Easter and some other things...

As I mentioned yesterday, we were visiting family for the Easter weekend! I don't know about Tyler, but I had a fabulous time! It was great to spend such a fun holiday with my nephews and to see how excited they were to find the Easter eggs that had been hidden. It reminded me of how magical holidays always were when I was little!

On Sunday, there was a surprise birthday party for my Mom! This year is her, um...29th birthday (again)! Something that should be celebrated, right? I always love being able to spend time with my family, and we were able to enjoy some gorgeous weather too!

Unfortunately, all good weekends have to come to an end, and we have to go back to school... Monday night was just the perfect night at home that I needed. You see, we took Tyler's computer into our room and set it on our headboard, put pillows at the foot of our bed, and ate popcorn while watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows PART 2! Oh how I love that movie! Anyways, it was just perfect. When I get home from work, I will re-create the setup, take a picture, and put it on here. Because it was just. that. awesome!

Tuesday was really a great day too! First of all, I cleaned our apartment!!! You guys don't even realize how big of an accomplishment this is. It is amazing to walk into a clean apartment, or even better...a clean bathroom! A clean apartment really can change your mood for the better!

The thing that I'm probably MOST excited about though... we got new pillows yesterday! I must say, it is really nice to have a pillow with some substance again...

Anyway, now that you know what I'm excited about from this week, I'll go now. Hopefully next time I post it will be soon and with a fun little story for you!

What are you excited about this week?

Rambling... and an award?

What's up, blog friends? We're still alive around here! Spending most of our weekends in the car these days... at least that's what it seems like. I think we just finished up our sixth weekend in a row of going to see family. SIX WEEKENDS! Holy cow... don't worry though, as of right now we will get to stay in our little Logan-town for this whole entire weekend! What? Our apartment will actually get cleaned? It must be a miracle!

So why do we go home so much? Well... the past six weeks were for these reasons: Snowboarding, Spring Break, the 1st Annual Utah Rugby 5k (that I just had to do), General Conference, and finally Easter! Our lives are pretty exciting, I know.

Staying home for the weekend isn't the only thing I'm excited about right now... the beautiful Emily over at Dirt Bikes & Diamonds nominated me for this:

The Versatile Blogger Award!

Another miracle, right? So, here's how it works...

Each Nominee Should:

1. Nominate 15 fellow bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award
2. Add an image of the Versatile Blogger Award
3. Thank the blogger who nominated you in a post with a link to their site
4. Share seven completely random facts about yourself
5. Include this set of rules
6. Inform each nominated blogger of their nomination

I nominate:

1. Kjarinda at At this Moment
2. Madeline at P.S. My Name is Madeline
3. Kenzi at Love Me Some Lemons 
4. Brynne at Unwritten 

Um.... the rest are coming soon... Let me know if you want to be nominated. :)
 


Seven Random Facts about me:

1. I hardly ever wear makeup. As in, I'm lucky if I manage to do it once a week. Once every two weeks is even an accomplishment for me...
2. I had cold cereal for breakfast and lunch yesterday. Gotta have my Pops!
3. Tyler and I were married for almost a year before I started driving the car... driving a manual around a town that has hills everywhere was really scary. Don't worry, I'm the best driver ever now.
4. Putting on sweats is one of the very first things I do when I get home from work or school every day.
5. I love going to the dentist.
6. Speaking of teeth... I still wear my retainers every night.
7. I was going to do a "no-treat" April and I didn't even last through the first day. (Now April is just a "cut back on sweets" month... kind of...

Okay, so that was pretty fun. I really should find more blog friends to nominate. Thanks for reading! And... another thanks to Emily for the nomination!

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I saw this tonight, and it really made me stop and think about the kind of person I am, and who I want to be. I have some ideas, and I'm working on it... I just am lacking some serious motivation.

Do you have any tips on how to get/stay motivated? I would LOVE to hear them!

It's a good day!

After such a wonderful conference weekend, getting out of bed and going to class this morning was the very last thing I wanted to do. I wanted to stay in bed and snuggle... All. Day. Long. Once I got up, I just felt like I was dragging. I know, I know, it usually takes me a while to completely wake up anyway, but it just wasn't happening today. Class seemed to last forever. Luckily, I have a three hour break between my class and work, so I went home to try and take a nap. I didn't sleep, but laying in bed was exactly what the doctor ordered (and by doctor, I mean me)... I took some photos to help narrate my day for you. This is what my day has looked like so far (please excuse the crappy cell phone pictures):

I woke up, and instantly felt like I needed some luck to turn this day around... 

So, I had Lucky Charms (they really are magically delicious) for breakfast.

Then, I was on my way to wait for the bus to go to class, and I decided to check the mail, and this is what I found...

 A much needed check! Whew, we can afford to eat.

After class, I was still feeling SO sleepy, so what do I do? Oh of course...

I put on husband's sweats... and get back in bed!

I figured I should probably have some lunch, and was surprised with a visit from the one and only...

Mrs. Butterworth! How could I get so lucky?

