Photo Discovery!

Merry Christmas, everyone. Hope you had a very holly jolly. How is it almost January? It just seems so wrong. So very, very wrong.

Well, there are many things that I have meaning to post about... but I haven't. So I fugured that I would post the photo above and be one step closer. Go me.

Other things that I have desire to mention:

1. Sterla is my car. And she keeps dying. And I am very greatly annoyed with her. In fact, I would kill her... But she has already beaten me to the punch. I hate, hate, hate, hate cars. Very much. Hate. Despise. You get the picture.

2. I changed the look of my blog. I was goofing around while watching a movie and was not really sure what I was getting myself into. Now it's... different. And I lack the energy or motivation to do something about it. So... sorry about that, peeps.

3. One of my fave Christmas moments:

Our tree fell over while we were opening presents. After my parents have had that thing for about 25 years... this was the trees way of signaling that it was ready for retire. Bow wow, old friend. Bow wow.

Also, did anyone else spend a large amount of time sleeping Christmas afternoon? Ha ha. I had to laugh because everyone in my family fell asleep and the house was dark and silent. Pretty different from years not too far past.

3. We went and saw the lights at Temple Square! Because, my goodness, it seems the holidays can't come without it. (I'm just grateful I only saw them once this year. Last year I went there... more than once.)

Here I am with my work peeps at Macaroni Grill. It was pretty fancy shmancy.

Then we went to see the window display at Deseret Book- Flagship.

We got free cookies.

FREE COOKIES.

I enjoyed that part of the experience very much.

Who doesn't love cookies?

Especially ones flavored of Gingerbread that resemble little men.

4. So when I was home for Christmas, I was able to steal some photos that my father recently discovered. It was a Christmas miracle! Seriously one of my favorite things that happened this weekend.

A few of the treasures:

This is a photo from WWII when my grandfather was a Marine. I have really, really been wanting a copy of this photo. This specific photo. Prayers are answered, my friends. They are.

Since it is the holiday season and I just posted a copy of our Christmas card... I thought that I would post one that I found from my father's family. It was taken in about 1958. Oooh yes. I just love old photos.

5. I had the day off from work today. I decided that I would clean and organize to my hearts content. You know those times when you pull everything out and then end up putting everything in the exact same spot? Yes. I should have remembered. I have already done a DI sweep. I have nothing else to get rid of. How silly. How very silly.

6. Other news: I am at about 973 for my Facebook friend count. This is the final stretch, everyone- Almost to 1,000! Then I can finally delete all of those people that I'm not sure how we became friends. I am thrilled. (That's how lame my life is. Honestly. I think I really need the new semester to start.)

7. I have been meaning to blog about this for a while. Because it is funny. So feel free to laugh. At the beginning of December, our ward did an auction. It's something of a tradition that helps to gather food for the local food pantry. (I know that many, many groups do auctions at this time of year... so that part is nothing out of the ordinary.)
Okay, so when they were advertising for the auction, they asked everyone to sign up for something that they would be willing to have auctioned. "Be creative", they said. They asked, and I listened. Initially, I wrote on the clipboard that some lucky man would have the blessing of a magical evening with a beautiful babe (in not so many words, of course). And when we got the auction, I wasn't on the list of items! It's like they didn't believe mine. Must of have thought it was too good to be true, I'm sure. So... what do I do? I write in to the auction. But I felt that I must make my offering better. What if I was neglected due to the lame-ness of my initial offer? (Hard to believe, I know.) So... What do I write? WHAT? I gave some lucky man in the ward the great opportunity to have me as their girlfriend for the week. (Note to readers: Best not to try this at home. Take me word for it.) Hmmm... The bids were slow coming in. It was awkward... Then, at last, I was sold. For 7 measely dollars. Don't they know I'm an 8 cow woman? (A sister in the ward told me that she would have paid 10 cows. How sweet. I think I'll become a vegetarian.) Just as a point of reference: The next item auctioned was apple cider, selling bid $40. Ouch.
So... I'll let you know when the week of boyfriend/girlfriend begins. I'm sure I'll be posting lovey-dovey stories every hour on the hour. I'm just sure.

8. I got a Wii for Christmas. Complete with Just Dance 3. Parties shall follow. Of this I am certain.

9. Christmas time. I took my uke home with me. It felt the Christmasy thing to do. Oh boy, my family sure was lucky. You see, I only know a handful of songs. And I played them over and over and over again. For three days. Mostly, the Beard song. I can guarantee you that they now know that song by heart. As do I. As do I.

10. At work the other day, I was in front of a couple that was walking towards the back of the store. AKA- The childrens section. I stopped for a moment as they asked me something. I turned to look away from them for just a moment and when my gaze again fell upon them... They were hard core making out. In a religious book store. In the childrens section. Standing right next to me. At that moment, I had to ask: What actions in my life have led to be here at this moment? How can this be my life?

11. Even fun for now. I shall close with a photo. This was another of the photos in my grandpa's collection that I recently stumbled over.

This is me at McD's as a young child. THIS is why they call them Happy Meals.


Enjoy the rest of 2011, everyone!