Me Recipe

Im stealing another idea from Amy. What can i say? she has good blog entries. :)

So here is my 'Me Recipe'

I am:

2 cups of my Religion

1 cup of Loyalty

1/2 cup of Fiest ;)

1 T Blue eyes

1 T Blonde hair

1/2 cup of Teasing

1 cup Silliness

1 cup of Creativity

2 T of a Bad Speller

1/4 cup of Shakin' my booty
3/4 cup Gangsta'

2 teaspoons of Shy

A dash of Crazy

You may need a punch bowl to mix all that. ;)

Mix all ingredients together in a "large bowl" with a mixer on high for 3-4 minutes, or no less than 500 mixing strokes. Put me in the oven and bake me for.....ummmm...well just until I am golden brown. I love a good tan.

Austin

Once upon a time there lived a girl who had a good life. But on occasion her life got a little stressful and she needs to escape. So she did. She ran away to Austin, Texas to meet some new people. It was fun, and refreshing. Then at the end of the weekend she went back to her good life. The End.

Alex was my accomplice. It was super fun. We walked around downtown sixth street. We at pizza on the street and listened to local music and met people. Boys mostly. Really attractive people of the male gender. I think they might be breeding gorgeous people down in Austin. I don't know how they do it. Maybe something in the water? The relaxed atmosphere? I don't know, but I want to go there...always!

I was wearing a batman shirt while we were walking around and i soon realized that I had aquired the nickname "batgirl" amongst the locals. I don't know how this happened considering I got called this more than once, by people who were in completely seperate places of the downtown area. One guy came up to me when we were listening to a guy play his guitar and started out with the phrase, "I dont mean to be creepy"...that is never good right? If you have to give that disclaimer...something is wrong. But before I could saytoo much this "non-creepy" guy had lifted up his shirt and was showing me his Batman tattoo on his chest. Apparently he thought I would want to see this due to the Batman logo on my shirt. Later in the night I got proposed to by a very attractive guy because of my shirt. I said yes. :) Unfortunately his girlfriend was standing next to him when this all went down. It never woulda worked. ;)

Austin rocks!!!

Green Grass

The grass on my side of the fence, i've decided, is green. Yep, green. i know how the saying goes. And i think we all feel like our side has only brown grass, but it's never really true.

I have green grass on my side.

Sure, i have some spots of yellow-green and even some brown spots, but i am working on them. (Shhhhh...don't tell my dad i have brown spots in my grass. he would be so disappointed. He takes his grass very seriously. ;) ) I am raking up the dead grass, putting down grass seed, watering, checking on it every now and then. it will grow back. i am sure of it. And if not, there is always sod. :) But i have a ton...no. not just a ton, but a ton (times a thousand) reasons why my grass is green. I have been angry for the last couple of weeks and i haven't see the green on my side. I have been upset about things i cant presently change. I have seen the spots of green in my neighbors yards and been jealous, and envious, and mad that they get to have those spots of green and i don't. what i failed to see is that their yard had spots that aren't so bright as well. maybe they were just in the back yard...i don't know.

I have been talking to three good friends from high school and college (you know who you are) and as i have been listening to them point out the spots of brown in their yards i have had the rare opportunity to look down at the grass that i am standing in. And to my utter shock, it is green. and as i expand my gaze there are some pretty bright, amazingly green patches.

I am standing in green grass. i know i keep saying it, but i am trying to make a point (maybe just to myself).

I am so blessed in my life. So incredibly blessed. Far too often i don't count my blessings but the blades of brown grass that i am constantly having to rake up. And it's selfish, and self defeating.

I know its not November yet, or Thanksgiving time, but i have a lot of things to be thankful for. Here is a list of just a few. (Afterall, i have a yard full green. I am only listing a few of the blades of green grass)

• I have incredible friends all over. from all times in my life. and they love me, and help me get through my issues.
• I have a job, in a time when they are not the easiest to come by (trust me, i hear about it all day at work)
• Although i don't have a house (which i would love), i don't have to pay for things like a plumber when my toilet brakes. i don't have to worry about a mortgage that is hanging over me for the next 30 or so years (not yet) :)
• i have a family to go home to in Indiana who love me and are always happy to have me home.
• I live near a temple where i can feel the Spirit and be reminded of who i am and what is really important in life.
• I am healthy. I am happy to report my 6 week long cough is gone. (thank you!)
• I have money to pay for things. Not lots of extras, but enough to get by.
• I had enough good sense to not marry someone who I was in love with (who wanted to marry me) that would have made me give up all of the things that i hold the most dear. and that i have enough good sense to rid my life of people who tempt me to compromise my standards.
• That enough though i am not usually happy about being single, there are some great benefits that come with it...like, i can spend my money how i want. i can come and go as i please. i can just disappear for a weekend and meet and flirt with new people and not worry about it (which i really did). I can travel without having to ask anyone about it. i can can pick up and move to a new state if i want to, and i don't need permission from anyone, or have to worry about who else's life it will disrupt.

Yeah. So my grass is really green. Do you see it? i can see it! And i hope that i spend more time looking at my own yard, then comparing it to my neighbors'.