Fabulous date!

  Yesterday I went on a fabulous date with my best friend Perry Whitehair!  It was a blast!  We went to City Creek and Valley Fair Mall!  One of the best dates I have ever been on!  Thanks Perry!!  :D

Cone headed mannequin??  If you look behind it you can see that they also have heels built into their feet... o.O

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Life is so amazing!

My life has been so interesting lately.  I don't understand how it works sometimes.  One moment it is a complete mess the next it is just awesome!  The coolest thing I think is how people work in our lives.  Sometimes people come into it and they teach you lessons that you needed to learn.  Sometimes it seems like once those lessons are learned those people disappear so suddenly. 

I had that happen recently in a really weird way.  I had a friend that seemed to be in my life for a reason then that person just left my life in a really sudden and sad way.  I made a great effort to gain that friend back, but it wasn't meant to be.  I let myself get really down about it and had a major self-pity party for quite a while.  During this pity party my good friend Shannon got up in seminary and shared how she had been having a rough time in life and that she had decided that instead of wallowing in self pity she would make a greater effort to make other people smile.  She challenged everybody to do so and I really took that challenge to heart! 

Once I began that challenge I noticed that my life was running much smoother and that my problems seemed so much smaller in comparison to what others might be going through.  Overall, I was much happier! :)  During that time period another friend of mine started talking more then we had in the past and we got a lot closer.  I have had so much fun being with this friend and not sitting around thinking about the old one.  It goes to show that even though trials come into our lives if we just step up to them and not let them overpower us that we will be much happier and stronger.  I don't  ever want to go back to a party of self pity.  They are no fun at all!  I love being in the party of pure happiness!  It is so fun!!  As much as I miss being with that old friend of mine I know that there are others in my life for a reason and I should just enjoy their friendship.  Why?  Because their friendship is SO worth it!  :) <3

Gratitude :)

    
 I know that it is normal for people to start posting on their blog the things they are grateful for around this time of year.  To be honest I totally forgot Thanksgiving is next week.  The reason I chose to post about this was, because of a lesson I had in seminary today.

      There are SO many things to be grateful for in our lives!  When President Monson says we should have an "Attitude of Gratitude" I think more that it is the ability to have an attitude of knowing what blessings you are receiving not only during difficult times, but times where life seems to be running smoothly.  The past few months have not been easy for me.  I am having to learn of and correct some bad habits that I am developing.  They aren't serious, but aren't very good either.  Sometimes I struggle in finding the "bright side" in what I am going through.  I'd like to share an experience with you.

      As you know I asked my friend Nathan to the Sadie Hawkins dance at Cyprus High School a few weeks ago.  The dance was this last Saturday (Didn't actually go.  Story for another post)  All Friday I was going about making sure everything was ready to go for the next day. I was sure I had finished off my checklist only to remember that I had not yet gotten my money out of the bank for the tickets (we were paying at the door).  So later that afternoon my dad took me up to the bank to get my money only to find that the bank was closed.  In all the hustle and bustle I had completely forgotten one thing.  It was Veteran's Day!  I had no idea what to do!  The bank wasn't open for 3 days and the dance was the next night!  Well, things ended up working out and I was able to borrow some money from someone.  I was happy all was well. 

That experience taught me that if you calm down and look at all your options before wigging out like I had, that allows a blessing to work it's way into your situation.  In mine I was able to find money to pay for the tickets.

I want to really get into finding my blessings everyday.  Not just because it's Thanksgiving time, but because I could really use the uplifting it brings.  I'd like to challenge you to do it with me.  Everyday until the end of the year (yes, Dec. 31) write down somewhere, whether it be a blog post, Facebook, Twitter, or your journal, a blessing you received.  I will start in a separate blog post.