i saw "friendly man #1" again on thursday.

it easily made my day.

102

one-hundred and two things I love:

1. my cat Pipin
2. my puppy Natasha
3. my mama
4. my padre
5. my brother anthony
   
6. his wife jana
   
7. their baby, zoe bean
8. my boyfriend boog, Nate
   
9. my cannon powershot
10. my nikon d70
11. my lappy
12. sleep
13. german (the language not my class)
    
14. wiener schnitzel
15. gelato
16. german chocolate
    
17. vienna
18. austria
    
19. and germany
20. and all of europe
21. traveling
22. taking pictures
23. nate's smile
24. pizza
25. yozone
26. yoasis reunions
    
27. macey's
28. 24
29. the office
30. reading blogs
    
31. blogging
32. trying new recipes
33. facebook
34. exercising
35. shaved legs
36. plucked eyebrows
37. eyeliner
    
38. eating
39. texting
40. vienna reunions
41. summer
42. cake
43. birthdays
44. christmas
45. babies
46. zinnias
47. the internet
48. pictures
49. headbands
50. getting flowers from someone
51. graham crackers and frosting
52. lake powell
53. extended family
54. cousins
55. grandparents
56. aunts
57. and uncles
58. being an auntie
59. scheduling my calendar
60. craigslist
61. raspberries and cream
62. being tan
63. the Greindl's
64. clothes just out of the dryer
65. green beans
66. sugar cookies
67. cookie dough
68. rainbow chip frosting
69. stanley
70. my ipod
71. john mayer
72. colbie caillat
73. taylor swift
74. switchfoot
75. new music
76. smarties
77. "stealing" smarties from macey's
78. peanut butter cups
79. chocolate
80. hot chocolate chip cookies
81. farr's icecream
82. clean sheets
83. ride's home after work
84. money
85. friends
86. white teeth
87. whitening strips
88. stuffed animals
89. earrings
90. the scriptures
91. picture frames
92. white boards
    
93. getting an A on a test
    
94. clean carpet
    
95. a clean house(/apartment)
    
96. the beach
    
97. fires
98. fishing
    
99. catching a fish
    
100. and cleaning it
101. finishing and turning in big assignments
     
102. waking up without an alarm
     

I thought this was a fitting post for my 102nd post. Sorry that I forgot to monumentalize my 100th post. and sorry if there are any repeats on this post. or if you got bored reading this.

tired

i'm tired of this weather. and ready for spring. too bad the groundhog decided that we have 6 more weeks of winter.

i'm tired of school. going straight through spring and summer, although it seems like a good idea, may be the death of me. come june i'll finally have a break, cause i'm only taking spring classes this year. can't wait.

that is all.

<3

two men.

Yesterday I talked to two of the friendliest and happiest men alive.

Man number 1 walked by me in the hallway of the Wilk. He said "good morning" and I asked how he was doing. He responded and asked me the same. As he walked ahead of me he wished me "an absolutely fantastic day". He then paused at the door and opened it for me. I watched him in awe as he continued to say "good morning" to every person he passed and to wish many of them to "have an absolutely fantastic day" as well.

Man number 2 works at the information desk in the SAB with his wife. I stopped to get a poster of the BYU men's volleyball team and he began to tell me about how he and his wife have been to over 860 BYU football and basketball games. One year they were honored by the basketball team as the fans of the year (or something like that). And they got to travel with the team to Australia. We talked about BYU sports a little longer, and then he asked me what grade I was in school, and then if I'd found a rich man to marry. He said CTR stands for 3 things: Choose the right, Choose the rich and one more I can't remember right now. I told him that I've found a good boy that may be able to provide that for me. And he said "good. But remember, the most important thing is to be happy." He then told me that everyday that they are alive they choose to be happy because they aren't dead yet.

I hope that I can learn to have such a happy disposition as these two men.

McKinlee is going to be such a wonderful missionary. I was able to go to her farewell on Sunday, and man, the spirit is so prevalent with that girl. Her talk was so amazing, and got me crying, a lot. I think a few of the tears were out of jealousy that she is returning to Germany/Austria and maybe even Vienna itself, but I know another good chunk of those tears were because I know how GREAT she is going to be.

Ps. I donated blood today and one of the questions was: "have you been out of the US or Canada in the last year?" and I had to answer "no" and that broke my heart a little bit, to remember that it ACTUALLY has been that long.

Yoasis

this was so great. definitely one of my favorite things to do.

self improvement goals:

emotional:
-be more rational and patient during IR
-fall more and more in love with Nate

financial:
-pay my tithing twice a month (after each pay check)
-save as much money as possible

mental:
-get at least a 3.25 GPA each semester/term
-graduate in December

physical:
-exercise for an hour or more, at least 2 to 3 times a week (most likely running or biking)
-bite fingernails less (don't bite them at all)
-floss teeth every other day
-don't pick at my split ends

spiritual:
-read scriptures more
-attend the temple at least once a month
-read my patriarchal blessing at least once a month