What a Sunday!!!

A Sunday to top all Sundays is what today could be described as.

We woke up and prepared ourselves for a lovely, normal Sunday as we got ready for church. Our cousins were in town to watch Erin and Kelli perform in the Dance Festival the night before. They came over for breakfast early this morning before we all headed off for church. As we were making our final touches before coming down for breakfast we jumped as we heard the fire alarms go off. This is a pretty typical thing in our house. Our alarms are very sensitive to any smoke and cooking usually produces some sort of smoke. Scared our cousins, but nothing out of the ordinary for us.

We went to church.

This was the first time our ward had been to this building at their scheduled time at 9am since the brand new building was destroyed by water. It was my first experience in this building. It is such a beautiful building and I was so excited to be in a real building. Sacrament was good. It was louder than I was used to because there were children but they were so much fun to watch. The deacons seemed to have a bit of a problem being organized but not a big deal. Everything else was going normally. Two youth speakers who talked for 2 minutes each. The sister speaker who talked and got weepy for about 20 minutes. And the final speaker, her husband who got about 10 minutes. All of the talks were well prepared. I started to drift into another world (not asleep - just not paying attention) during the last speaker. He was a bit monotone. Out of no where the FIRE ALARMS went off! We all sat there in shock for about 5 seconds and then started to evacuate the building. We went back in soon after but that was the strangest thing that has ever happened in a sacrament meeting that I have been in.

Psalm 37:3-5

Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Commit thy wayunto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Mine Fields of Snow

As I was walking to school this morning I decided that I was going to love the snow that was covering every inch of the ground. With this attitude I found that I loved it. It was so beautiful.

However, I found that this beauty was not all fun and games... Or was it? With the warm sun shinning and the inches and inches of snow on the trees, that snow must come down. And down it came. The whole walk to campus is covered in these snowy trees. Down came the snow with a ffflumph and a splat. Walking to campus was like trying to walk through a mine field. Treacherous!

I was hit several times but never deadly enough. It did get my thigh with a big spat of snow. It was quite an adventure walking to campus.

*Yes it did snow on April 15 and 16! Who forgot to tell the weather that it is SPRING!

Went to Vegas

So I went to Vegas for Easter with a bunch of friends. Here are some highlights.

• 5 people in my little car
• Annoying Garrett with country music
• Going to the Strip with it wet and cold
• Meeting a strange drunk girl from California
• Watching several girls slip and fall because they were so drunk
• Cuddling
• Getting sleep
• Going outside by the pool in the morning
• In-and-Out
  
• Visiting the temple
• Going to the rodeo and eating Walla-Walla burgers and Funnel Cakes
• Going to church
• Easter dinner at the Eliasons
• Long road trip back
• My poor little car that has no guts trying to make it up a hill and Patty making fun of me
• Getting back really late
• Drinking lots of caffeinated stuff over the weekend

Weekend in SLC

Ty and Zach came up for the weekend and we did a lot of things.

• Tour of Conference Center
• Visited the Capitol Building
• Church History Museum
• Tabernacle
• Assembly Hall
• Cemeteries
• Visited 4 prophets: Brigham Young, David O'McKay, Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson.
• City of Kearns (never again)

Validation

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Gospel of Google

I live on Google.

I'm addicted to Google. My whole life is on Google. Don't believe me, I'll prove it.

• Gmail: email, chats and to do lists
• iGoogle: chats, weather, time, maps, youtube and news
• Google Calendar: every activity is on Google calendars, it sends me texts to remind me of things
• Google blogs (blogger.com)
• Google sites: I'm getting started with creating my own website
• Google Analytics: to see who is looking at my blogs
• Google Docs: my life is on here. I have work documents, class notes, church information, projects, journals... It is all on there.

That is just a small glimpse. I also use my phone to text Google with random questions.

Obsessed? Probably.

25 Things About Me

1. If I really like a guy - I close up. Let me explain. If I am really interested or if a guy is just top-notch, I get shy and have a hard time being the crazy me that I am. I don't know what to say and I always feel so stupid after talking to him. This hasn't happened very often but enough to make a point of it. I am slowly trying to get over that.

