinner, you get the idea....)
-making rice krispie treats for Jessica's wedding shower

WOW Wednesday

-#4 San Diego state "Got Jimmered" by #9 BYU!!!! Jimmer himself scored 43 pts!!!! I am believer in what the KSL broadcaster calls "JIMsanity"
-Got some quiet time to settle down with books from library
-Relieved the great moments of the game with my parents via phone
-Fun game to listen to! The announcer, Greg Wrubell was going NUTS in the last few minutes. Every basket counted!

Tantalizing Tuesday

-watching Biggest Loser live instead on the internet with a significant lag time (seriously frustrating!!!)
-ran 2.5 miles without stopping! And then ran some more......
-watched part of "cupcake wars" Love that show! The bakers creativity astounds me.....
-free bananas from work! I love bananas :)
-my pajamas that smell like burnt popcorn (my heating pad with kernels bit the dust but I still took it to bed with me for a couple of minutes..... I guess I thought it wasn't that bad????)
-ride home from work from my mom (I called and asked her after there was a LOT of snowstorm and I wore my new shoes instead of my boots. Oops).

-my students make me laugh and smile
-we learned about parts of a shoe today (tounge, heel, shoelace, buckle, etc)
-the new buddy system is working great!
-clean clothes!
-the kids made some really neat pictures with paint and bubble wrap (I admit that even though kids artwork, etc should be their work but I prefer pictures that look like "art" and not just lots of colors smeared on a paper. OK, I said :)

Magnificent Monday

-Alternate FHE (ie shopping with Kerri)
-Mall sales!!!
-finding a new top to wear to my nieces wedding next week
-tried a new restaurant, Firehouse Subs. mmmmm.......
-tried a new sandwich, pastrami and corned beef, again- mmmmmm......

-kiss from one of my students today
-the same student asking her mom if they could find a car for me so I didn't have to walk
-sunny enough that my students could go outside to play
-a Mom who finished a project for me today (filling baggies with shaving cream and food coloring to mix and make new colors. After the bags are taped shut)
-successful activity today-hammering nails into the soles of old shoes

-comments on the brain injury blog
-able to use my nordstrom rack (shoe heaven) gift card to get sneakers. Thanks, Marce!!!!
-laughed
-smiled
-parents who donated old shoes to the classroom

Splendiferous Sunday

-niece Grace in my arms and her brother Beck hanging on my legs
-laughing with my sister's around Jenn's kitchen table about our times at BYU, esp the end of the semester and in PE classes
-laughing with my sisters and quoting lines from "despicable me" (it's so FLUFFY!!!)
-eating brownies
-ward frienship dinner-tacos with ALL the fixins
-planning meals with my new cookbook- Biggest Loser Family Cookbook
-chatting with my niece Katie who turned 18 yesterday!!! LOVE her
-Grace and Ashley's self-applied red lipstick

-singing How Firm a Foundation at ward choir practice
-tuna noodle casserole for breakfast :)
-wearing my shiny red shoes adn black flower clip
-my heated rice pad
-Beck telling me I could move into his house and sleep on the couch
-Ashley's 4 layer outfit
-Sunshine!!!

Stupendous Saturday

Sure, the titles may be getting cheesy but I like seeing how many different superlatives I can use.....

-watched the BYU-CSU game with the folks, BYU won 94-85
-had my Mom's tuna noodle casserole with the crushed ruffle chips on top (I can make it myself, but it just tastes better when Mom makes it)
-slept in the comfy guest bed
-went to the salt lake symphony "family concert"
-loved the music
-Ashley wanted to sit on my lap during the concert

-ran 3 miles
-got to see and hold my niece, Saige, 3 weeks old now
-Sun was shining!!! (until it decided to snow)
-ate dark chocolates
-heard THIS gem from Carter, while the orchestra was on stage, warming up, "Boy, they sound like they need to practice a LOT more!!!!"

