What I've been up to...

I've seen these beanies around and thought they were absolutely adorable!  So...I taught myself how to crochet and started making these!  I taught our Relief Society last night how to make the flowers which was lots of fun!  Anyway, it's my new hobby which maybe one day here I can make it into a little business :)

Woo Hoo!

My blog is fixed! Hooray! I ended up having to redo my template and lose all my edits to the html code, but maybe I can fix that again someday without messing this all up. Ugh! Anyway, it was partially our computer crapping out on us, which is currently being fixed on at a shop, so I'm using my old fogey laptop that luckily still works. :)  So, I shall be updating my posts here pretty quickly because there's a lot to catch up on.  It's a beautiful day here so I may just go out running, if my shins don't kill.  Time to pull out my athletic training book to remember how to tape them. ha ha  Well I'm off....

Free Workout Music

I've seen this on a bunch of the blogs I follow and the songs are great! I love finding new songs that I can work out to that have a fast enough beat! You can download them here. Thanks Krazy Coupon Lady!

• Bleeding Love By Leona Lewis
• American Boy By Estelle
• Umbrella By Rihanna
• Stronger By Kanye West
• 4 Minutes By Madonna
• Love Story By Taylor Swift
• No Surprise By Daughtry
• Sugar by Flo Rida
• Paparazzi By Lady GaGa
• When I Grow Up By The Pussycat Dolls
• Second Chance By Shinedown
• Damaged By Danity Kane

Under Construction...

I still can't figure out what's wrong with my blog. So sit tight and I'll update you with our festivities over Christmas and New Year's soon!

We've Got a Problem...

Is my blog just being weird to you all? My background won't come up for the last week - probably due to some changes I made, but I've tried puting it back to normal now. Is it coming up normal for you all? Bah! I can't seem to figure it out unless our computer is crapping out on us! Let me know!

The Spirit of Christ

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
This is a different Christmas for me (and Clay)...new place, no family around, no snow, and the list goes on. It doesn't quite feel like Christmas except for the few things I've done such as decorations, lights, and Christmas caroling. So, it has made me focus more on the true meaning of Christmas...the birth of Christ. Please watch this video if you haven't already :)



Isn't it true? When we take the last syllable off, it becomes the Spirit of Christ. I feel closer to my Savior especially at this time of year, when I forget about all the other Christmas stuff and focus on the true meaning. Now not only is David Archuleta one of my favorite singers, his version of "Silent Night" truly captures what it might have felt like, being there the night our Savior was born. Go on, feel it for yourself. Feel the Spirit of Christ.

Um, is this what they call Snow here?

Yesterday before Relief Society started at church, everyone was filing in all giddy saying it was snowing! My first thought was "their 'snowing' is just 'flurrying' to us Idahoans" :) and an hour later walking out of the church, there was zero snow on the ground. I couldn't help but laugh. However, it started back up once we got home and by this morning, or late last night, there was oh, about 1/8 inch on the ground, IF that. A part of me was happy it snowed. The other part of me, more afraid of the black icy roads, that I didn't have to drive on :0 but Clay did. Luckily, the freeway wasn't icy so all is well! We tried to catch a picture of the snow but this is when it was "flurrying". We'll see how much snowfall they get here vs. Iceburg ;) ha ha Just joking because that's not even a match up.


Here's our lovely Christmas Tree! We got it for a whopping $20 at Fred Meyer! I didn't think real trees were that cheap, although Clay and now I, are used to getting them for "free" going into the mountains and chopping them ourselves (well Clay would). All I can say is this is much better than our "bush" last year that was chopped off the very tip of a tree in the mountains :)