Secret Saturdays

I thought up this idea awhile ago and contemplated back and forth if I should do it or not... WELL I am doing it. For all my readers, this blog is the good, the bad, the ins and outs of ME. Judge as you may.
Ok so Secret Saturdays will be small posts, but tells you something about my past that's either a secret or many people don't really know. They can be good and bad about me. You will catch on as weeks go by.

This week I am doing a memory with my childhood best friend Krista. I got an email from her and it has taken me back to memory lane. So its a past secret about us.
At church Krista and I had a blast. We were "smashedededed" behind doors, we would always go hide in the mothers lounge for sunday school- only to be found and dragged to class (thanks Janice Crump :)) Anyway... When we went to young women's we were either 12 or 13 at this time it took place. We were so bad we actually made our teacher cry.
For some reason Krista always got the brunt of it-they always thought it began with her. Even though no one else might have known, Krista was the one that always made things right. It was her idea to make treats and write a SORRY note and drop it off at her door.
So, the secrets out...Krista and I made our church teacher cry.

Mission

So I am excited to have a bit more time on my hands the next few weeks. I have been wanting to start up with Tribute Tuesdays again. BUT this time its going to be different. I ended with the time right before my mission tributing to my roommates and best friend Jerilyn. Now I want to start with my mission but I would like to recount it all. Things were hard at times and some wasn't so pretty. So Yes a tribute still but it won't all be the good. I think its good to express it all. The reality of the mission.
Since its not Tuesday I am going to start with a poem I wrote while on the mission.

(Blogger is acting weird and not showing all options. Sorry if it looks all weird-still am not blog savvy.)


Mission Life
I want to go home, but want to stay.
I want to work, but want to play.

Left my job, family and friends.
I want some mail but few faithfully sends.

I left my job that I truly loved.
But hey, I chose this I wasn't shoved.

I left my social life and stopped going to school,
I'm use to being independent, but there are so many rules.

I stopped going out on dates.
I don't see my family although they're down a state.

I left my life for 18 months all back at home.
No driving MY car, seeing MY friends, or calling on the phone.

So why did I come for so long out here?
So many tears inadequacies and fears.

No one cares they all have their own religion.
So i leave them my testimony that Christ is God's Son.

But what? Who's this? This man DOES care.
He has so many trials he's trying to bare.

But he doesn't have to bare them on his own.
There is a savior, follow the pathway he has shown.

I say, "He loves you" as tears roll down his face.
"And when you die you go to a better place."

"Your wife and son are there right now."
he says, "I want to live with them forever, but how?"

We teach him more and his testimony grows strong.
But Satan will attack, he'll tell you its wrong.

So the day has come and he's dressed in white.
His smiling face he has this extra light.

Once again I'm leaving my family and friends.
Wow this is real! This is truly the end.

The Lord wants me somewhere different.
Even though I'd stay off I'm sent.

"Please let me stay, Its what I prefer!!"
What's this? This is only a transfer!?!

This is how I REALLY felt a lot.
In a few days I will do another poem I wrote on the mission about the mission.
Hope you enjoyed my funky poem.

secrets of a....

Secrets of a Married, part-time work-with low low pay, College student life.

About a month and a half ago our tv went out. It was a tv that was given to us (like most of our furniture) it was a big fatty old one that was probably about a 36 ' TV. Well we trashed it and seeing we are far too poor to buy a new tv a friend said she had one to give us. Its great! A little small (little also known as

puny!) The tv now is a 13'. Its quite funny! But hey we have a TV!

As we are both so busy with school, work, homework, and trying to relax a bit dinner can get to be such a task. So our favorite meal in this stage of life is Hawaiian haystacks! We put a beautiful array of colors and its always appetizing to see! YUM. We find random toppings & just add it!

We love Christmas! YES WE DO! But seeing we are going home 2 and 1/2 weeks after Thanksgiving we didn't see fit to buy a tree just for that time. BUT I still HAD to decorate! Longer you get to celebrate Christmas the better! So we had to improvise!