Fabulous Friday

Went ice skating tonight and DID NOT
-run into, hurt or otherwise maim anyone else at the rink

DID
-get in free (Thanks for the connection Debbie)
-make forward progress
-stay upright the whole time (though I did throw myself towards the padded wall on more than one occasion
-did like being with, visiting with my friends
-had FUN

Wonderful Wednesday,,,,,

-The ice cube experiment worked! Make red, yellow, blue ice cubes with food dye, put 2 of them in a bowl and pour hot water. As they melt, they make new colors!
-Good visit wtih my sister via phone
-Hot shower
-Bananas for breakfast (and cinnamon toast from the lunch ladies)
-Got to wear my BYU tshirt for "Blue Day"

-Got the evites sent out for niece Jessica's wedding shower
-Had extra time this morning
-Have a heated (in the microwave) rice pad thing. It gets LOTS of use. I love it!!!!
-Stayed warm, cozy and dry on my walks to/from work
-Laughed at the "snuggie" pics on facebook-good times!!!

Good Times

-My roommate Kelsey was kind enough to take me to the store to get some much needed items for work tomorrow
-Attemped to make colored ice cubes for a science experiment tomorrow
-Watched BYU beat TCU- GO Jackson Emery!!!!
-Had a good hair day
-Remembered to wear a red to work today for "red day"
-Sun came out and was able to take the afternoon class outside to play!!!! (no words for that one....)
-Woke up before my alarm went off (got to slowly wake up instead of being jarred awake)
-Tried a new kind of cereal (wheat chex type from Sunflower Market) Very tasty!
-Good breakfast from the lunch ladies at work (homemade egg mcmuffin-mmmmmmm)
-Pay day! Yay!!!!
-When children want to hold my hand and give hugs
-When they follow directions
-Ate one of Kelsey's amazing "rice things" teriyaki chicken wrapped in sticky rice. Again, mmmmm......)
-Got to chat with Jessica on the phone and Grace (for about 30 seconds and she gave the phone back)
-Warm and comfy bed, blankets and pillows
-Sent out evites for Jessica's wedding shower
-Bubble wrap, shaving cream, ice cube trays and dry erase markers, all for good prices at walmart, Items not to be used collectively :)
-tried a new art project at work today, placing pieces of colored tissue paper on a white paper, spraying them till they bleed through. Makes a neat colored paper in the end

Terrifical Today!!!!

"Terrifical" is taken from the movie "Ramona and Beezus" LOVE that movie, by the way
And I'm recommitting myself to the habit of posting this kind of list before I go to bed each night. So we'll see.......

-Day off from work
-Go to wake up with no immediate plans to go anywhere
-Got in a good rhythm running on the treadmill
-Had clean clothes to put away
-Got to read some more of a good book, "The Girl Who Could Fly" (reccomended by a dear friend, Amber C).

-Had dinner (KFC) with the folks at their house, LOVE the KFC biscuits
-Mom thought to call me to see if I needed/wanted to go to Sunflower Market (grateful for Mother's intuition)
-Good sales at Sunflower Market (namely red peppers and wheat bread)
-Napped
-The sun came out today! Literally.

-Watched some tv- I confess I'm a fan of the Disney Channel :)
-Visited with good friends at FHE and played "Battle of the Sexes" Girls Won!!!!
-Used a Borders Bookstore gift card to order a book online "Biggest Loser Family Cookbook"
-Had my Grandma's pink patchwork quilt to keep me warm in bed
-Worked on my brain injury blog-check it out if you havent' already! braininjurystory.blogspot.com

Weird.Dreams. For Real.

I want to get a record of these dreams before I forget.... And this one's for you Mom!!!! It's the "weird dream" gene.......

The other night I dreamed my dear friend Kerri's younger brother (nicknamed "Deeds") was apparently a 2nd cousin to my brother-in-law, Jim. Apparently, Deeds needed a place to stay at the end of the school semester before catching a flight home, so why stay with a distant relative instead of your sister?! Makes perfect sense, right????