I actually forgot that we had waffles in the freezer (even though we brought them home last night... thanks Mom!), so when I saw them I was so excited!

Okay, so looking back, my story really wasn't all that exciting, BUT, it made me happy, and it felt like my day was just completely turned around (in a good way)! 

Things like this make me realized how blessed I am. Not because I have waffles in the freezer, or because I have Lucky Charms for breakfast, but just when I can feel so happy from so many simple things in life.

What has helped you to recover from a case of the Monday blues?

100.

This just so happens to be my 100th post... to me, it seems like 100 should have been forever ago, but then I realize that I actually only think about things to post about, and these thoughts hardly ever get translated into words, hence my, um... two week absence? Here are some things that I've been meaning to post about...

Spring Break! WooHoo!

• Spring Break was fantastic. We didn't do anything extravagant, but it was amazing to be able to spend a whole week with each other.
• On the first day of spring break, we went to the outlets in Park City! I got an awesome new pair of running shorts, and a pair of yoga pants! I'm a happy girl.
• After I was all shopped-out, we went to the Park City Pizza Co., a delicious little pizza place that we went on our honeymoon. It was as delicious as we remembered.
• Tyler went snowboarding on Tuesday of spring break, I got a pedicure.
• We went to two track meets during the week to watch Tyler's brother, Parker, dominate the competition.
• We said goodnight to our nephew, Payton, and my sister told him to say goodnight to the "Landgrens," so, he did, but it came out as... "Goodnight Green Lanterns." Too funny.
• We watched A LOT of family movies from when Tyler was a little kid. Now I have even more things to make fun of him for. In a playful, loving way of course.
• We drove... a lot. We would do almost anything for family.

 Other things I've been meaning to tell you about...

• I ran in a 5k last Saturday. I'm determined to be one of those people that completely loves running [I don't think that will ever happen]. I finished in about 32 minutes, and I'm okay with that. It was my longest run so far this year, and I haven't been running much (I'll regret this when I get even closer to my half marathon in June), so, I felt pretty good about it. I would've done better if I didn't have hills to run up.
•  I know I've mentioned this before, BUT, I'm graduating in only SIX short weeks. If anybody knows of any public relations - related jobs, let me know. It will be the happiest Cinco de Mayo I have ever had.
• I've been making more of the Pinterest recipes that I have pinned. I've been meaning to share them all with you, but, I'm just forgetful.

I'm sure there are A LOT of things that I have already forgotten, but, this is a blog, and I have the ability to post from virtually anywhere (via my phone, or from a computer). So, if I think of something SUPER important, I will be sure to post.

We are looking forward to General Conference this weekend! We just need to get through the school week first...

Happy Monday, everybody!!

P.S. Did you know that if you push ctrl + P it automatically posts? I didn't know that. So, there's a cool little fact for you today.

Tyler just really knows how to push my buttons...

I love my husband waaaay more than he loves me (haha Tyler, it's on the internet! It must be official), but sometimes he just really pushes my buttons. You would never know it because I'm laughing so hard at the time, and sometimes I actually do enjoy having my buttons pushed (just a little bit though).

One time that I didn't enjoy it though was when Tyler hid my our Valentine chocolate from my mom, and I just really really wanted some of it. For some reason, I actually started crying. I wasn't in the mood to look for it dang it, I just wanted to eat it. He thought he was hilarious.

Sometimes though, I just laugh and laugh and laugh, and it makes me love Tyler even more than I ever thought possible.

P.S. Sorry I'm crappy at taking pictures. I just kind of always forget... so here's a random one from a Sunday nap we took a while ago. Tyler and Tucker both slept... I just pretended.

Sometimes I feel really stupid...

There are a lot of moments in my life when something will happen, and I just think "I'm an idiot..." Here are a few examples of this:

This morning, I was reading my Twitter while I was still in bed. I went to roll over and I completely dropped my phone on my face.#ImAnIdiot #MorningFail

A couple of weeks ago, I got home from class, only to realize I had forgotten my keys. Sitting on my doorstep with my hood up and my gloves on reading my Kindle really made me look awesome that day. P.S. I was sitting out there for over an hour...

There are other times in my life when I know that Tyler is thinking I'm an idiot. Mostly when the M&M's "Sexy and I Know It" commercial comes on, and I start laughing and dancing. Also when the ASPCA commercials come on. You know, the really sad one with the really sad dogs and cats? Well, if I watch those, it is guaranteed that I will start crying. There are other times too though, like when I walk into the wall, or when I go to look out the window and hit my head on the glass, or when I almost fall out of bed while I'm WIDE AWAKE... yeah, the list goes on for a while.

So why did I post about this? I don't know. Because feeling like an idiot sure makes life funny? That sounds about right. I may have stupid quirks (just ask Tyler) but they make me laugh.

What makes you feel like an idiot?

Anytime I do something stupid around Tyler, somehow this scene from The Grinch always makes it into conversation. Maybe that's because I have just been thinking in movie scenes lately. Do you ever do that?