2. Fear of Falling and... chipping a tooth? I don't consider myself afraid of heights. However, at the top of a staircase (usually outside) when I think about falling down the stairs (yes, I do think about that) I am not afraid of breaking a bone or having my guts spill out. I am afraid of chipping a tooth. I finally figured out why - as a child I fell down the stairs and chipped my tooth and had to be strapped to the doctor's table for them to get the tooth taken care of.

3. Angela doesn't sing? That is right. I don't sing. Why - I am almost embarrassed to share. A long time ago, my sister told me that she didn't like my voice - I know she didn't mean anything by it but since then, I don't sing in front of people. If I do (even singing along with the car radio) then you know that I trust you and know that you won't judge me for my lack of singing abilities.

4. Big Front. I consider myself to be someone that can cover how I feel. My emotions are hardly ever on my sleeves. If you have ever seen me in a really bad mood then you know me well enough to see through my cover. If you ever notice that I'm having a bad day, you become my hero. I'm serious. It is nice to have someone notice when the day is not good.

5. People watching is a favorite activity of mine. I enjoy watching people so much that sometimes I forget to be social. I actually could tell you all about my 8th grade math class. None of them remember me but I could tell you all about each student in that class. Creepy - I know.

6. I have a wish list of things to do in Utah Valley. Yet I can never seem to get guys to take me to any of them (PS they are all cheap activities).

7. I LOVE HUGS! Hugs make my life so much better. Want to make my day - give me a good solid hug. I need more hugs.

8. Speaking of solid, firm handshakes are vital. I don't like it when I get guys (and girls) who do the fish flop.

9. I love man hands. Well, most of them. I wish I could put the feelings and thoughts into words. The best man hands are the ones that are bigger and not thin. Hard to explain - I wish I had a picture of one so it would make sense. Ask me about it sometime.

10. Out of all the places I have lived (which is quite a few) my favorite is Idaho. There is just so much love and beauty in that state. I do need to let you all know that I can make do anywhere.

11. This right here is going deep. I wish others would think of me. Selfish - I know. I feel like I do a lot for other people and I worry a lot more than I probably should about others. I hope that you all know that I do worry about you a lot. I want to know how to help. It would be nice to have someone worry and care about me (family - you do a great job of doing this, thanks).

12. I've been so busy for so long I have forgotten how to relax. True story - ask the roommates. The funny thing is I still want to help everyone.

13. I miss my dog so much. I find that I still cry myself to sleep every once and a while because I miss him and know that I will never see him again. Gosh - I'm getting choked up about it now. Dang it. For those of you who have never loved a dog so much - I truly feel sorry for you. (There go the tears). He was my best friend and (sorry boys) love of my life.

14. I love road trips including the ones through the desert. They are good thinking times. I especially love driving by myself.

15.I have always wondered what it would be like to get in a big car accident . Sometimes I think about it when I'm driving on the freeway and then I wonder who would show up at the hospital and who would care.

16. I do have a fear that I will never get married.

17. I LOVE TRUCKS! If a guy has a truck - turn on for Angela! Life goal is to own one.

18. I don't do roller coasters. Sorry. I don't like the feeling at all. I blame my mom. Maybe someday I will get to the point where I actually get on one - someday FAR FAR in the future.

19. I am a people pleaser. I will go to great lengths to please people, to make them happy, to make them comfortable, to do what they want to. I will give up what I want to do to go make someone happy even if I don't like the idea/activity at all. (The exception is 18 = roller coasters). This can drive me crazy though because I get taken advantage of.

20. A relationship deal breaker = social skills. I love social events and I know that my social skills are not perfect but it is really important to me that the guy I end up with - whoever he may be - needs good social skills.

21. I hate shopping. It isn't fun. I hate spending money. I get bored. I can never find things. I'm not good at it.

22. I miss my ancestors that I have never met. I'm weird I know. I miss people that lived 100s of years before me. I miss them and the times we could have had (if I had been born 100 years earlier), I miss the lessons the could have taught me. I'm a family history major, can you tell?

23. If I have a bad day - one way I cheer myself up is to visit other people.

24. I hate being sick. But who doesn't. I hardly ever get sick and I avoid throwing up like the plague. I can't stand it. I usually go years without throwing up because I do everything I can to stop myself from "expressing myself to the toilet".

25. I'm a good listener. At least I think I am. If I'm not - please let me know. If you ever need someone to talk to let me know. I would love to listen to anything you have to say.