Anyway, my family met Deeds and was convinced we needed to get together, that we were destined. I kept telling them, "I've met him plenty of times! If he really were interested, he would have done something about it by now!" End of dream.

Now this next one was REALLY weird...

Apparently there was a family wide vacation to disney land. LOVED it. (which coincidentally I'd just been talking with some friends that day about their trip to the DL. Isn't it funny how daily experiences work their way into our dreams????) Pretty uneventful, but very fun. Until we got home. Then my parents decide that we should have a party at 1am!!!!

So random people started showing up-kids from preschool class, and I could NOT remember one of their names (started with letter "N"?) my boss from work, there was a 100 yd dash to an old wood fence in the backyard, (which I won by the way) And I think there may have been a pool.....

Before that, we stopped at the home of a guy in my ward, Josh, for something. And no one could find whatever it was we were looking for. (but I did get an e-mail from him about hymns for sacrament meeting just before I went to bed-hence the dream connection)

Then my mom took me back to my apt. My roommates keys were hanging in the lock. Then, I walk in and there's a lady in her 50's, bleached curls,making herself at home, sewing in MY living room! Everything was turned around. The washing machine was now on a corner of linoleum in the living room, my room was full of boxes not belonging to me.... We had a lenghty discussion, my roommate was asleep, as to "Are you SURE my roommate knows I'm coming back-I just went on vacation for crying out loud!!!"

Then, I was really tired after a late party and did NOT want to go to work the next day, but the strange lady had the same name of a sub I'd heard of in the past and so I asked her if she was a sub for HS and she said "Yes." Sweet!!! But she had no idea where my school was even though she said she'd subbed there before and I was wondering how she was going to get up and go since she'd been up late working on her sewing project.....

Then, I realized I'd brought NONE of my luggage with me from the party. So I had to call home, ask them to bring it to me and my mom and my sister Jenn (who'd magically reappeared after leaving the party) brought me my luggage.

End of dream but then about 30 seconds of panic on my part- where am I???? Was I supposed to get up and go to work???? Do I still have the same apt and roommate???? That's how real the idiotic dream felt! Remembered it was Sunday, fell back on my pillows, sigh of relief.

Holiday Happiness :)

-Chocolates, lotions, perfume, etc from my preschoolers. Well, mostly the parents, actually....
-Work breakfast at Grand America Hotel. Awesome bread basket, ham, fresh fruit, balls of butter instead of the wrapped kind. Mmmmm......
-Sleeping in the nice bed in the guest with really nice pillows since my room is the current "storage room"
-Waking up in the morning with no immediate plans to do or to go
-Parents 2nd Nativity Open House-where the neighbors come, eat, mingle and see my Mom's nativities and International santa clause collection. Seriously fun.
-Christmas clothes shopping with my mom for my gifts from her and getting the most "bang for my buck" I tried to avoid buying any shirts over 10.00

-Dinner at Zupa's and "White Christmas" at Pioneer Memorial Theatre
-Giftwrapping. I love it, I really do.
-Watching the BYU bowl game and enjoying it! (The BSU/U of U game was just painful to watch!!)
-Dinner at Subway and a temple session with Kerri
-Christmas Eve Breakfast wtih Marchelle. She brought fruit and together we made breakfast burritos!!! I could only eat one because I stuffed the burrito good and full....
-Watching "It's a Wonderful Life"

-Getting one surprise gift from my parents (I picked out everything else, and saved this one for last) a purple "snuggie" (blanket with sleeves) So now when I walk around wrapped in a blanket (I really do this-a lot) I can do it in style!!!!)
-Getting gifts for my parents. Dad-BYU "vault" book. Mom-BYU Young Ambassador tickets
-Gifts for David and Sabrina- Jenga and Pictureka. Fun games.
-Shoveling snow. I like doing this, too.
-Getting flower clips for my hair and trying to figure out the most stylish way to wear them
-Watching tv in the middle of the night because I can :)


And more to come...... I haven't even touched on the food part of the Holidays yet.....