Good Clean Fun

 

If you were a "Lost" fan, keep reading...

If you like dinosaurs, keep reading....

If you like a good TV series, keep reading...

So, Chris and I watch "Terra Nova" together and we really enjoy it. We were talking about it today, and we realized that this show has a lot of things that most TV series don't have today. 

     -Its family oriented

     -There is no swearing (that I can remember...there may be a farm swear or two)

     -There is no immorality

I'm a pretty big fan. There are a few graphic issues when it comes to the dinosaurs, but it is the first season so I have high hopes that they will get more money and it will get better.

Here is a quick overview of the plot: A family living in the future (2149) gets chosen in a raffle drawing to go through a portal to the past. They live in a colony on Pangaea established to give a fresh start to humanity.

I won't give anymore away for those of you who are interested; the show airs on Fox on Monday nights and all of the episodes are on Hulu as well. If you watch, let me know how you like it!

Attitude of Gratitude

I know I'm a little late, jumping on the Thanksgiving/gratitude train...but the truth is, I've been too busy enjoying myself to blog about what has been going so great in my life.

"If you only had the things today that you thanked Heavenly Father for yesterday...What would you have?" 

That came from Sacrament meeting on Sunday. I always enjoy going to church in Utah with my family ward; nothing beats the Grove Creek 1st ward!
Over the summer, I tried to write 3 things every day that I am grateful for. I did really well then, but it has been really sporadic lately. I really want to relight the fire I used to had. I was more positive and optimistic when I was constantly looking for something to be grateful for....even in less-than-desirable situations. I found this gem on pinterest:

Isn't that completely darling? Now, I don't think I want a completely separate book for my "gratitudes" but I like the idea of counting up to 365 and organizing by month. So I'm working on adapting something similar into my journal. I hope everyone had a great holiday. Lets hang in there until Christmas fellow college students!

21st Anniversary

So, I'm kind of weird about Anniversaries. Every 21st day of each month for the past year has been an Anniversary. Today is a special "21st"....today marks one year since Chris and I first got together (and our 1st kiss). It is so crazy for me to think that it has been a whole year- the time has just flown! I don't think I've ever had someone (other than family) that has been such a constant and important part of my life for a whole year. I am so glad that I get more than a year---eternity sounds just about right to me! Here's to many years and Anniversaries to come! I love you, Chris!

He bought me a Mario poster a few days after we started dating.

One of many favorite skype screen shots.

Putting up with my crazy (I'm putting my sister's hamster on his shoulder)

Getting married is fun. That will be my favorite Anniversary.

Daddy's Girl

Today is my Dad's birthday!

Happy Birthday Dad!

 I love my dad so much! I've always been a Daddy's girl.

He's a great example to me of hard work, kindness, honesty, & a long list of other great things. 

I still remember having "Daddy Days" when I'd get to hang out with my dad all day long while my mom went to work or school. 

When me and my sister shared a room, he'd tuck us in & sing to us before bed: 

"Jesus Said Love Everyone."

He makes the greatest waffles & is the best person to get ice cream with.
Honestly, I could go on all day.

I hope that he has the greatest day!

Word to the Wiser Than Me

So, as you know I've been working towards a goal of being healthier. The thing is, right before I made this goal, my darling husband filled our refrigerator with my favorite frozen pizza's (they were on sale for $1 each). I avoided them (for the most part) for a couple of weeks, but I eventually broke down one afternoon and decided to have one for lunch. I looked at the nutrition facts and saw that there were only 370 calories, and 180 fat calories. In my opinion, I thought that was pretty good for a whole pizza. So I ate one, and enjoyed it. I continued to eat one for lunch about every other day.

Last night, I was telling Chris about my discovery and about how happy I was to have something "good" to eat that wasn't killing my calorie count. "There's no way," he said and opened the freezer and took out one to read the back. "There's 370 calories per serving," he said "There are 2 servings in this one pizza."
My heart sank. My lunch time indulgence was too good to be true.
Read the label thoroughly before you get too excited. Like my mother always said, "If it's too good to be true, it usually is."

Hobby Crisis

For those of you who don't know...I have changed my major to Social Work with the hopes of becoming a Marriage & Family therapist. I think its great, and am so excited to learn and work in this field. There's just one downside: I miss singing and doing theater. Up until about April of last year it was my whole life. I didn't think I was capable of doing anything else. I am glad to have found a new path in life, but I want to make room for something I still love and hold near & dear to my heart. Theater is so time consuming; how do I make room for something in my schedule that has a tenancy to take over? School is hard, I want time at home with my husband, I want to sing again. Is it possible to have everything that you want? Or am I being totally selfish?

How do you make time for things that you love, that aren't your #1 (or #2) priority?

Date Time

Today has been (yet another) perfect Saturday. Chris and I decided to go on a spontaneous date this afternoon. We went to Subway for lunch with our gift card. We love to eat at Subway.
Next, we drove down to Idaho Falls to return some things and go shopping so I could spend my birthday money. I must say, it was a very successful trip. Here are the sweet deals I scored:

If I could share one tidbit of info I would say to NEVER buy anything full price at DownEast. I saw the peach colored shirt in the store about 2 months ago for $35. I got it for $13 with an additional 30%. I love clearance sales. :)
Then we headed over to Barnes & Noble to look at some journals and to get some salted caramel hot chocolate, one of Chris' favorites. It was my first time trying it--sooo good! Get some before the Christmas season is over (Is it already the Christmas season?).
Finally, we went to Macy's (the department store) to spend a gift card we got as a wedding gift. We had fun looking through all the fun appliances. We found a hidden treasure on sale, bought it, and brought it home.

Ladies and Gentlemen, say hello to the newest edition to the John home...

We registered for a popcorn machine, but never got one...so we bought ourselves one. Here's to many bowls of warm, buttery popcorn (and equally as many gym trips to compensate).