weekly gratitude.

1. The kind people of the world who sent me their notes the day I missed class.

2. My mom.

3. Living close enough to home that I can come whenever I want i.e. when I'm deathly ill.

4. The miracle that is getting letters from Belgium to my house in 4 days.

5. Rain.

6. A warm and comfortable home with all the necessities anyone could ever need.

7. Modern medicine, tissues, vaseline (heaven-sent, mind you), humidifiers, and rice bags.

8. The piano.

9. A savings account.

10. The Plan of Salvation.

What are you thankful for?

weekly gratitude.

It's been awhile! But here it goes:

{1} My bishop. The Atonement. The Gospel. It's true, folks!

{2} My musical talent. I accompanied for 2 ward choir practices, played the organ in my singles ward, and the piano in relief society! BAM baby!

{3} My best friend. And letters. And his example. He's the best.

{4} My mom's delicious food! Mmmm Sunday dinners.

{5} Mr. Weyand's AP Language class. And the 11 page research paper I wrote for it. Ha.

{6} Good friends that know how to listen.

{7} Money! For gas and BYU bookstore attire. Gotta love BYU sweats :)

{8} The MTC. For taking good care of my man.

{9} My neighbor who I just found out today (as I was helping her in nursery... haha that's what I get for going back to visit my home ward!) that she waited for her husband on his mission! Even though she's married and has 5 kids, I can go over whenever to talk to her!

{10} My family. I love living at home.

weekly gratitude.

I'm gonna be quick here because my time with him is short and it's really inhibiting my ability to be happy and find the positives in life. It's hard. But here we go.

I'm thankful for:

{1} My mom's artisan bread. Um. Absolutely divine. So glad I still live at home!

{2} My geography TA's who put on an amazing review session that helped me get the grade I did on my midterm (89% baby... highest score yet!!)

{3} Good friends and football games

{4} My fellow ward members. Even though I don't know any of them, their testimonies are inspiring.

{5} My down comforter. Ah. Finally put it on and it's so comfortable and makes sleeping in my dungeon room more bearable in the cold weather.

That's about it, guys. I need to get better at this.

3 weeks left.

weekly gratitude.

I nearly forgot! Good thing I remembered :)

This week I am grateful for:

{1}:

And most important... GENERAL CONFERENCE. Even though I often fall asleep, it's one of the best weekends ever. I love it.

{2}:

Having my cousin over here for Conference weekend. He moved out from Ohio to go to BYU and we're his only family out here. So he spends a lot of time with us. He's so fun!

{3}:

BYU football. And 15 second miracles.

{4}:

The beautiful fall colors!

{5}:

My best friend who always puts up with this time of the month so well.

{6}:

Having another best friend come down from USU to visit. Man, what a great weekend with her and everyone in the "group".

{7}:

Stretchy pants. They help me play the cereal box game well. And I win.

{8}:

My strong piano hands. Because that way, everyone complains when they get in my chair because they can never get out. I'm too quick and strong. Muahaha!

{9}:

Kind friends who offer me rides to school every day so I don't have to ride the bus and get there half an hour later.

{10}:

A possible 6 extra weeks with my best friend.

I'm loving this! It really makes me think hard about things I'm grateful for and then notice all the blessings I have. I am so blessed even though I don't always see it!