My angels

Do you believe that there are angels among us? I do.

I love my routine

I've decided to share with you a few of the things that I do almost every day that I enjoy, even though I do them day in and day out:

1. I get ready for the day. Now, it might sound silly, but I enjoy putting on make-up. I like to be a girl and feel pretty. I didn't always appreciate my unique attributes like my red hair, my crooked nose, and white skin, but they are mine and I'm the only one who looks like me and I can find joy in that.

2. Every day that I go to work, I meet Dan or Jim (more often Jim) to fetch the money from the cash room to fill our register. I enjoy this time with them. These men are humble, hard working barbers. They care about providing for their families. They care about their customers and I love that they care about me and they respect and appreciate my work. They care about my personal life and would protect me like one of their own daughters. I love these men.

3. I eat. I love food! Healthy food and unhealthy food. What would life be like without it? It fills you, and the best part is when you enjoy it with others, especially the one's you love.

4. Visiting with people. Through my work, I am very blessed to visit with people all day. Some are funner to visit with than others (there are some grumpy ,weird, rude people), but it is interesting to learn from others and their experiences, to see what makes them happy and what makes them sad. To watch them experience life through it's ups and downs and still remain faithful enough to keep moving forward. Some people I meet I believe come as gifts to me, just to make me better and my days better.

5. I pray to a loving Heavenly Father. He knows me the best and what I need to become the best me. Through him I know that I have purpose and reason to live and love and find joy and return to live with him.

Quote of the day

I have to confess that I stole this quote from someone else's blog, but I love it!!

“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”-Anonymous

Out of Beef

A friend of mine hadn't eaten anything (popcorn doesn't count) all day yesterday, so we went to the Taco Bell drive thru last night and the girl said that they didn't have any beef. What the hell is that all about? So...since they weren't gonna give us beef, I used my excellent driving skills that I acquired from Blackfoot High School's phenomenal Driver's Ed program to maneuver myself out of the drive thru. I had to take a stand, okay? Too bad when we went to another taco bell, there was beef on my seat that had spilled from my friend's taco I tasted.

The Spelling Bee

This blog is dedicated to my friend Emily Park. Emily actually doesn't know me, but her brother and sister do, and I just wanted to wish her luck in her upcoming 6th grade Spelling Bee. The best that I could do in Spelling Bees is 2nd place in the 4th grade. Tara Carroll always beat everyone! Dang her! It only made it worse that she was my best friend.

Happy New Job day Ryan!!!

Surprise!!!!

You know when you think that you know someone and then they surprise you with something that you didn't know about them? I love life's little surprises.

This is my next birthday cake...okay?

What in the ---- was she thinking?

There are certain places that you almost expect to see a mullet, like the state fair in Blackfoot, or at a bar in Kentucky, or at any local Wal Mart. The latter was the case this morning, when I went to get my oil changed and pick up a few things at one of my least favorite places to shop. Seriously though, this woman was about 60 years old with gray hair and it was cut exactly like the woman above, but the woman I saw, had defined her spiky hair on top with what was some cheap, disgusting gel I'm sure.

Now, I know that most of you are aware that I am a barber and you think that I might be exaggerating because I especially pay attention to detail as far as hair styles go, but I kid you not. Go to the Wal Mart of Orem at 8am tomorrow to see what I mean. You'll want to cut the back yourself, right then and there. It should be a crime to do such things!!!

What do you think of my new shoes?

What the heck?

Day of Denial

As mentioned in previous blog posts, I just returned from my incredibly relaxing and beautiful vacation to Hawaii. Today is one of my days off of work however. I'm no longer working with the United Way and Angel Tree and seemed to have been blessed with an extra day to recoup and deny the fact that it is a New Year and that there was probably at least 6 inches of snow on my car this morning. I half expected to face the daunting tasks that indicate reality today, but instead ate a oat and honey bran muffin and grapefruit with a dear friend of mine. We caught up with each other and visited a bit with our waiter Sal, who happened to be from Hawaii. After our lovely late breakfast we went to Barnes and Noble and read up on one of the newest astrology books (you know how much I love to read my horoscope). We spent some time at the grocery store and ran into another old friend that I chatted with for a bit and then back home where I ran into a guy from good old Blackfoot in our parking lot. After talking with him and his wife for a while, I couldn't resist visiting with our charming neighbor Ed. And now, I MUST do some laundry, go to the gym and start thinking about what I need to change for the New Year. I'd like to first change winter into spring and summer. Sound good to anyone else?

Diamond Head

I'm not a hiker. I loved to hike Diamond Head!! So much fun! Here are the pics.

Back from my Hawaiian Paradise

All I have to say is I have a slight case of depression...enough said.

Nightmares

Have any of you ever had a reoccurring nightmare? Well, I haven't. I'm certainly glad about that, but have you ever felt like you keep reliving certain painful memories? This, I can relate to, and I don't know how to get over it, because part of it is out of my control. I guess that this is one of those things that you don't want to go into specifics with everyone you know but it lies just beneath the surface. You know when people ask "how are you?" and you are suppose to say "good, how are you?" People lie about being fine. And maybe we all say that we are fine or good to appease others, but sometimes we say it for our own benefit as well, with hope in our hearts that someday we will be fine and good, or maybe even great. With hope also that one day it will be a reoccurring dream instead of a reoccurring nightmare.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Snowflakes are wonders of natural chaotic symmetry, their presence the result of a harmonious symphony between the various elementary principles. Delicate in form, exquisite to the eye, mesmerizing to the mind.

Everything testifies of him. He was born and he lives.

Strike a pose

I had a photo shoot in my room last night. Don't tell me you've never done that!

No time

I am not so dumb to think that I am the only one who is busy...especially this time of year. For those of you who are wondering where I have been, I guess you'll just have to wonder. And, yes I have been busy. I don't mind being a bit mysterious every now and again. I will tell you one thing though, people tend to be very generous this time of year. And I don't mind sorting through their generosity and also making sure their generosity gets delivered to people who are in need of others generosity. And before you go and think that I'm all sorts of wonderful, well, I'm not, I get paid to do all of this. I am truly a blessed person.

Happy Birthday Mere!!!

This is my friend Mere when we tried to transform her into a redhead. Redhead or not, isn't she beautiful? Mere is the mother of the little baby below. Remember John Thomas? Adorable!! Well, now you can see where he gets his good looks. Mere and I have a history. We are kindred spirits and I do believe that we will be friends forever. Ya know when you haven't seen an old friend for a while and it's a bit awkward because you don't know what to say? Mere and I will never be at a loss for words...believe me. We always are able to pick up where we left off. She has a way of always making me laugh. I am grateful for her today on her big day and would like to say Happy Birthday to one of my dearest friends!!

Welcome John Thomas

Yesterday morning I received a phone call from my friend Mere. Mere and I go way back. Thank goodness for Spencer Burnside because I think that he is the reason we are so tight. Since our crush on Spencer, we have come a long way. Needless to say Mere has come a longer way than I have. She married this crazy boy from Seattle and she just had her first baby!! Isn't he adorable. I have a feeling that this isn't the last picture you'll see of Mr. John Thomas Felshaw. Also this isn't the last you will hear about my friend Mere. She will be having a birthday soon. Too bad John Thomas couldn't wait a little longer to be born to share a birthday with his amazing mother! Although, I don't know if Mere could've waited that long.